American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. In today’s edition, the Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association name Cleburne Railroaders 1B D.J. Peterson as the PURE Performance Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2021 American Association season.

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D.J. Peterson Given PURE Performance Player Honors

The Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association announced that Cleburne Railroaders 1B D.J. Peterson has been named the PURE Performance Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2021 American Association season. Peterson led the American Association in batting average at .650 in five games. He also led in homeruns with six and RBI with 13.

The Railroaders began the week with a series against the Sioux Falls Canaries. Peterson appeared in just one of those games, a 13-6 victory by Cleburne. The first baseman may have only played in one game, but he made his presence felt, going 4-5 with three runs and three homers to go along with five RBI. Peterson also had a double in the contest.

Cleburne then traveled to Lincoln to take on the Saltdogs for a four-game series. Peterson went 9-15 in the series, with five runs and six RBI. He also homered three times in the series and added two doubles.

In the opening contest, a 5-3 victory, the Cleburne infielder went 1-3 with a double and two RBI. The next night, he went 3-4, scoring two runs and driving in four. He also homered for the first time in the series. Peterson followed with a repeat 3-4 performance, scoring two runs and driving in another. He homered in that contest as well, and closed out the series with a 2-4 performance, hitting his third homerun in as many games.

For the week, D.J. Peterson was 13-20 with eight runs scored and 13 RBI. He had three doubles and six homers. Peterson also led in slugging percentage (1.700) and in OPS (2.336).

For earning PURE Performance Player of the Week, D.J. Peterson will receive a check for $100 from PURE. Peterson is the third Cleburne Railroaders player to receive PURE Performance Player of the Week honors. Ozzie Martinez won back in Week 10 and Ramon Hernandez won the following week.

2021 PURE Performance Players of the Week

Week 1 – Jared Walker, Sioux City Explorers
Week 2 – Correlle Prime, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 3 – David Washington, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 4 – Nick Gotta, Sioux Falls Canaries
Week 5 – Logan Landon, Sioux Falls Canaries
Week 6 – Adam Brett Walker II, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 7 – Kevin Krause, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 8 – Danny Mars, Chicago Dogs
Week 9 – Josh Altmann, Lincoln Saltdogs
Week 10 – Osvaldo Martinez, Cleburne Railroaders
Week 11 – Ramon Hernandez, Cleburne Railroaders
Week 12 – Jeffrey Baez, Kane County Cougars
Week 13 – Ryan Grotjohn, Kansas City Monarchs
Week 14 – Kevin Krause, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks

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by Robert Pannier