He had a great finish to a fine overall year. I wouldn’t be suprised if he received a couple of random, low position votes in the MVP balloting.

The announcement on the official site also notes:

When Butler notched his 50th double of the season on Sept. 26, he became just the fifth player in Major League history to compile at least 20 home runs — he finished with 21 homers — and 50 doubles in a season before age 24.

Looking deeper and adding a plus .300 batting average, this (50+ doubles/20+ HR/.300+ BA) has only been done 36 times by 30 different players. Other interesting facts on this accomplishment:

-It was only done twice between 1941-1985 (Musial in ‘53 and F. Robinson in ’62)
-This has been done 27 times from 1986 -2009
-It was done 10 times from 2000-2002 (the height of the “Steroid Era”?)
-Todd Helton has done this twice (2000 and 2001) and just missed another 2 times (1 double short in both 2003 and 2004)
-Only 5 of these players won the MVP that year (if I counted correctly)
-Barry Bonds never did this, but Pujols (twice) and A-Rod have
-Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth never did this either
-Nomar Garciaparra and Edgar Martinez have both done it twice
-An “Honorable Mention” goes to Hugh Duffy. In 1894(!), he was 2 HRs short. I mention this because his 18HRs led the league that year……Oh, and he hit .440!
-When Hal McRae had his 54 double season (’77), he also hit 21 HRs, but he only hit .298!

So there you go!