NASHVILLE, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Billy Butler, who hit .313 for the Kansas City Royals last season, has been voted the American League's Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award.
The award, announced Tuesday at baseball meetings in Nashville, is determined by a vote of beat writers, broadcasters and American League public relations departments. Butler received 80 of the possible 84 first-place votes. Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion was second.