Albert Pujols Approved By You As 2008 NL MVP
by Sky Kalkman
on Oct 1, 2008 1:26 PM EDT
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Voting is now closed on the 2008 National League MVP, and you all voted Albert Pujols the winner by a huge margin. 242 readers approved of Pujols winning the award, with Lance Berkman second at 93 votes, and Chase Utley third at 70 votes. Unfortunately, PollDaddy doesn't count the number of ballots submitted, only the total number of votes cast, so I can't tell you what percentage of voters listed Pujols on their ballots. But given the the number of responses to other polls, I'm estimating his approval rate at about 80%, given 300 ballots submitted.
Here are the total votes for everyone listed on the ballot and their estimated approval percentage. You all are a pretty smart crowd. (Note that I accidentally left Ryan Howard off the ballot and there was just a bit Ryan Braun rick-rolling from BrewCrewBall.)
| Player | Votes | Approval |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Pujols | 242 | 81% |
| Lance Berkman | 93 | 31% |
| Chase Utley | 70 | 23% |
| Ryan Braun | 64 | 21% |
| Hanley Ramirez | 57 | 19% |
| David Wright | 52 | 17% |
| Chipper Jones | 50 | 17% |
| Carlos Beltran | 49 | 16% |
| Manny Ramirez | 26 | 9% |
| Geovany Soto | 26 | 9% |
| Matt Holliday | 25 | 8% |
| Carlos Delgado | 17 | 6% |
| Aramis Ramirez | 16 | 5% |
| Pat Burrell | 13 | 4% |
| Jose Reyes | 10 | 3% |
| Brian McCann | 10 | 3% |
| Russell Martin | 8 | 3% |
| Ryan Ludwick | 7 | 2% |
| Brian Giles | 7 | 2% |
| Carlos Lee | 5 | 2% |
| Dan Uggla | 4 | 1% |
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I just found this site tonight. It’s nice to see there’s bright fans out there that realize HR and RBI aren’t the be all and end all. So, Howard was left out accidentally? LOL! That is funny. How much support do you think he’d have garnered? I think it’s quite amusing that the national sports media seems to feel he’s right up there with Pujols in contention for this award. He’s not even the MVP of his own team if you ask me. And to me he’s the modern day Dave Kingman and I don’t recall Kingman getting much positive recognition back in the day.
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by smittyredbirdsfan on
Oct 3, 2008 1:15 AM EDT
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He certainly would have finished ahead of Delgado and Manny (not that I think they should have been that high)
And fallen somewhere in the Beltran to Hanley range. Not ahead of Braun, I don’t think.
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by Sky Kalkman on
Oct 3, 2008 2:11 PM EDT
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