It's never easy to determine a league's "most valuable player." At the end of the day, though, it usually comes down to a combination of: 1) who posted the best statistics; and 2) who most pushed his team to a championship.
To that end, here is a short list of the National League's leading MVP candidates:
Name________ _AVG _OBP _SLG __R 2B 3B HR RBI BB _SO SB CS _RC RC/27
Cabrera, M._ .326 .397 .573 123 52 _1 34 113 75 128 _3 _0 146 8.7
Lee, D._____ .298 .374 .603 124 38 _6 48 124 74 134 10 _2 141 8.0
Roberts, B._ .332 .407 .525 109 47 _3 19 _88 72 _82 17 _3 129 8.6
Suzuki, I.__ .338 .366 .497 118 22 14 21 _83 31 _63 50 14 130 6.9
Teixeira, M. .304 .383 .562 _97 53 _4 33 104 74 133 _2 _0 132 7.8
In terms of traditional Triple Crown Statistics, teammate Derrek Lee would seem to have the advantage. However, Cabrera's season was also great (6th in the NL in batting average, T-6th in home runs, and 6th in runs batted in).
Digging deeper, one can see Cabrera's season get even better. He was 2nd in the NL in doubles, 2nd in runs scored, 2nd in hits, and 8th in walks.
And finally, in terms of sabermetric stats, Cabrera truly stands apart from the crowd. He was 2nd in the NL in slugging percentage, 6th in on-base percentage, 1st in runs created, and 1st in runs created per 27 outs.Those last few stats are key. Note that no player in the NL contributed more total runs than Cabrera, and (just as impressive) no player was more efficient in runs created per out.
Oh, and for good measure Cabrera also started every game of the season for Fleetwood (119 at 3B, 43 in LF) and tied for the league-lead with 20 game-winning RBI.
Add it all up, and the facts are clear: Miguel Cabrera was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 2006.
Miguel Cabrera - Player Detail Report
Batter Avg AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K OBP Slug OB+Sl
M.Cabrera .326 634 207 52 1 34 113 75 7 128 .397 .573 .970
vs. Left .287 167 48 11 1 10 30 30 1 34 .396 .545 .941
vs. Right .340 467 159 41 0 24 83 45 6 94 .398 .582 .981
Batting 1 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 2 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 3 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 4 .328 613 201 51 1 33 109 73 6 125 .399 .576 .975
Batting 5 .286 21 6 1 0 1 4 2 1 3 .348 .476 .824
Batting 6 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 7 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 8 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Batting 9 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ----
Clutch .231 91 21 5 1 3 23 0 7 19 .231 .407 .637
Loaded .333 15 5 1 0 0 14 0 0 3 .333 .400 .733
in September .345 87 30 5 0 9 21 12 0 15 .424 .713 1.137
G PA SH SF HBP CI GDP PAvg PAB PH PHR LOB GWRBI GS TB Streak
Misc. 162 721 1 7 4 0 15 ---- 0 0 0 155 20 0 363 0- 0
GB FB G/F Pitch P/PA RC RC/27 TotAvg Prod IsoPw AB/HR
Averages 283 231 1.23 0 .00 145.6 8.74 1.007 .970 .246 18.65
Run SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH BRC BRA BRO
Baserunning 123 3 0 1.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 2
Fielding G GS Inn PO A E DP TP Pct.
3rd Baseman 137 119 1084.1 49 191 12 15 0 .952
Left Fielder 45 43 344.0 60 2 1 1 0 .984
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