St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001 to 2004.
Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
It was the third MVP award for Pujols, who also won in 2005. He became the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002.
Pujols led the majors in home runs (47), runs (124), slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44), and topped the NL in on-base percentage (.443).
He was especially dangerous with the bases loaded, going 10-for-17 with five home runs, three doubles and 35 RBIs.
Florida's Hanley Ramirez, the NL batting champion, was second with 233 points, followed by Philadelphia's Ryan Howard (217) and Milwaukee's Prince Fielder (203).
Pujols became the fourth player to win the NL MVP three times. Bonds won seven. Stan Musial, Roy Campanella and Mike Schmidt won three.
Pujols receives a $200,000 bonus for winning the award.
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