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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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2012 MLB Player of the Year

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

Player	League	Primary Pos	Total Wins
Ryan Braun	NL	LF	5.68

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2012 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	Miguel Cabrera	3B	5.05
NL	Ryan Braun	LF	5.68

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2012 Silver Slugger winners

The batting-wins leader in each league.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Batting Wins
AL	Miguel Cabrera	3B	5.81
NL	Ryan Braun	LF	6.05

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2012 Gold Glove winners

The fielding-wins leader at each league position.

League	Player	Primary Pos	Fielding Wins
AL	John Hester	C	0.33
AL	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	0.91
AL	Jason Kipnis	2B	1.09
AL	Mike Moustakas	3B	1.21
AL	J. J. Hardy	SS	1.35
AL	Alex Gordon	LF	0.95
AL	Craig Gentry	CF	1.14
AL	Ben Revere	RF	1.43
NL	George Kottaras	C	0.65
NL	Carlos Lee	1B	0.94
NL	Daniel Descalso	2B	1.03
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2012 All-Star teams

The total-wins leader at each league position.

League	Primary Pos	Player	Total Wins
AL	C	Joe Mauer	3.57
AL	1B	Albert Pujols	2.99
AL	2B	Robinson Cano	3.79
AL	3B	Miguel Cabrera	5.05
AL	SS	Asdrubal Cabrera	2.12
AL	LF	Yoenis Cespedes	3.79
AL	CF	Mike Trout	4.48
AL	RF	Alex Rios	2.10
AL	DH	Edwin Encarnacion	3.90
NL	C	Carlos Ruiz	5.29
NL	1B	Joey Votto	5.47
NL	2B	Aaron Hill	5.53
NL	3B	Chase Headley	5.53
NL	SS	Jose Reyes	3.10
NL	LF	Ryan Braun	5.68
NL	CF	Andrew McCutchen	5.47

Official context

2012 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.