Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera beats Mike Trout to win 2012 American League MVP – MLB Update
Detroit Tigers’ hard hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera overcame Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels to win the 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award on Thursday. In voting done by 28 members of Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Cabrera
edged Trout to win his first ever AL MVP.
Cabrera is a seven-time All Star and four-time Silver Slugger Award Winner. He had an absolutely brilliant time on the plate with the Tigers last season as he hit .330 with 44 home-runs and 192 RBI’s. Following his historic season, Cabrera was named The
Sporting News Player of the Year. On October 27, he was awarded the American League Hank Aaron Award.
"Wow. Wow. I don't believe it," Cabrera said in an interview with a leading sports website. "I'm very excited. I'm like, I don't have any words to explain like how excited I'm right now. I never expected I'd end up winning because Mike Trout, he (had an)
unbelievable season."
Cabrera said, "Man, I've very surprised."
"(I want to) share with all the fans in Detroit, all the fans in Venezuela," Cabrera said. "It's going to be exciting for my country Venezuela and my family and I'm very happy for getting this MVP."
The 29-year-old also became the first player to win the Triple Crown Award since 1967. Trout, on the other hand, hit .326 with 30 home-runs and 83 RBI’s in his rookie season with the Angels. Fittingly, it was Cabrera who claimed the AL MVP and Trout will
confess Cabrera was the deserving winner.
According to BBWAA rules, players received 14 points for the first place votes, nine points for the second place votes and eight points for third place votes. Cabrera took 22 out of 28 first place votes and finished second to Trout on the remaining six.
Justin Verlander finished eighth in the voting after getting two fourth placed votes. Slugger Prince Fielder came ninth with five sixth place votes and one fifth place vote. Although Cabrera was the MVP, the Cabrera-Trout debate is likely to continue for
many years.
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