Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 7
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Seven years a’ signing
Six grands a’ slamming,
Five shining stars,
Four hundred home runs,
Three clutch men,
Two golden gloves,
And a vote for the finest rookie.
- Jaime Garcia received one first-place vote for NL Rookie of the Year and finished third overall, the first time a Cardinal received a first-place vote and finished that high since Albert Pujols won in 2001.
- Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina won Gold Gloves in 2010. It was the second of Pujols’s career and the third for Molina.
- Three Cardinals received votes for NL Most Valuable Player: Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and Adam Wainwright.
- On Aug. 26, Albert Pujols became the second Cardinal to hit 400 career home runs (Stan Musial had 475) and finished the season with 408 career circuit clouts.
- The Cardinals sent five players to the All-Star Game — Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter — the club’s most since 2005.
- Cardinal batters hit six grand slams in 2010 (Yadier Molina, Felipe Lopez, Brad Penny, Skip Schumaker, Colby Rasmus)
- The Cardinals signed outfielder Matt Holliday to a seven-year, $120-million contract on Jan. 5, 2010, the richest in club history.