Congrats are in order for Rawlings Advisory Staff Members Joe Mauer and Albert Pujols for being named as the 2009 MVP’s of the American and National League, respectively.
Mauer led the votes for the AL, receiving 27 out of 28 first place votes. In 2009, Mauer was the AL leader in on-base percentage (.444), slugging percentage (.587), and led the league in batting average. In addition to his MVP title, Mauer also won the 2009 Rawlings Gold Glove at the catcher’s position in the AL.
This marks the 3rd MVP title for Pujols who in 2009 led the league in slugging percentage (.658) and on-base-percentage-plus-slugging (1.101). Pujols also led the NL with 124 runs scored — the fourth time in his nine-year career that he’s led the league in that statistic (STLTODAY.COM). With those kind of stats, it’s no surprise that the Baseball Writers Association of America unanimously selected Pujols as the NL winner.
Congrats to both Albert and Joe! We’re proud to have them on our Advisory Staff!
