NEW YORK — The Major League Baseball Players Association have named Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh as the Players Choice Award winner for both overall Player of the Year, and American League Outstanding Player.
Raleigh is the first Mariners player to ever win “Player of the Year”, and is the fourth different Seattle player to win “AL Outstanding Player”, joining Alex Rodriguez (2x, 1996, ‘98), Ken Griffey Jr. (1997), and Ichiro Suzuki (2004).
Cal has now won two of the most prestigious awards voted on by his peers, taking home the Sporting News’ MLB Player of the Year Award last week and winning the Players Choice Award Player of the Year today.