Andrew McCutchen Wins NL MVP Award

[gladdyontherise]

BBWAA.com: Official site of the Baseball Writers' Assn. of America.

Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutchen, whose all-around play helped the Pirates reach postseason play for the first time in 21 years, was elected the National League Most Valuable Player in balloting by the BBWAA that was announced on MLB Network.

McCutchen, 27, was named first on 28 ballots, second on one and third on one of the 30 ballots cast by two writers representing each league city to score 409 points, based on a tabulation system rewarding 14 points for first place, nine for second, eight for third and on down to one for 10th. He batted .317 with 21 home runs, 84 runs batted in, 97 runs and 27 stolen bases and was second in the league with 60 multi-hit games.

1. Andrew McCutchen
2. Paul Goldschmidt
3. Yadier Molina
4. Matt Carpenter
5. Freddie Freeman
6. Joey Votto
7. Clayton Kershaw
8. Hanley Ramirez
9. Carlos Gomez
10. Jay Bruce
11. Craig Kimbre;
12. Shin Soo Choo
13. Jayson Werth
14. Andrelton Simmons
15. Yasiel Puig
16. Hunter Pence
17. Troy Tulowitzki
18. Allen Craig
18. Adrian Gonzalez
20. Buster Posey
20. Adam Wainwright
20. Michael Cuddyer
23. Matt Holliday
24. Russell Martin

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Congrats to McCutchen!

[ucffans]

I would have thought Goldie would have been closer than he was, but McCutcheon was dynamite this year.