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Awards

Awards and season leaders

This page starts with the site's own WAA-based award picks for each season.

Official awards still matter here as context. They show where baseball history agreed, disagreed, or simply used different standards.

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2009 MLB Player of the Year

The overall yearly leader in total wins, across both leagues.

Player	League	Primary Pos	Total Wins
Albert Pujols	NL	1B	7.31

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2009 League MVP winners

The total-wins leader in each league. This naturally follows whatever leagues exist in that season.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Total Wins
AL	Joe Mauer	C	6.20
NL	Albert Pujols	1B	7.31

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2009 Silver Slugger winners

The batting-wins leader in each league.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Batting Wins
AL	Joe Mauer	C	6.08
NL	Hanley Ramirez	SS	6.41

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2009 Gold Glove winners

The fielding-wins leader at each league position.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Fielding Wins
AL	Victor Martinez	C	0.84
AL	Miguel Cabrera	1B	1.09
AL	Aaron Hill	2B	1.00
AL	Evan Longoria	3B	1.21
AL	Cesar Izturis	SS	0.91
AL	David DeJesus	LF	1.28
AL	Carlos Gomez	CF	1.17
AL	Ryan Sweeney	RF	1.19
NL	Yorvit Torrealba	C	0.40
NL	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	1.17
NL	Craig Counsell	2B	0.98
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2009 All-Star teams

The total-wins leader at each league position.

League	Primary Pos	Player	Total Wins
AL	C	Joe Mauer	6.20
AL	1B	Kevin Youkilis	3.93
AL	2B	Ben Zobrist	4.21
AL	3B	Evan Longoria	4.20
AL	SS	Jason Bartlett	3.05
AL	LF	Jason Bay	4.58
AL	CF	Torii Hunter	3.06
AL	RF	Ichiro Suzuki	3.46
AL	DH	Jason Kubel	2.01
NL	C	Brian McCann	2.54
NL	1B	Albert Pujols	7.31
NL	2B	Chase Utley	6.00
NL	3B	Ryan Zimmerman	4.13
NL	SS	Troy Tulowitzki	5.84
NL	LF	Ryan Braun	5.86
NL	CF	Carlos Beltran	2.55

Official context

2009 official awards

Official awards remain here as comparison material. They help show where the site's value-based results line up with baseball history and where they do not.