For those of you familiar with my MLB Power Rankings, you usually see the top 10 players at the bottom of the page. Those who most deserve the four major individual awards. These awards are the National and American Leagues Most Valuable Player Awards and Cy Young Awards—given to the Leagues’ best pitcher of that year.
As we head into the All-Star break, I’m going to do something a little different. I’m going to expand this a lot and give you my 25 guys for all four awards. I did some research, I typed in a few numbers and here’s what I came up with:
National League MVP Award Race
1. David Wright (NYM): .314 avg., 14 HR, 65 RBI, 15 stolen bases
2. Joey Votto (CIN): .314 avg., 22 HR, 60 RBI
3. Albert Pujols (STL): .307 avg., 21 HR, 64 RBI, 9 stolen bases
4. Carlos Gonzalez (COL): .312 avg., 17 HR, 58 RBI, 12 stolen bases
5. Hanley Ramirez (FLA): .289 avg., 13 HR, 53 RBI, 17 stolen bases
6. Chris Young (ARZ): .262 avg., 15 HR, 61 RBI, 16 stolen bases
7. Matt Kemp (LAD): .263 avg, 16 HR, 50 RBI, 15 stolen bases
8. Ryan Braun (MIL): .289 avg., 12 HR, 53 RBI, 12 stolen bases
9. Martin Prado (ATL): .329 avg., 10 HR, 39 RBI
10. Corey Hart (MIL): .289 avg., 20 HR, 63 RBI
11. Angel Pagan (NYM): .311 avg., 6 HR, 40 RBI, 11 stolen bases
12. Ryan Howard (PHI): .295 avg, 17 HR, 65 RBI
13. Brandon Phillips (CIN): .298 avg., 12 HR, 30 RBI, 10 stolen bases
14. Matt Holliday (STL): .300 avg., 15 HR, 48 RBI
15. Shane Victorino (PHI): .253 avg., 14 HR, 48 RBI, 17 stolen bases
16. Aubrey Huff (SF): .295 avg., 17 HR, 54 RBI
17. Adam Dunn (WSH): .283 avg., 22 HR, 58 RBI
18. Rafael Furcal (LAD): .333 avg., 6 HR, 35 RBI, 14 stolen bases
19. Andrew McCutcheon (PIT): .290 avg., 8 HR, 27 RBI, 20 stolen bases
20. Adrian Gonzalez (SD): .298 avg., 18 HR, 56 RBI
21. Colby Rasmus (STL): .281 avg., 16 HR, 41 RBI, 9 stolen bases
22. Andre Ethier (LAD): .324 avg., 14 HR, 54 RBI
23. James Loney (LAD): .305 avg., 5 HR, 59 RBI, 9 stolen bases
24. Dan Uggla (FLA): .281 avg. 16 HR, 51 RBI
25. Rickie Weeks (MIL): .266 avg., 15 HR, 52 RBI
American League MVP Award Race
1. Carl Crawford (TB): .320 avg., 10 HR, 48 RBI, 30 stolen bases
2. Josh Hamilton (TEX): .345 avg., 22 HR, 64 RBI
3. Miguel Cabrera (DET): .346 avg., 22 HR, 76 RBI
4. Alex Rios (CHW): .305 avg., 14 HR, 47 RBI, 23 stolen bases
5. Vladimir Gurerrero (TEX): .323 avg., 20 HR, 75 RBI
6. Robinson Cano (NYY): .337 avg., 16 HR, 57 RBI
7. Justin Morneau (MIN): .345 avg., 18 HR, 56 RBI
8. Evan Longoria (TB): .294 avg., 13 HR, 61 RBI, 13 stolen bases
9. Brett Gardner (NYY): .310 avg., 5 HR, 29 RBI, 25 stolen bases
10. Kevin Youkilis (BOS): .293 avg., 18 HR, 57 RBI
11. Torii Hunter (LAA): .300 avg., 15 HR, 62 RBI
12. Paul Konerko (CHW): .299 avg., 20 HR, 63 RBI
13. Adrian Beltre (BOS): .332 avg., 13 HR, 55 RBI
14. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): .327 avg., 3 HR, 24 RBI, 22 stolen bases
15. Michael Young (TEX): .304 avg., 12 HR, 54 RBI
16. Scott Podsednik (KC): .297 avg., 3 HR, 34 RBI, 25 stolen bases
17. Shin-Soo Choo (CLE): .286 avg., 13 HR, 43 RBI, 12 stolen bases
18. Nick Swisher (NYY): .303 avg., 15 HR, 49 RBI
19. Magglio Ordonez (DET): .314 avg., 11 HR, 56 RBI
20. Jose Bautista (TOR): .240 avg., 24 HR, 56 RBI
21. Dustin Pedroia (BOS): .292 avg., 12 HR, 41 RBI, 8 stolen bases
22. Brennan Boesch (DET): .343 avg., 12 HR, 48 RBI
23. Ben Zobrist (TB): .284 avg., 5 HR, 41 RBI, 17 stolen bases
24. Alex Rodriguez (NYY): .274 avg., 14 HR, 70 RBI
25. Vernon Wells (TOR): .269 avg., 19 HR, 49 RBI
National League Cy Young Award Race
1. Josh Johnson (FLA): 9-3, 1.70 ERA, 123 strikeouts
2. Ubaldo Jimenez (COL): 15-1, 2.20 ERA, 113 strikeouts
3. Adam Wainwright (STL): 13-5, 2.11 ERA, 127 strikeouts
4. Roy Halladay (PHI): 10-7, 2.19 ERA, 128 strikeouts
5. Clayton Kershaw (LAD): 9-4, 2.96 ERA, 128 strikeouts
6. Jaime Garcia (STL): 8-4, 2.17 ERA, 80 strikeouts
7. Mat Latos (SD): 10-4, 2.45 ERA, 99 strikeouts
8. Tim Hudson (ATL): 9-4, 2.30 ERA, 61 strikeouts
9. Yovani Gallardo (MIL): 8-4, 2.58 ERA, 122 strikeouts
10. Carlos Silva (CHC): 9-2, 2.96 ERA, 70 strikeouts
11. Tim Lincecum (SF): 9-4, 3.16 ERA, 131 strikeouts
12. Clayton Richard (SD): 6-4, 3.00 ERA, 87 strikeouts
13. Chris Carpenter (STL): 9-3, 3.29 ERA, 108 strikeouts
14. Roy Oswalt (HOU): 6-10, 3.08 ERA, 112 strikeouts
15. Kris Medlan (ATL): 6-1, 3.19 ERA, 64 strikeouts
16. Johan Santana (NYM): 6-5, 3.15 ERA, 78 strikeouts
17. Livan Hernandez (WSH): 6-4, 3.12 ERA, 55 strikeouts
18. Brett Myers (HOU): 6-6, 3.41 ERA, 89 strikeouts
19. Matt Cain (SF): 6-8, 3.34 ERA, 88 strikeouts
20. Wade LeBlanc (SD): 4-7, 3.30 ERA, 63 strikeouts
21. Johnny Cueto (CIN): 8-2, 3.42 ERA, 79 strikeouts
22. Mike Leake (CIN): 6-1, 3.53 ERA, 70 strikeouts
23. Jonathan Sanchez (SF): 7-6, 3.47 ERA, 104 strikeouts
24. Jon Garland (SD): 8-6, 3.56 ERA, 69 strikeouts
25. Mike Pelfrey (NYM): 10-4, 3.58 ERA, 69 strikeouts
American League Cy Young Award Race
1. David Price (TB): 12-4, 2.42 ERA, 100 strikeouts
2. Andy Pettitte (NYY): 11-2, 2.70 ERA, 87 strikeouts
3. Jon Lester (BOS): 11-3, 2.78 ERA, 124 strikeouts
4. Jeff Niemann (TB): 7-2, 2.65 ERA, 80 strikeouts
5. Cliff Lee (TEX): 8-4, 2.64 ERA, 91 strikeouts
6. Clay Buchholz (BOS): 10-4, 2.45 ERA, 64 strikeouts
7. Felix Hernandez (SEA): 7-5, 2.88 ERA, 131 strikeouts
8. Jered Weaver (LAA): 8-4, 2.97 ERA, 130 strikeouts
9. Trevor Cahill (OAK): 8-3, 3.17 ERA, 60 strikeouts
10. Jason Vargas (SEA): 6-4, 3.09 ERA, 68 strikeouts
11. C.C. Sabathia (NYY): 11-3, 3.19 ERA, 103 strikeouts
12. Colby Lewis (TEX): 8-5, 3.33 ERA, 105 strikeouts
13. C.J. Wilson (TEX): 7-4, 3.24 ERA, 77 strikeouts
14. Shaun Marcum (TOR): 7-4, 3.44 ERA, 88 strikeouts
15. Phil Hughes (NYY): 11-2, 3.65 ERA, 91 strikeouts
16. Ricky Romero (TOR): 6-6, 3.71 ERA, 108 strikeouts
17. Carl Pavano (MIN): 9-6, 3.58 ERA, 65 strikeouts
18. John Danks (CHW): 8-7, 3.29 ERA, 86 strikeouts
19. Zack Greinke (KC): 5-8, 3.71 ERA, 101 strikeouts
20. Fausto Carmona (CLE): 8-7, 3.64 ERA, 61 strikeouts
21. Justin Verlander (DET): 11-5, 3.82 ERA, 110 strikeouts
22. Ervin Santana (LAA): 8-7, 3.76 ERA, 100 strikeouts
23. Gio Gonzalez (OAK): 7-6, 3.79 ERA, 89 strikeouts
24. Francisco Liriano (MIN): 6-7, 3.86 ERA, 117 strikeouts
25. Dallas Braden (OAK): 4-7, 3.83 ERA, 58 strikeouts
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