Buster Posey (.306, 24, 103), whose 2011 season ended with a severe injury after a horrific collision with a runner at home plate, wins the National League MVP Award. The Giant catcher is the 21st MVP also to be previously named the Rookie of the Year, an award the backstop copped in 2010.

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Buster Posey (.306, 24, 103), whose 2011 season ended with a severe injury after a horrific collision with a runner at home plate, wins the National League MVP Award. The Giant catcher is the 21st MVP also to be previously named the Rookie of the Year, an award the backstop copped in 2010.

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selects Miguel Cabrera (.330, 44, 139) as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. The Tigers’ third baseman, the first Triple Crown winner since 1967, receives 22 out of the 28 writers’ first-place votes, easily outpointing Angels outfielder Mike Trout, the circuit’s Rookie of the Year.

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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selects Miguel Cabrera (.330, 44, 139) as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. The Tigers’ third baseman, the first Triple Crown winner since 1967, receives 22 out of the 28 writers’ first-place votes, easily outpointing Angels outfielder Mike Trout, the circuit’s Rookie of the Year.

Most Valuable Player Award in the National League, is Catcher Buster Posey of the Giants is a runaway winner.

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In what is portrayed as a classic dispute between defenders of traditional statistics and supporters of sabermetrics, 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers wins the 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award over Rookie of the Year OF Mike Trout of the Angels by a score of 362 to 281. Cabrera was the first winner of a Triple Crown in 45 years, but Trout finished ahead of him in more advanced measures of a player’s value. There is no such controversy in the National League, as C Buster Posey of the Giants is a runaway winner.