Andruw Jones named NL Player of the Week for week ending September 11th
Braves MVP candidate Andruw Jones was named the Bank of America National League Player of the Week on Monday for the week of September 5-11. During the week he batted .381 with 5 home runs, 7 runs scored, and 10 runs batted in. Last week he also tied for the league lead with 24 total bases and led the league in slugging percentage with a 1.143 mark.
Through September 11th, he led the NL in home runs (49) and RBIs (121) and was also registering career highs in slugging percentage (.612) and OPS (.972). In conjunction with the award Bank of America will make a $1,000 donation to the Little League Urban Initiative on behalf of Andruw.
