Ryan Braun won the National League MVP Tuesday, becoming the first Brewer to do so in 22 years. Braun garnered 20 of 32 first-place votes for 388 total points, besting the Dodgers' Matt Kemp and his 10 first-place votes and 332 points rather handily.
Kemp turned in a MVP-caliber season with 39 home runs, 126 RBI, 40 stolen bases and a .324 average. In comparison, Braun knocked out 33 home runs, had 111 RBI, stole 33 bags and batted at a .332 clip. Though his typical numbers were inferior to Kemp's, Braun got the votes to take the award away from the NL West.
Of the 26 NL players who received votes, eight call the NL West home, including the Dodgers' Kemp and Clayton Kershaw, the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton, Ian Kennedy and Miguel Montero, the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, as well as the Giants' Pablo Sandoval and Carlos Beltran.
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The Giants' Sandoval received one seventh-place vote and one eighth-place vote. Beltran, for his split-season between the Mets and Giants, received one eighth-place vote.