2008 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Major League Baseball Players of the Week in 2008 |Baseball Almanac

The 2008 American League Player of the Week and 2008 National League Player of the Week Award are an extension to the Baseball Player of Month and Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award issued by Major League Baseball. Each baseball player below won the Baseball Player of the Week Award during the 2008 regular season. Research byBaseball Almanac.

But Holliday would refuse to take credit for Colorado's recent success, instead noting that there is still room for the team to improve. "We have confidence that we have a good team," Holliday said Sunday. "We have to start getting big hits and making big pitches, do the things that allowed us to win a bunch of games last year. "Last year is over, but we've gotta start doing the things we did last year to help us win games." With Monday's honor, Holliday has now been named Player of the Week five times in his career. - Sportswriter David Singh on MLB.com (04/14/2008)

Do you know which 2008 Player of the Week went on to win thePlayer of the Month Award? Click the link, research the data, and find out today.

Pitchers are eligible to win the Player of the Week Award, but cannot win thePlayer of the Month — instead they are eligible for thePitcher of the Month Award.

Did you know that if you click ANY player name on the chart above you can review their weekly stats to see why the won? Click a name, next to the year click the link in the G (Games Played) column and daily hitting or pitching logs will appear.