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10/28 22:45 CDT Milwaukee's William Contreras wins World Series MVP with .381
average, 10 ABS overturns
Milwaukee's William Contreras wins World Series MVP with .381 average, 10 ABS
overturns
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- William Contreras became the eighth catcher voted
the World Series MVP after lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to their first World
Series championship.
The heart and soul of the small-market Brewers, Contreras batted .381 while
guiding Milwaukee's pitching staff and capitalizing on the first Series with
the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system by winning 10 of 13 appeals. He had
an RBI double during Milwaukee's clinching 4-1 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday
night.
"He posts every day," reliever Aaron Ashby said. "This team's not what it is
without this guy. He's unbelievable."
He joins Gene Tenace (1972), Johnny Bench (1976), Steve Yeager (co-winner in
1981), Darrell Porter (1982), Rick Dempsey (1983), Pat Borders (1992) and
Salvador Perez (2015) as catchers to win the award.
At 28 a three-time All-Star, Contreras batted .270 with 18 homers and a
career-best 94 RBIs as the Brewers won their fourth straight NL Central title.
He hit .444 with a pair of solo homers in the Division Series against San
Diego, hitting a tiebreaking, seventh-inning drive in Game 1 and another homer
in Game 3. He batted .357 with one homer and three RBIs in the Championship
Series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Contreras was on Venezuela's team that won its first World Baseball Classic,
though he was 0 for 13 with no RBIs.
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