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It was just announced that Jimmy Rollins won the National League MVP, MLB.com reports.
David Wright finished in fourth place, behind Prince Fielder, and received no first place votes.
Rollins was listed first on 16 0f 32 ballots, second on seven, third on four, fourth on four and fifth on one for a total of 353 points. Matt Holliday came in second place, his breakdown was 11 first-place votes, 18 seconds, one third, one fourth and one sixth for 336 points.
Rollins became the first player in history to collect at least 200 hits, 25 homers, 15 triples and 25 steals in a season. Overall, the switch-hitter batted .296, with 38 doubles, 20 triples, 30 homers, 94 RBIs, 41 stolen bases, 212 hits and 139 runs scored.
Holliday won the league’s batting and RBI titles and was major reason why the Rockies shot into the postseason at the final stretch of the season for the first time since 1995. During the Rockies 15-1, Holliday batted .442 with five homers and 17 RBIs.
Holliday’s final line was .340, with 50 doubles, 36 homers, 137 RBIs, 216 hits and 120 runs scored. He led the league in hits, total bases, doubles and extra-base hits.
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