Donaldson and Harper win MVP awards

Harper took all 30 first place votes to win the award, while Donaldson had 23 first place votes to beat out Trout, who finished with the other seven.

Bryce Harper became the youngest unanimous MVP victor in baseball history Thursday, capturing the NL award despite his Washington Nationals missing the playoffs.

The Los Angeles Angels outfielder became just the fourth big leaguer ever to finish in the top two in the voting in four consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Stan Musial as well as Barry Bonds.

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was one of the best players in baseball during his breakout 2015 season. After the All-Star break, Votto hit.362/.535/.617 with 14 home runs and 38 RBI in 72 games.

The A’s also got the worst record in the American League West this past season, and one of the worst teams in franchise history. But his combined on-base and slugging percentage, 1.109, is a figure rarely achieved in the current game. This is the third season in a row that Trout has been a finalist for the award, and he’s only 24 years old. After a phenomenal performance throughout the season, Nationals slugger Harper bagged the award on Thursday as announced by the league.

Donaldson, traded to Toronto by the Oakland Athletics before the season, thrived with the Blue Jays, helping them end a 22-year absence in the postseason by claiming the American League East crown.

“I remember the first time I heard it and it was kind of like, ‘OK these guys are starting to get pretty serious about what’s going on here, ‘” Donaldson said on a conference call.

A fifth-year third baseman, Donaldson led the AL in RBIs with 123 and was third in the AL with 41 home runs. “As we said at this time previous year, I thought that Harp was just scratching the surface of what he can be”.

He hit. 330 with 42 home runs and 99 RBI. The Royals’ Lorenzo Cain finished third in the balloting.

George Bell was the first Blue Jays player to win the AL MVP in 1987.

Donaldson made a profound impact in his first season with Toronto, hitting.

Harper led the majors in on-base percentage (.460), slugging (.649) and WAR (9.9).

Harper would win the NL MVP unaminously.

After coming from 0-2 down against the Texas Rangers in the NLDS, Donaldson and the Blue Jays were defeated by the eventual World Series champion-Kansas City Royals in the ALCS (4-2).