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 | CL Announces Best Player Award Thursday, October 10th , 1974 Bill Blake, the talented Indianapolis right fielder, certainly made his name known among Century League hurlers this season. He hammered them for 165 hits, 38 doubles, 4 triples, 17 home runs, 97 RBIs and scored 79 times. That kind of output made him the choice for Century League Most Valuable Player Award for 1974. He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 8. Sam Calhoun of the Omaha Plainsmen finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Owen Drake of the Little Rock Governors finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Bill Blake - Indianapolis Hoosiers - 7 - 107 Sam Calhoun - Omaha Plainsmen - 1 - 75 Owen Drake - Little Rock Governors - 0 - 62 Joe Barrett - Indianapolis Hoosiers - 0 - 57 Mike Litteral - Oklahoma City Warriors - 0 - 51 Bud Edmunds - Omaha Plainsmen - 0 - 36 Roy Abbott - Denver Bruins - 0 - 16 Ivan Garcia - Denver Bruins - 0 - 14 Rich Peterson - New Orleans Showboats - 0 - 14 Dave Mitchel - Des Moines Devils - 0 - 13 Al Rogers - Indianapolis Hoosiers - 0 - 10 Rube Hayes - Denver Bruins - 0 - 7 Johnnie Allen - Omaha Plainsmen - 0 - 4 Platon Daniels - Indianapolis Hoosiers - 0 - 2 Jack Green - Tulsa Roughnecks - 0 - 2 Roy Johnson - Denver Bruins - 0 - 2 |   |
