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Pujols wins second straight NL MVP

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NEW YORK (AP) 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 2001-04.

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 the St. Louis Cardinals star, who also won in 2005. He became the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002.

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2 I. Suzuki.352
3 D. Jeter.334
4 M. Cabrera.324
5 M. Young.322
6 R. Cano.320
7 J. Bartlett.320
8 E. Aybar.312
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10 M. Ordonez.310
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NL Batting Average
Rank Player  BA
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2 P. Sandoval.330
3 A. Pujols.327
4 T. Helton.325
5 J. Votto.322
6 C. Coghlan.321
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8 M. Tejada.313
9 F. Lopez.310
10 N. Morgan.307
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