It’s official and unanimous. St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols is the unanimous winner of the National League MVP award. He won last year as well and has become the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.
It was announced this afternoon (Tues., Nov. 24) by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America that Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting.
It is the third MVP award for Pujols, who also won in 2005. He becomes the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002.
Florida’s Hanley Ramirez was second with 233 points, followed by Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard (217) and Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder (203).
Pujols led the majors in home runs (47), runs (124), slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44), and topped the NL in on-base percentage (.443).
Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.