The title came in the first year of the Yankees' new Japan's Hideki Matsui was voted the Series' Most Valuable Player after he hit 615 with three home runs and eight runs batted in (RBI), including a World Series record-tying 6-RBI performance in Game 6.
VOA: standard.2009.12.24
He never eclipsed 200 hits in a season or triple digits inrunsbattedin.
Braun, 28, led the Brewers to the team's first division title in three decades in 2011, with a .332 batting average, 33 home runs and 111 runsbattedin.