Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:19pm EDT
(Reuters) - Lance Berkman of the St. Louis Cardinals and Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red Sox were named winners of Major League Baseball's (MLB) Comeback Player of the Year awards on Thursday.
Berkman, who hit a combined .248 with 14 home runs and 58 runs batted in between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees in 2010, batted .301 with 31 home runs and 94 RBIs with the Cardinals in 2011 to help them snare the National League wild card playoffs berth.
The 35-year-old outfielder/first baseman, who earned his sixth All-Star selection this season, added 23 doubles and scored 90 runs while posting a .547 slugging percentage and a .412 on-base percentage.
Ellsbury, in his fifth major league season, posted career-highs in nearly every offensive category this season after being limited to just 18 games in 2010 due to injuries.
The speedy outfielder hit .321 with 32 home runs , 105 RBI, 46 doubles, five triples and 119 runs scored. He also added 39 stolen bases to go with his .552 slugging percentage and .376 on-base percentage.
The 28-year-old Ellsbury led MLB with 364 total bases and 83 extra-base hits and became the first Red Sox player ever to achieve a 30-homer, 30-stolen base season.
Winners were determined by a vote of the 30 club beat reporters from MLB.com, the official web site of Major League Baseball.
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York, Editing by Frank Pingue)
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