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Atlanta rookie takes NL Player of the Week

Atlanta Braves outfielder Kelly Johnson was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday. Johnson led the league with 11 RBI for the week of June 13-19. The lefthanded- hitting rookie also hit .417 with three homers, an .833 slugging percentage and .533 on-base percentage. His week was highlighted by a two-homer, six-RBI performance at Cincinnati on June 17. It was only the fourth time in Atlanta team history that a rookie had six RBI in one game. Johnson collected three multi-RBI games and becomes the first rookie to win the NL's Player of the Week award since Noah Lowry of the Giants did so last year (August 2-8). Other nominees for the award included Atlanta teammates Wilson Betemit, Julio Franco and Andruw Jones; Chicago's Jeromy Burnitz, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez; Chris Carpenter, Albert Pujols and Abraham Nunez of the Cardinals; Arizona's Troy Glaus and Shawn Estes; Lyle Overbay and Tomo Ohka of the Brewers; San Francisco's Omar Vizquel and Michael Tucker; Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies; Colorado's Eddy Garabito; Ryan Klesko of the Padres; Florida's Luis Castillo and Cristian Guzman of the Nationals.

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