2012 Player of the Week Award on Baseball Almanac

2012 Player of the Week Award

The Player of the Week Award is an extension to the Player of Month and Pitcher of the Month Award issued by Major League Baseball. Each recipient below won the Player of the Week Award during the 2012 regular season.

"This is where I wanted to be. It happened kind of fast. They started talking about the numbers, and, 'Oh my God, for real?' It was kind of cool. It was a fun process, but I also had to ask myself, 'Am I really in this position right now?' All I could think about was being a sixth-round pick, not sure if I even wanted to play baseball, and now I was getting a long-term deal. For me it was a dream. I still pinch myself, because I've got nothing to worry about but play baseball and win games. I can take care of my family, and there's no stress." - Matt Kemp on MLB.com (Ken Gurnick, 'For Kemp and Kershaw, committment was easy', Source)

2012 Player of the Week Award (2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007 \| 2008 \| 2009 \| 2010 \| 2011 \| 2012 \| 2013)
Date / Week	American League^(Team)	P.R.	National League^(Team)	P.R.
04-04 — 04-08	Miguel Cabrera^(DET)		Matt Kemp ^(LAD)
04-09 — 04-15	Josh Willingham^(MIN)		Matt Kemp ^(LAD)
04-16 — 04-22	Philip Humber^(CHW)		Freddie Freeman ^(ATL)
04-23 — 04-29	Paul Konerko^(CHW)		Jay Bruce ^(CIN)
04-30 — 05-06	Jered Weaver^(LAA)		Freddie Freeman ^(ATL)
05-07 — 05-13	Josh Hamilton^(TEX)		Carlos Beltran ^(StL)
05-14 — 05-20	J.P. Arencibia^(TOR)		Clayton Kershaw ^(LAD)
05-21 — 05-27	Paul Konerko^(CHW)		R.A. Dickey ^(NYM)
05-28 — 06-03	Justin Smoak^(SEA)		Johan Santana ^(NYM)
06-04 — 06-10	Torii Hunter^(LAA)		Ryan Dempster ^(CHI)
06-04 — 06-10	Mike Trout^(LAA)		Jason Kubel ^(ARI)
06-11 — 06-17	Brandon Moss^(OAK)		Matt Cain ^(SFG)
06-18 — 06-24	Will Middlebrooks^(BOS)		Jason Heyward ^(ATL)
06-25 — 07-01	Robinson Cano^(NYY)		Mat Latos ^(CIN)
07-02 — 07-08	Kevin Youkilis^(CHW)		Andrew McCutchen^(PIT)
07-09 — 07-15	Yoenis Cespedes^(OAK)		Andrew McCutchen^(PIT)
07-16 — 07-22	Adrian Gonzalez^(BOS)		Ryan Zimmerman^(WAS)
07-23 — 07-29	Billy Butler^(KCR)		Carlos Gomez^(MIL)
07-23 — 07-29	Billy Butler^(KCR)		Drew Stubbs ^(CIN)
07-30 — 08-05	Albert Pujols^(LAA)		A.J. Burnett^(PIT)
08-06 — 08-12	Adrian Gonzalez^(BOS)		Chase Headley ^(SDP)
08-06 — 08-12	Manny Machado^(BAL)		Chase Headley ^(SDP)
08-13 — 08-19	Felix Hernandez^(SEA)		Cole Hamels^(PHI)
08-20 — 08-26	Adrian Beltre^(TEX)		Giancarlo Stanton^(FLO)
08-27 — 09-02	Josh Reddick^(OAK)		Pedro Alvarez^(PIT)
09-03 — 09-09	James Shields^(TBR)		Jay Bruce ^(CIN)
09-03 — 09-09	B.J. Upton^(TBR)		Ricky Nolasco^(FLO)
09-10 — 09-16	Miguel Cabrera^(DET)		Chris Nelson ^(COL)
09-17 — 09-23	Ichiro Suzuki^(NYY)		Jason Motte^(StL)
09-24 — 09-30	Chris Davis^(BAL)		Homer Bailey ^(CIN)
09-24 — 09-30	Justin Verlander^(DET)		Homer Bailey ^(CIN)
Date / Week	American League^(Team)	P.R.	National League^(Team)	P.R.
2012 Player of the Week Award

Do you know which 2012 Player of the Week went on to to win the Player of the Month Award? Click the link, research the data, and find out today.

Pitchers are eligible to win the Player of the Week Award, but cannot win the Player of the Month — instead they are eligible for the Pitcher of the Month Award.

Did you know that if you click ANY player name on the chart above you can review their weekly stats to see why the won? Click a name, next to the year click the link in the G (Games Played) column and daily hitting or pitching logs will appear.

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