2012 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Buster Posey SFG 148 G .336/.408/.549
Cy Young Award	R.A. Dickey NYM 20-6, 2.73, 230 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Bryce Harper WSN 139 G .270/.340/.477
Manager of the Year Award	Davey Johnson
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Buster Posey SFG 148 G .336/.408/.549
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Clayton Kershaw LAD 14-9, 2.53, 229 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Craig Kimbrel ATL 3-1 (42 SV), 1.01, 116 SO
NLCS MVP	Marco Scutaro - S
Hank Aaron Award	Buster Posey SFG 148 G .336/.408/.549
TSN Pitcher of the Year	R.A. Dickey NYM 20-6, 2.73, 230 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mark Buehrle
Catcher	Yadier Molina
First Base	Adam LaRoche
Second Base	Darwin Barney
Third Base	Chase Headley
Shortstop	Jimmy Rollins
LeftField	Carlos Gonzalez
CenterField	Andrew McCutchen
RightField	Jason Heyward

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Stephen Strasburg WSN 28 G .277/.333/.426
Catcher	Buster Posey SFG 148 G .336/.408/.549
First Base	Adam LaRoche WSN 154 G .271/.343/.510
Second Base	Aaron Hill ARI 156 G .302/.360/.522
Third Base	Chase Headley SDP 161 G .286/.376/.498
Shortstop	Ian Desmond WSN 130 G .292/.335/.511
Outfield	Ryan Braun MIL 154 G .319/.391/.595 Jay Bruce CIN 155 G .252/.327/.514 Andrew McCutchen PIT 157 G .327/.400/.553

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Matt Cain (SFG) C. Buster Posey (SFG) 1B. Joey Votto (CIN) 2B. Dan Uggla (ATL) 3B. Pablo Sandoval (SFG) SS. Rafael Furcal (STL) LF. Ryan Braun (MIL) CF. Melky Cabrera (SFG) RF. Carlos Beltran (STL) DH. Carlos Gonzalez (COL)	Jose Altuve* (HOU) Michael Bourn* (ATL) Jay Bruce* (CIN) Starlin Castro* (CHC) Aroldis Chapman* (CIN) Ian Desmond (WSN) R.A. Dickey* (NYM) David Freese* (STL) Gio Gonzalez* (WSN)	Cole Hamels* (PHI) Joel Hanrahan* (PIT) Bryce Harper* (WSN) Matt Holliday* (STL) Chipper Jones* (ATL) Matt Kemp (LAD) Clayton Kershaw* (LAD) Craig Kimbrel* (ATL) Bryan LaHair* (CHC)	Lance Lynn (STL) Andrew McCutchen* (PIT) Wade Miley* (ARI) Yadier Molina (STL) Jonathan Papelbon* (PHI) Carlos Ruiz* (PHI) Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) Stephen Strasburg* (WSN) Huston Street (SDP)	David Wright* (NYM)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Posey (SFG)	7.4
2.	McCutchen (PIT)	7.2
3.	Braun (MIL)	7.0
4.	Molina (STL)	6.9
5.	Wright (NYM)	6.9
6.	Kershaw (LAD)	6.6
7.	Headley (SDP)	6.2
8.	Bourn (ATL)	6.0
9.	Dickey (NYM)	5.8
10.	Heyward (ATL)	5.8

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Moyer (COL)	born 1962-11-18
2.	Saito (ARI)	born 1970-02-14
3.	Thome (PHI)	born 1970-08-27
4.	Giambi (COL)	born 1971-01-08
5.	Batista (NYM)	born 1971-02-19
6.	Blanco (ARI)	born 1971-08-29
7.	Contreras (PHI)	born 1971-12-06
8.	Jones (ATL)	born 1972-04-24
9.	Blum (ARI)	born 1973-04-26
10.	Mota (SFG)	born 1973-07-25

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Harper (WSN)	born 1992-10-16
2.	Skaggs (ARI)	born 1991-07-13
3.	Turner (MIA)	born 1991-05-21
4.	Ortega (COL)	born 1991-05-15
5.	Rodriguez (LAD)	born 1991-04-16
6.	Teheran (ATL)	born 1991-01-27
7.	Bauer (ARI)	born 1991-01-17
8.	Lyles (HOU)	born 1990-10-19
9.	Miller (STL)	born 1990-10-10
10.	Perez (WSN)	born 1990-05-30

Salary s c a p y
1.	Guerrier (LAD)	$4,750,000
2.	Bauer (ARI)	$1,183,333

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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