MILWAUKEE (WKOW) -- Brewer outfielder Ryan Braun has been named the NL Most Valuable Player.
Braun received 20 of 32 first-place votes and 388 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Los Angeles center fielder Matt Kemp, who came close to winning the Triple Crown, received 10 first-place votes and finished with 332 points. Braun's teammate Prince Fielder finished third with 229 points, and Arizona's Justin Upton finished fourth with 214 points.
Braun led the NL with a .597 slugging percentage and was second with a .332 batting average. He had 33 homers, 111 RBIs and stole 33 bases.
Kemp led the NL in homers, RBIs and was third in average.
