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Infante earns NL Player of Week award

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 07:10 by harsheeb

New York -- National League Player of the Week honors went to Atlanta Braves infielder Omar Infante Monday for hitting .433 in the past week.

Infante, 28, hit three home runs and scored nine times in seven games in the week ending Sunday. His .900 slugging percentage was best among all NL batters. He also had four multi-hit games and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

It's the first time Infante has been picked for the weekly honor.

Others considered for the award were teammates Mike Minor and Jason Heyward;

Posey named NL rookie, player of month

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 09:54 by Prince damin

New York -- San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey Wednesday collected both the National League Player and Rookie of the Month honors for July.

Posey got both nods thanks to a tremendous month in which led the NL with 43 hits and finishing third with a .417 average. He also assembled a 21-game hitting streak.

Posey smacked six doubles and seven home runs, drove in 24 runs and scored 20 times in July, becoming the first rookie to claim the NL Player of the Month award since Milwaukee's Ryan Braun in July 2007.

Colorado outfielder Carlos Gonzalez and Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto also collected votes for Player of the Month.

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Cincy 1B Votto NL Player of Week

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 04:07 by Salinder Kumar

New York -- Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was named the National League Player of the Week Monday.

Votto, 26, had a Major League-best 14 hits, including 10 doubles, and 11 runs scored in six games last week. He became the first player to hit 10 doubles in a five-game span in a single season since Hall of Famer Paul Waner did it for Pittsburgh in 1932.

Votto had eight RBI, an NL-leading 1.080 slugging percentage, and a .593 on-base percentage during the period. For the season, he is hitting .318 with 23 home runs and 80 RBI.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Braves pitcher named NL Player of Week

Tue, 09/15/2009 - 04:21 by surajdogra

New York -- Atlanta Braves pitcher Javier Vazquez was named National League Player of the Week on Monday.

Vazquez went 2-0 in two starts last week, with a 1.13 earned-run average and 17 strikeouts in 16 innings. On Sept. 8, he pitched seven shutout innings and also had two hits at the plate. On Sept. 13, Vazquez went the distance in a 9-2 victory St. Louis to help the Braves sweep the NL Central leaders.

Vazquez had 15 straight innings without allowing a run before yielding a pair of runs in the ninth inning Sunday.

It is Vazquez's second career weekly award and first in the National League. He also won it with the Chicago White Sox in August 2008.

Phillies' Ryan Howard NL Player of Week

Tue, 09/01/2009 - 04:42 by Salinder Kumar

New York -- Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard was named Monday the National League Player of the Week.

Howard, 29, led the major leagues last week with five home runs and had two-multi-homer games. He had 12 RBI, 28 total bases and a 1.000 slugging percentage in the seven-day period.

Howard hit a game-winning three-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Phillies a 4-1 decision over Pittsburgh last Wednesday. He hit two solo shots to help Philadelphia beat Atlanta Friday -- his fifth such game of 2009 and the 22nd time in his career he's homered more than once in a game.

It was the fifth career weekly award for the sixth-year pro, and his second this season.

Ian Stewart is NL player of the week

Tue, 06/09/2009 - 02:56 by Salinder Kumar

New York -- Colorado's Ian Stewart, who hit four home runs last week, was chosen the National League player of the week Monday.

Stewart's four home runs led the major leagues in games played June 1-7. He hit two of the homers Saturday in a game at St. Louis. He hit .480 for the week with 12 hits. Stewart also scored nine runs last week.

He finished the week with five consecutive multi-hit games
Monday marked the first NL player of the week award for Stewart.