Mauer wins AL MVP award
Joe Mauer received 27 of 28 first place votes to be awarded the American League MVP. The near unanimous decision gave Mauer a sizable lead over the second place choice, Mark Teixeira.
Mauer got off to a late start this season after missing the month of April, but he still put up MVP quality numbers in the 138 games he played in. He picked up his third batting title in four years with a .365 average and also earned his third Silver Slugger award and a second Gold Glove of his career.
Aside from the batting average, Mauer lead the American League with a .444 on-base percentage and a .587 slugging percentage. On top of that, Mauer put up career high numbers with 28 home runs and 85 RBIs. He scored 91 runs while only striking out a total of 63 times.
Mauer became fifth player in team history to win the award. Teammate, Justin Morneau, won the award in 2006, while three Twins won the award throughout the 1960s and 70s with Zoilo Versalles winning in 1965, Harmon Killebrew winning in 1969 and Rod Carew winning in 1977.
Only one first place vote for the award, which is voted on by two baseball writers from every American League city, was given to Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.
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