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Joey Votto's 2010 N.L. MVP A Big Achievement For Canadian Baseball

Votto won the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award, coming within one vote of winning unanimously, with Albert Pujols receiving one first-place vote. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] He was only the third Canadian to win an MVP award, after Larry Walker and Justin Morneau. [ 48 ] See more. It was the fourth-closest finish in MVP voting history. People basically said we loved them both. That's something I'm grateful for. More: C. Trent Rosecrans: Why Joey Votto earned my MVP vote. More: Astros' Altuve wins AL MVP, Marlins' Stanton earns NL honor. More: Why 2 MVP voters listed Joey Votto 5th. Votto appeared live on MLB Network from the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum as the award was announced. When Votto won the MVP in , he had been told at noon, hours before it was announced on TV. As the broadcasters prefaced the announcement with the margin of victory, Votto said he began to allow himself to believe he might have won his second career MVP.

Joey Votto named NL MVP with 31 of 32 first-place votes

Votto was overwhelmingly elected the National League's Most Valuable Player on Monday, ending the Pujols' two-year reign. A first baseman who helped the Reds reach the . Earlier Monday afternoon, the BBWAA named Reds start first baseman Joey Votto the winner of the NL MVP award. One of the issues with this award is the definition of "valuable". How important is clutch performance? How important is the team's overall record? How important is, say, a player's salary, as a lower salary may make him more valuable indirectly by allowing the team to spend more on other players? There never has been and there may never be an agreed-upon definition of the term, which means MVP voting results might always be controversial. But every so often you have a case like we have in the National League, where one player runs away with the voting. For Votto to receive 31 of a possible 32 first-place votes implies there was little question across many different definitions, and as such, this is a very proud day for Canadian baseball. The year-old Votto was born in Toronto, and joins Larry Walker and Justin Morneau as the only Canadian-born MVPs in baseball history. Walker won in with the Rockies, when he picked up 22 of 28 first-place votes.

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As the most dynamic hitter on a team that won the N.L. Central by five games over the Cardinals, Votto received 31 of 32 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ . Of the 32 ballots submitted by two writers from each league city, Votto was listed first on 31 and second on the other to score points, based on the tabulation system that rewards 14 points for first place, nine for second, eight for third and on down to one for 10 th. Votto, 27, finished in the top three in all the Triple Crown categories with a. The other first-place vote went to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who was second on 21 ballots, third on eight, fourth on one and sixth on one for a total of points. A three-time winner who had won each of the previous two seasons, Pujols led the league in home runs 42 , RBI , runs and extra-base hits 82 while batting. Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, another Triple Crown threat, finished third in the voting with points. Gonzalez won the batting title with a. He also led the league in hits , total bases and grand slams 3 and was third in runs Votto, Pujols and Gonzalez were the only players on every ballot.

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Joey Votto Easily Wins NL MVP Award

Cincinnati's Joey Votto was overwhelmingly elected the National League's Most Valuable Player on Monday, ending the two-year reign of Albert Pujols. .

Earlier Monday afternoon, the BBWAA named Reds start first baseman Joey Votto the winner of the NL MVP award. One of the issues with this award is the definition of . .

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