Twins C Mauer runaway AL MVP (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 13:18

FILE - This is an Oct. 1, 2009, file photo showing Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer(notes) being congratulated in the dugout after scoring on a Jason Kubel(notes) sacrifice fly during the third inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit.<br /><br />Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.

Joe Mauer became only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, finishing first in a near-unanimous vote Monday.

The Minnesota Twins star received 27 of 28 first-place votes and 387 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Yankees teammates Mark Teixeira (225 points) and Derek Jeter (193) followed, while Detroit's...


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