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Great Year Gets van Duren TOBA Most Valuable Player Award Thursday, September 25th , 1958 When it came to hitting the baseball, Huibert van Duren had few peers in the Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association this year. The gifted third baseman for Iceland tagged opposing pitchers for a .335 average and was voted the Most Valuable Player Award for 1958. Included in his season stats were 113 hits, 18 doubles, 5 triples, 15 home runs, 54 runs scored and 70 RBIs. He received 10 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Ray Feltz of the Iceland Aurora finished second in voting, while Randall Quero of the Mobile Monsters finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Huibert van Duren - Iceland Aurora - 10 - 140 Ray Feltz - Iceland Aurora - 0 - 88 Randall Quero - Mobile Monsters - 0 - 82 Salvatorio Tartaglia - Sicily Mafia - 0 - 62 Jamie McIntyre - Mobile Monsters - 0 - 54 Alfredo Jimenez - New York Skyliners - 0 - 46 Bryan Cook - Iceland Aurora - 0 - 20 Jack Jacobs - New York Skyliners - 0 - 19 Joe Rogers - New York Skyliners - 0 - 14 Carmelo Marsuppini - Sicily Mafia - 0 - 10 Semi Vidovic - Berlin Bears - 0 - 10 Israel Trujillo - Paris Lions - 0 - 9 Seon-jong Kim - Providence Anglers - 0 - 6 Scott Gates - Los Angeles Stars - 0 - 5 Eric Allen - Mobile Monsters - 0 - 4 Pippo Ammanati - Sicily Mafia - 0 - 4 Aaron Williams - Lisbon Seafarers - 0 - 4 Josh Horlick - Mobile Monsters - 0 - 3 Tomokazu Noguchi - New York Skyliners - 0 - 3 Kyle Cunningham - Mobile Monsters - 0 - 2 Parker Frost - Paris Lions - 0 - 2 Robbie Helgert - Providence Anglers - 0 - 2 Dan Hulbert - Newfoundland Labradors - 0 - 1 |
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