Buster Posey MVP: Giants Catcher Named 2012 NL Most Valuable Player

Posey Named MVP
FILE - In this May 1, 2012, file photo, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) looks to throw during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in San Francisco. Posey is the favorite to win National League Most Valuable Player, to be announced Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
FILE - In this May 1, 2012, file photo, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey (28) looks to throw during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in San Francisco. Posey is the favorite to win National League Most Valuable Player, to be announced Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco's Buster Posey has been voted the NL Most Valuable Player after returning from a devastating leg injury and becoming the first catcher in 70 years to win the league's batting title.

Posey received 27 of 32 first-place votes and 422 points from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, outdistancing 2011 winner Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, who was second with 285 points.

The 2010 NL Rookie of the Year, Posey set career highs with a .336 average, 24 homers and 103 RBIs for the World Series champion Giants. His 2011 season was cut short by a collision with the Marlins' Scott Cousins on May 25 that resulted in a fractured bone in Posey's lower left leg and three torn ankle ligaments.

The AL MVP was to be announced later Thursday.

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