MLB announced today the sales of the most popular player jerseys in 2010. Long time New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter had the best selling jersey by Majestic the official uniform supplier for MLB. After the Yankee captain 2nd on the list was Minnesota Twins All-Star catcher former AL MVP Joe Mauer who was followed by three Philadelphia Phillies; Cy Young winner pitcher Roy Halladay, All-Star 2B Chase Utley and former Cy Young winner pitcher Cliff Lee. Lee’s sales figures not only are for his Philadelphia jerseys but for his Seattle and Texas jerseys all combined.
Sixth of the list was the SOX & Dawgs choice for Player of the Decade (2000-09) St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, a three time NL MVP. Also in the top 10 were Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, was 8th, and in the Top 20 was his teammate Jacoby Ellsbury, who was 16th.
The ironic thing about Pedroia, a former ROY and AL MVP, and Ellsbury is that both spent considerable time on the disabled list in 2010 but fans still came out and bought their jerseys.
Pedroia says “It’s cool when we’re playing at home at Fenway it’s fun, because it seems like everybody in the whole stadium is in one of our jerseys, and we all kind of look up there and see who it is. It just makes it fun.”
Ellsbury, who used to don a Ken Griffey Jr. #24 growing up said it was meaningful to be on the list after his injury riddled 2010 season.
“It goes to show I’m blessed to have these great fans that go to the game and support me. It’s exciting.”
Others in the Top 10 were AL MVP Josh Hamilton, New York’s Alex Rodriguez and San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum.
In the second half of the Top 20 were: Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira; Braves OF Jason Heyward; Washington phenom Stephen Strasburg; Brewers OF Ryan Braun; former AL MVP Twins first baseman Justin Morneau; Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler; Philadelphia 1B Ryan Howard; Giants catcher Buster Posey and Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria.
