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Andre's Biggest Games - 11 Games of 5 RBIs or More

Andre Dawson for the Hall of Fame (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Hall of Fame players have big games; they can carry an offense and intimidate a pitching staff on any given day, which was often the case in Andre's career. He had 11 games during his career of at least 5 RBIs or more.* 1977, July 4th - vs. Chicago Cubs, Won 19-3 Game Stats: In 6 ABs - 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 3 Hits, and 2 Runs 1985, April 27th - vs. St. Louis Cardinals, Won 8-3 Game Stats: In 5 ABs - 1 HR,...

SB Nation N.L. MVP: Albert Pujols

Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols connects for a two-run home run in the in the third inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam) Browse more photos » No surprise there. Here are the full results (again, after the jump, because the charts don't fit): Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th...

A boatload of postseason awards

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Because I've been away for a few days I've fallen behind on a couple of things, including the unveiling of the SBN and IBWAA postseason awards. My apologies. Let's start with the SBN Awards: If you read any of the other SBN baseball sites, you may have seen some of these, but if you don't, they're new to you. Two BCB writers contributed to each of the NL awards: I had one vote, and TheJay had the other....

SB Nation Baseball Awards (ROY Edition)

FishStripes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Here are the results of the NL Rookie of the Year as voted on by the SB Nation bloggers. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4 Chris Coghlan Florida Marlins 7 5 4 54 5 Dexter Fowler Colorado Rockies - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards - NL Rookie Of The Year.

Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Is Andrew McCutchen the SB Nation's '09 NL Rookie of the Year? (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Browse more photos » In 2008 , the voting members of the SB Nation's baseball sites elected Cubs' catcher Geovany Soto as the NL Rookie of the year after the then-25-year-old catcher had hit .285 with 35 doubles, 23 HR's and 86 RBI's in 141 games behind the plate...

SBN Awards: NL Rookie of the Year

McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4 Chris Coghlan Florida Marlins 7 5 4 54 5 Dexter Fowler Colorado Rockies - 3 1 10 6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6 7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - 5 8 Casey McGehee Milwaukee Brewers - 1 2 5 9 Seth Smith Colorado Rockies - 1 - 3...

SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year

True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Browse more photos » In a very close vote, Tommy Hanson of the Braves won the SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year award, over J.A. Happ , Andrew McCutchen , and Chris Coghlan . Here are the results: Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78 2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64 3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54 4...

2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Rookie Of The Year

Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

(Note: the following preamble is 99% unchanged from the previously announced awards, so feel free to skip it if you've already read it.) One of the nice things about having a whole network of baseball sites is that occasionally we get to pretend we're real writers and collaborate on projects with one another. Now that the baseball season is over, and before everyone's focus turns to the free agent...

SBN Baseball Postseason Awards -- National League Rookie of the Year

The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by H. RUMPH JR - AP Can J.A. Happ snare the SBN National League Rookie of the Year Award? (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr) Browse more photos » The SBNation bloggers voted on the BBWAA postseason awards, and we're rolling out the results! Today: National League Rookie of the Year. Results after the jump... Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson narrowly defeated Phillies lefty J.A. Happ...

SBN A.L. ROY Award

Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by John Froschauer - AP about 1 month ago: Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki is forced out at second as Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus steps over and watches his throw complete a double play on Mariners' Jose Lopez at first during the third inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) View full size photo » Today we release the balloting for the...

2009 SBN Baseball Awards: AL Rookie of the Year

Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

This week, we're posting the results for each of Major League Baseball's regular season awards, as voted upon by the SB Nation baseball bloggers. (Each site gets two ballots; Mack Avenue Tigers ' Kurt Mensching helped me out with a vote.) Today's announcement is for the 2009 Rookie of the Year balloting. This is the one award a Tigers player may have had his best chance with. How did Detroit's Kid...

SB Nation NL Manager of the Year

True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP "So Clint, it is May 27. The Dodgers are about to sweep us to make our record 18-28. You are the manager. What are the odds that one of us will win manager of the year this season? Clint? Clint? Are you awake?" Browse more photos » The fine blogs of SB Nation got together and voted on all the major awards as the season closed. The awards...

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2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Rookies of the Year

Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by Matt York - AP I won SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. Who am I and what do I receive along with the title? (Sadly, the answer is that SBN awards don't come with anything.) Browse more photos » In the next installment for SBN Baseball's end of the year awards, I present to you the AL and NL ballots. First, let me recap who Purple Row chose for its award winners. In the AL, our...

SBN Awards: Rookie of the Year awarded to Elvis Andrus and Tommy Hanson

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by Tony Gutierrez - AP Elvis Andrus, SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) View full size photo » Below are the results for Rookie of the Year as voted by the SBN baseball writers. Elvis Andrus , the slick fielding shortstop from Texas, narrowly beat A's pitcher Andrew Bailey in the American League and Braves starting pitcher Tommy Hanson solidly won in the National League. My...

The Braves' Tommy Hanson wins the SBN NL Rookie of the Year

Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

More photos » by John Bazemore - AP Browse more photos » Every year the bloggers and members of the SBN baseball blog community get together and do our own BWAA-style voting for all of the major awards. This year they have chosen the Atlanta Braves rookie starting pitcher Tommy Hanson as the SBN NL Rookie of the Year. This, despite neither of the two Atlanta votes going his way. Perhaps...