The Baseball Writer’s Association of America finished up it’s awards on Wednesday and for the second straight year, they have selected St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols as the National League MVP.
The BWAA was unanimous in it’s selection of Pujols. Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez was a distant second.
For Pujols, it’s his second straight MVP and third overall. He joins a select group of company that have won three or more MVP’s. They are:
- Barry Bonds – 7 (1990, ’92-93, 2001-04)
- Yogi Berra – 3 (1951, ’54, ’55)
- R. Campanella – 3 (1951, ’53, ’55)
- Joe DiMaggio – 3 (1939, ’41, ’47)
- Jimmie Foxx – 3 (1932, ’33, ’38)
- Mickey Mantle – 3 (1956, ’57, ’62)
- Stan Musial – 3 (1943, ’46, ’48)
- Albert Pujols – 3 (2005, ’08-09)
- A. Rodriguez – 3 (2003, ’05, ’07)
- Mike Schmidt – 3 (1980, ’81, ’86)
Pujols hit .327 with 47 home runs and 135 RBIs leading the Cardinals to the NL Central crown. Pujols also took home the NL Silver Slugger Award at first base. He led the NL in on-base, slugging, homers and runs (124). He ranked second with 45 doubles, third with a career-high 115 walks, third with 135 RBIs and sixth with 186 hits.
Full ballot results after the jump.
| 2009 National League MVP voting | |||||||||||
| Player | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Points |
| Albert Pujols, STL | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 448 |
| Hanley Ramirez, FLA | – | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 233 |
| Ryan Howard, PHI | – | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 217 |
| Prince Fielder, MIL | – | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 203 |
| Troy Tulowitzki, COL | – | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 172 |
| Andre Ethier, LAD | – | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | – | 113 |
| Pablo Sandoval, SF | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 89 |
| Chase Utley, PHI | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | 84 |
| Derrek Lee, CHC | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | – | 66 |
| Matt Kemp, LAD | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 |
| Ryan Braun, MIL | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 6 | 43 |
| Adrian Gonzalez, SD | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| Todd Helton, COL | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 28 |
| Chris Carpenter, STL | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Adam Wainwright, STL | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Matt Holliday, STL | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 15 |
| Jayson Werth, PHI | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Shane Victorino, PHI | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Tim Lincecum, SF | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Yunel Escobar, ATL | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Mark Reynolds, ARI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Joey Votto, CIN | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Yadier Molina, STL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Miguel Tejada, HOU | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Huston Street, COL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Justin Upton, ARI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Ryan Zimmerman, WAS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Jeremy Affeldt, SF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Coghlan, FLA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Hawpe, COL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
