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2012 Major League Award Winners
The 2012 Blue Jays would make a dissapointing exit from the American League Championship Series but they ran into a very strong Kansas City Royals team that would go on to capture the World Series Title. The Jays were suprised to learn that C J.P. Arencibia would be the AL Gold Glove winner at catcher and that RF Alex Rios would be named hte American League MVP. Rios did have a resurgance this year hitting .366 with 22 HR and 110 RBI but his temmate Arencibia had better nubers hitting .353 with 46 HR and driving in 153 Runs.
The rest of the award winners were:
National League Gold Golves
P Tim Sexton (Los Angeles Dodgers)
C Jeff Clement (Philedelphia Phillies)
1B Chris Marrero (Washington Nationals)
2B Brandon Phillips (Cincinatti Reds)
3B Hector Gomez (Colorado Rockies)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Philedelphia Phillies)
LF Tim Pfeiff (Houston Astros)
CF Jordan Schaeffer (Atlanta Braves)
RF Jason Heward (Atlanta Braves)
American League Gold Golves
P Michael Tonkin (Baltimore Orioles)
C J.P. Arencibia (Toronto Blue Jays)
1B Marios Castro (Oakland Athletics)
2B Lowie Abresca (Minnesota Twins)
3B Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay Rays)
SS Toby Kuster (Oakland Athletics)
LF Michael Laliberte (Kansas City Royals)
CF Fred Kirby (Detroit Tigers)
RF Felix Pie (New York Yankees)
National League Rookie of the Year
LF Ricardo Gonzales (Chicago Cubs)
.307 29 HR 104 RBI
American League Rookie of the Year
2B Wilson Manuel (Kansas City Royals)
.359 6 HR 90 RBI 55 SB
National League Cy Young Award
CL Clay Meredith (Philedelphia Phillies)
9-3 54 SV 2.39 ERA 79 K
American League Cy Young Award
SP Zack Grinke (Kansas City Royals)
22-5 3.00 ERA 194 K
National League Manager of the Year
Pat Mahomes (Philedelphia Phillies)
American League Manager of the Year
Trey Hilman (Kansas City Royals)
National League Most Valuable Player
1B Albert Pujos (St. Louis Cardinals)
.335 33 HR 148 RBI
American League Most Valuable Player
RF Alex Rios (Toronto Blue Jays)
.366 22 HR 110 RBI
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