Albert Pujols wygrywa 2nd prostych NL MVP

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NEW YORK Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 200104 Pujols received all 32 firstplace votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America It was the third MVP award for the St Louis Cardinals star who also won in 2005 He became the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002 Pujols led the majors in home runs 47 runs 124 slugging percentage 658 and intentional walks 44 and topped the NL in onbase percentage 443 He was second in the league in doubles 45 and third in batting average 327 and RBIs 135 He was especially dangerous with the bases loaded going 10 for 17 with five grand slams three doubles and 35 RBIs Floridas Hanley Ramirez the NL batting champion was second with 233 points followed by Ryan Howard 217 and Milwaukees Prince Fielder203 who tied Howard for the big league lead in RBIs Pujols who turns 30 in January joined Hall of Famer Al Simmons 11 as the only players with 100 or more RBIs in each of their first nine seasons He also set a big league record for assists by a first baseman with 185 Pujols became just the fourth player to win the NL MVP three times Bonds won seven in the 1990s and 2000s Stan Musial 1940s Roy Campanella 1950s and Mike Schmidt 1980s each won three Five players have won three AL MVPs Jimmie Foxx Joe DiMaggio Yogi Berra Mickey Mantle and Alex Rodriguez In addition to Pujols and Bonds the only unanimous NL winners were Orlando Cepeda 1967 Schmidt 1980 Jeff Bagwell 1994 and Ken Caminiti 1996 Unanimous AL winners have been Hank Greenberg 1935 Al Rosen 1953 Mantle 1956 Frank Robinson 1966 Denny McLain 1968 Reggie Jackson 1973 Jose Canseco 1988 Frank Thomas 1993 and Ken Griffey Jr 1997 StPiłkarze Louis zdobyły 17 MVP drugiego w główne kierunki studiów za 20 dla Pujols Angels zostały między górnym 10 w dziewięciu kolejnych lat drugi w 2002 2003 i 2006 po trzecie w 2004 r czwarty w 2001 r i dziewiąty w 2007 Pujols zyskuje premię 200 000 do wygrania jest on podpisany na następny sezon na 16 milionów i pomieścić to opcja 16 milionów do 2011 r tak że boków mogą szybko włączyć ich uwagę na umowy Joe Mauer z Minnesota Twins był głosowało MVP AL w 27 28 głosów firstplace