Josh Hamilton Wins 2010 AL MVP Award

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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was named the 2010 American League MVP Tuesday in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, beating out Miguel Cabrera and Robinson Cano for the honor.

Hamilton received 22 of the 28 first-place votes and 358 total points. Cabrera of the Tigers was second with 262 points and five first-place votes, while the Yankees' Cano came in third at 229 points.

The AL MVP race wasn't quite as clear-cut as the one in the NL, where Joey Votto snared all but one first-place vote. Despite Hamilton's overwhelming edge in most of the rate stats -- he led the majors in batting average (.359), slugging percentage (.633) and OPS (1.044) and was second in the AL to Cabrera with a .411 on-base percentage -- he did miss nearly a month late in the season with a rib injury.

 

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