"Shin-Soo Choo has won his second straight Man of the Year award from Cleveland's Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The award has been renamed the Bob Feller Man of the Year award in honor of the Indians' franchise leader in victories. Manager Manny Acta, after his first year on the job, received the Frank Gibbons-Steve Olin Good Guy award. Since the inception of the Man of the Year award in 1946, Choo is only the fifth player to win it in consecutive years and only the third to do so outright. The two other players to win the award outright were Carlos Baerga (1991-1992) and Mike Hargrove (1980-1981). Manny Ramirez won it in 1998 and shared the award in 1999 with Robbie Alomar. Sam McDowell won it in 1969 and shared it with Ray Fosse in 1970. The Man of the Year award is symbolic of the Indians' best player. Choo and closer Chris Perez were nominated, but Choo won easily in a vote of the writers. Choo led the Indians in batting average (.300), doubles (31), homers (22), RBI (90), runs (81), hits (165), walks (83), OPS (.885) and steals (20). Not bad on a team that lost 93 games and finished 25th in batting average, 26th in runs and 17th in on-base percentage in the big leagues. " Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/12/shin-soo_choo_manny_acta_earn.html
