2010 José Bautista

bautista in 2009

for month of july, bautista batted .347, 11 home runs, 29 rbi, , al-leading .765 slugging percentage, sharing american league player of month honors twins outfielder delmon young. bautista named blue jays player of month, selected through voting toronto chapter of baseball writers association of america. 12 home runs in may , 11 in july, bautista became third blue jay player in franchise history have 2 months @ least 10 home runs.

bautista named co-winner of american league player of week award period ending august 1. bautista hit .545 5 homers , 13 rbi during span. on august 26, bautista hit 100th career home run against detroit tigers. bautista again named player of week week ending august 29; in 7 games week, bautista led american league .500 batting average (10-for-20) , hit 4 home runs. bautista became blue jays player ever win award 3 times in 1 season. bautista won al player of month month of august, in hit led al in home runs (12), rbi (24), slugging percentage (.724) , total bases (72), while tying lead in extra-base hits (18). finished tied second 23 runs , third 23 walks. won honda player of month award, second such award in many months.

on september 17, bautista set new blue jays single-season home run record 48th home run, breaking record set george bell. on september 23, bautista became 26th player in major league baseball history reach 50 home run club in 1 season, , first toronto blue jay player so. 52nd home run set new mlb record largest single-season increase in home runs, eclipsing davey johnson s 38 home run increase 1972 1973. bautista finished 2010 season mlb-leading 54 home runs, highest total since alex rodriguez hit 54 in 2007. bautista won al hank aaron , silver slugger awards offensive performance. , finished fourth in al valuable player award (mvp) voting, behind hamilton, miguel cabrera , robinson canó. toronto chapter of bbwaa named bautista blue jays valuable player, blue jays improved player, , presented him john cerutti award displaying goodwill, cooperation , character .