ceas04
Fastpitch Dad
A lot of things can factor into these AC teams, but a few things. First, you need to compare apples to apples. In a cursory look at the conference leaders and the awards, the first example you gave as a less than deserving award winner was in a utility spot. You'd expect the lower at bats, as they are in a UT role not a starting 3B. Look at the second team UT slot - same thing. It's like they wouldn't make a full time starter the 6th man of the year in the NBA.I need to talk to the manager please! The All Conference Awards were announced this week for DD's Conference and it ignited a fire storm in the parent group chat. Needless to say we were surprised at some of the selections. It was very biased to the top teams as were the weekly hitter/pitcher awards. You would think if a kid is 2nd in HR's and 4th in RBI's, was batting .427, single digit K's, High Slugging and OBP when the voting took place she would be an automatic 1st team selection. Nope. 2nd Team. Team MVP too. One of the selections only had 72 AB's while the rest were over 100, .444, 0 HR's and only 2 Dbls, she shouldn't even qualify since she didn't play full time. A player on another team had an awesome year as well, and I truly thought 1st team all the way. Nope 2nd team. One of our pitchers went 8-2 and didn't even get Honorable Mention. One of our OF's had 5 Hr's, 27 RBI's and batted .331--3rd team. Meanwhile an OF with only 3 HR's, 16 Rbi's, .333 gets 1st team!!! These are legit stats not Max Prep HS stats. Do these people think we are stupid? Very disappointing and Pathetic. Do better ASC Conference!!!
Without looking closely at the other examples, I'd add that they'd also take fielding into the equation - especially for OF and C. So the OF comparison where DDs teammate might have a statistically edge, wouldn't take into consideration if the other player might be an eraser in the field.
Lastly - record does play a role. If your are the 4th or 5th best player on a team that is 41-6, they shouldn't get penalized because their team is strong.
Just a few things to consider.