Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants was named the 2012 Nationals League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He garnered 27 first place votes and had 422 points total. Last year's MVP Ryan Braun of the Brewers was second with three first place votes and 285 points total. Also getting triple digit points were Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates with 245 points, Yadier Molina of the Cardinals with two first place votes and 241 points and Chase Headley of the Padres with 127 points. Others receiving votes were David Wright of the Mets with 86 points, Adam LaRoche of the Nationals with 86, Craig Kimbrel of the Braves with 73, Aramis Ramirez of the Brewers with 47, Jay Bruce of the Reds with 46, Matt Holliday of the Cardinals with 34, Aroldis Chapman of the Reds with 20, Brandon Phillips of the Reds with 18, Joey Votto of the Reds with 18, R A Dickey of the Mets with 16, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers with 15, Ian Desmond of the Nationals with 15, Michael Bourn of the Braves with 12, Allen Craig of the Cardinals with 10, Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals with 8, Alfonso Soriano of the Cubs with 8, Kris Medlen of the Braves with 8, Martin Prado of the Braves with 8, Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals with 7, Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins with 7, Carlos Beltran of the Cardinals with 6, Aaron Hill of the Diamondbacks with 6, Carlos Ruiz of the Phillies with 4, Jason Heyward of the Braves with 4, Johnny Cueto of the Reds with 2, Bryce Harper of the Nationals with 2, Chipper Jones of the Braves with 1, Miguel Montero of the Diamondbacks with 1, Angel Pagan of the Giants with 1 and Hunter Pence of the Giants with 1.
In 2012 the catcher\first baseman hit .336/.408/.549 with 24 HR, 103 RBI, 78 R, 1 SB in 148 games. In his MLB career he has hit .314/.380/.503 with 46 HR, 191 RBI, 154 R, 4 SB in 308 games. He was originally drafted by the Giants with the fifth pick of the first round in 2008. Posey turned 25 on March 27.
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