Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen and Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera won baseball's Most Valuable Player awards on Thursday.
Centre fielder McCutchen was named National League MVP after leading the Pirates to their first winning record and post-season appearance since 1992.
That was also the year Barry Bonds was the last Pirate to earn MVP honours.
"I'm very happy. If I could get up and dance right now I would," McCutchen said on MLB Network after the award was announced.
"But I don't have enough room to do that. When we get off camera, I probably will."
For Tigers slugger Cabrera, the honour is more familiar. He nabbed the American League MVP for the second year in a row, again beating Angels outfielder Mike Trout.
Cabrera received 385 points. Trout got five first-place votes, 19 second-place votes and had 282 points.
Between April and August, Cabrera had 43 home runs, 130 RBI and was hitting .358 before he was hobbled by a groin injury.
McCutchen won in a landslide over Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis - who prevented Cabrera from earning a second straight batting Triple Crown - finished third in AL voting after leading the majors with 53 home runs and 138 runs batted in.
McCutchen's 185 hits and .404 on-base percentage both ranked third in the National League.
He belted 21 homers, with 84 RBI and batted .317.
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