Domonic Brown, Chris Davis named MLB Players of the Week

Press Release Major League Baseball

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown has been named National League Player of the Week for the period ending June 2nd. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.

Brown earned his second consecutive Player of the Week honor after leading the Major Leagues with seven home runs, 13 RBI, 35 total bases and a 1.296 slugging percentage. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp (April 9th and April 16th) and Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen (July 9th and July 16th) both won consecutive N.L. Player of the Week awards last season. The 25-year-old Brown also ranked among N.L. leaders with eight runs scored (T-1st), 12 hits (3rd), a .444 (12-for-27) batting average (5th) and a .483 on-base percentage (7th) while adding a triple and a pair of stolen bases.

Brown hit homers in three consecutive games to start the week, clubbing solo shots in a 9-3 loss at Boston on Monday and a 3-1 win over the Sox on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the young slugger hit two blasts, helping the Phillies edge the Red Sox in the first game of their two-game series at Citizens Bank Park. On Friday, Brown tied a career-best with four RBI and posted his second multi-homer game of the week in a losing effort as the Phillies dropped an 8-5 decision to the visiting Milwaukee Brewers. In Sunday’s series finale, the fourth-year veteran tied a career high with three hits and notched another four-RBI game, leading the way to a 7-5 victory. Brown put the Phillies up early, hitting his league-leading 16th home run of the season, a three-run shot in the bottom of the first inning. The Florida native added an RBI triple in the second inning to collect his 40th RBI of the season and stake Philadelphia starter Cliff Lee an early 7-0 lead. This marks the second career weekly award for Brown following last week’s honors.

He becomes the first Phillies player in Club history to earn the award in consecutive weeks and the first to win twice in the same season since Chase Utley accomplished the feat (May 1-7, 2006 and July 24-30, 2006).

Other noteworthy performances last week included Brown’s Phillies teammate Cliff Lee (2-0, 2.30 ERA, 19 SO, 15.2 IP); Miami’s Chris Coghlan (.452, HR, 8 RBI, 14 H, 3 2B, .710 SLG); Colorado’s Michael Cuddyer (.462, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 12 H, .731 SLG, .500 OBP); Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman (.433, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 13 H, .733 SLG); Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt (.476, HR, 7 RBI, 8 R, 10 H, .542 OBP); Milwaukee’s Jonathan Lucroy (.429, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 12 H, .893 SLG); Cincinnati’s Mike Leake (1-0, 0.68 ERA, 12 SO, 13.1 IP); Edward Mujica (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 3 SO, 3.0 IP) and Adam Wainwright (2-0, 2.12 ERA, CG, SHO, 15 SO, 17.0 IP) of the St. Louis Cardinals; Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-0, 0.00 ERA, CG, SHO, 7 SO, 9.0 IP) of the Los Angeles Dodgers; and Chicago’s Jeff Samardzija (1-0, 1.76 ERA, CG, SHO, 19 SO, 15.1 IP).

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has been named American League Player of the Week for the period ending June 2nd, his second such honor this season. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.

In seven games last week, Davis paced the Majors with a .481 (13-for-27) batting average while leading the American League in hits, total bases (26), slugging percentage (.963) and runs scored (10). His four homers tied Seattle’s Jason Bay for the most in the A.L. and his .500 on-base percentage was tied for second. Davis added six RBI to his weekly totals, giving him 52 on the season. The six-year veteran led the Orioles to a 5-2 record for the week as they took over second place in the closely-contested A.L. East.

Davis went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Monday. It was the first of five multi-hit efforts the 27-year-old had last week. In Wednesday’s matchup between the two Clubs, Davis collected his second four-hit game of the season and notched his first multi-homer game of the year (fourth career), slugging the way to a 9-6 Orioles victory in the first game of a two-game series at Camden Yards. His second blast of the day, a two-run shot to deep rightcenter, capped a six-run seventh inning in which the Orioles overcame a 6-3 deficit. Davis continued to swing a hot bat in Friday’s series-opener against Detroit, collecting two hits, including a timely ninth-inning single off Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde. Davis would come around to score on Chris Dickerson’s walk-off home run as the Orioles took a 7-5 decision for their third straight win.

Yesterday, the Texas native led off the seventh inning with a solo home run, marking his Major League-leading 20th home run of the season. The clutch homer sparked a three-run rally for the Orioles en route to a 4-2 victory in the rubber match of a three-game set against the Tigers at Camden Yards. This is Davis’ third career weekly award, having won previously for the weeks of April 7, 2013 and September 30, 2012. He was also voted A.L. Player of the Month for April this season.

Other noteworthy performances last week included Davis’ Orioles teammate Jim Johnson (0-0, 3 SV, 0.00 ERA, 3 SO, 3.0 IP); Adrian Beltre (.476, HR, 5 RBI, .714 SLG) of the Texas Rangers; Minnesota’s Ryan Doumit (.300, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 5 R, .733 SLG) and Brian Dozier (.379, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 7 R, 11 H, .438 OBP); Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion (.333, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R, .636 SLG) and Colby Rasmus (.375, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 12 H, .625 SLG); Oakland’s Bartolo Colon (1-0, 0.00 ERA, CG, SHO, 3 SO) and Jarrod Parker (2-0, 1.35 ERA, 11 SO, 13.1 IP); and Seattle’s Aaron Harang (1-0, 0.60 ERA, 12 SO, 15.0 IP).