During a month in which he thrust himself into the NL MVP conversation and the Marlins back into the fringes of playoff contention, Stanton led the majors in home runs (18, a major league record for August), RBI (37), runs (28 in 29 games) and slugging percentage (.899). And that was on the heels of a July in which he nearly won this award with 12 homers and 23 RBI.