Traut and Harper are "Rookies of the Year 'in MLB
27.04.2013
Two outfielderс were selected for the "Rookie of the Year" by the Association of MLB baseball journalists in North America (BBWAA). One of them - the central square leg of the Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout was listed on the first place in all 28 questionnaires for the American League and became the 18th unanimous winner in the history of voting and 8th in the AL. The other - universal outfielder of Washington Nationals Bryce Harper, overtake with a little the pitcher of Arizona Diamondbacks Wade Miley, having garnered only 7 points more of the 32 votes for the National League, scoring with 5-3-1 system to third place.
The 21 years old Trout was foretold awarded after in his first full season opened a new page in the archives of the Premier League. The youngster from New Jersey became the first baseball player in history, batting at least .320 with 30 homers, 45 stolen bases and 125 points scored in one year. The opening hitter of the "Angels" finished the season with a .326 average rate, 30 homers, 49 stolen bases and 129 points, which led the nearly all batters rankings among the recruits.
Therefore now Trout is among the nominees for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the AL with the earned Triple Crown third baseman of Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera, second baseman of New York Yankees Robinson Cano and the stars of Texas Rangers Adrian Beltran and Josh Hamilton. If on Thursday Trout is announced the winner, he will become only the third player since Fred Lynn (1975) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001), selected as "Rookie of the Year" and MVP in the same season.
The 20 years old Harper _ dawned on the stage at the end of April, when he was summoned to Washington by the subsidiaries in Division "AAA" Syracuse Chiefs and until the end of the season reached a .270 batting average with 22 home runs, 59 RBI, 18 stolen bases and 98 scored. In addition, selected under № 1 in the draft in 2010, played all three positions in the out filed and everywhere demonstrated a remarkable range, contributing a total of 324 outs and 8 assists with only seven mistakes.
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