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 | HL Most Valuable Player Award Goes To Deusenberry Thursday, September 28th , 1916 When it came to hitting the baseball, Bill Deusenberry had few peers in the Heartland League this year. The gifted first baseman for Dayton tagged opposing pitchers for a .310 average and was voted the Most Valuable Player Award for 1916. Included in his season stats were 137 hits, 23 doubles, 14 triples, 3 home runs, 71 runs scored and 53 RBIs. He ended up tied with Rich Jarrell with 84 total votes and 3 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Bill Deusenberry - Dayton Aviators - 3 - 84 Rich Jarrell - Peoria Distillers - 3 - 84 Luke Adams - Terre Haute Coalers - 2 - 74 Ron Smith - South Bend Maroons - 0 - 56 Amby Ashby - Peoria Distillers - 0 - 37 Sam Blount - Terre Haute Coalers - 0 - 32 Orville Livingston - Grand Rapids Furnituremakers - 0 - 25 Mel Coffer - Dayton Aviators - 0 - 21 John Heffel - Grand Rapids Furnituremakers - 0 - 21 Pete Bachmann - Terre Haute Coalers - 0 - 16 Beau Grant - Terre Haute Coalers - 0 - 9 George Renn - South Bend Maroons - 0 - 7 Mark Ross - Grand Rapids Furnituremakers - 0 - 5 Les Whitcomb - Toledo Top Hats - 0 - 1 |   |
