The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Monday afternoon that Andrew McCutchen was named the National League Player of the Week for the week of September 25 – October 1. This is the seventh time he has been named the NL Player of the Week and first time since August of 2015. He won twice in 2012, twice in 2014 and twice in 2015. McCutchen was named the NL Player of the Month back in June.
McCutchen hit .471/.526/1.000 in five games last week, with almost all of that damage coming during Tuesday’s game when he went 4-for-4 with a single, double, two homers and drove in eight runs. That was one RBI short of the franchise record for a game. McCutchen finished the season yesterday with a .279/.363/.486 slash line in 156 games, with 94 runs scored, 30 doubles, 28 homers, 88 RBIs and 73 walks. His home run total was his highest since he topped out at 31 homers in 2012.