Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals named National League Player of the Month for July; Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros named American League Player of the Month for July

August 3rd, 2019

First baseman Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals has been voted the National League Player of the Month for July, and first baseman Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros has been named the American League Player of the Month.

Goldschmidt earned his second career monthly award, previously winning in June 2018 while a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Paul is the first Cardinals player to claim the NL Player of the Month Award since his teammate Matt Carpenter in July 2018. Gurriel was awarded his first AL Player of the Month Award and becomes the first Astros winner since his All-Star teammate Alex Bregman in June 2018. It marks the first time since Miguel Cabrera and Freddie Freeman in September 2016 that a pair of first basemen won Players of the Month.

Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals

• Posted a slash line of .308/.360/.725 with 20 runs scored, 28 hits, five doubles, 11 home runs, 27 RBI and eight walks across 25 games played.

• Was named NL Player of the Week for the period ending July 28th after matching the franchise record shared by Carpenter and Mark McGwire with a home run in six straight games from July 22nd-27th. The streak was tied for the second-longest by a right-handed hitter in MLB history, trailing only Kevin Mench, who logged a seven-game streak from April 21-28, 2006.

• During his historic streak, homered in each game of St. Louis’ four-game series against the Pirates.

Became the first Cardinals player to homer in every game of a four-game set since Ripper Collins in 1935.

• Became the second player in franchise history to tally at least 11 home runs and 27 RBI while batting .300-or-better in the month of July, joining Jim Edmonds (2004).

Yuli Gurriel, Houston Astros (@el_yuly10)

• Batted .398 (39-for-98) with 18 runs scored, seven doubles, 12 home runs, 31 RBI, four walks and a .837 slugging percentage over 24 games.

• Established a Club record with his 12 round-trippers in July, but fell one home run shy of the franchise record for any month, set by Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell (13) in June 1994.

• Became the third player (fourth time) in team history to amass 31-or-more RBI in the month of July, joining Derek Bell (31 RBI, 1995) and Bagwell, who accomplished the feat twice in his storied career (31, 1995; 36, 2001).

• Posted a Club-record streak of 10 home games with at least one extra-base hit from June 28th-July 23rd, surpassing the previous mark of nine held by Carlos Lee in 2011. In addition, homered in five straight games at Minute Maid Park from July 5th-20th, matching Morgan Ensberg (2005) for the longest such streak in the venue’s history.

• Clubbed 11 round-trippers in a 15-game span from June 23rd-July 14th. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Gurriel became the second player in team history to accomplish the feat, joining Richard Hidalgo (2000).

Others receiving votes for NL Player of the Month included July’s NL Rookie of the Month Keston Hiura (.355, 33 H, 10 2B, 6 HR) and All-Star outfielder Christian Yelich (.352, 5 2B, 7 HR, 18 RBI) of the Milwaukee Brewers; third baseman Eugenio Suárez (.289, 19 R, 12 HR, 23 RBI) of the Cincinnati Reds; and third baseman Josh Donaldson (.264, 10 HR, 27 RBI, .655 SLG) of the Atlanta Braves.

Others receiving votes for AL Player of the Month included All-Star outfielder Mike Trout (.286, 20 R, 13 HR, 29 RBI) of the Los Angeles Angels; backstop Travis d’Arnaud (.342, 18 R, 8 HR, 25 RBI) of the Tampa Bay Rays; third baseman Rafael Devers (.358, 27 R, 12 2B, 9 HR, 34 RBI) of the Boston Red Sox; and outfielder Ramón Laureano (.392, 9 2B, 8 HR, 18 RBI) of the Oakland Athletics.