Outfielder Carlos Lee of the Houston Astros has been the National League Player of the Week for August 4-10, 2008.

Lee led the N.L. with a .550 (11-20) batting average, a 1.100 slugging percentage, a .640 on-base percentage and 22 total bases and he tied for the league lead with 11 RBI. The 32-year-old left fielder recorded 11 hits (2 2B, 3 HR) and scored seven runs. The native of Aguadulce, Panama recorded three multi-hit games, including a four-hit performance, on August 8^th at Cincinnati.

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Despite breaking his left hand pinky, Carlos Lee has been named National League Player of the Week.

Carlos homered in consecutive games on August 5^th and 6 ^th at Wrigley Field and posted four consecutive multi-RBI games from August 5-8. Lee is hitting .314 with 28 home runs and 100 RBI on the season. This marks the second time that Lee has earned N.L. weekly honors and his first as an Astro (previous: 5/8/2005 with MIL). Lee was placed on the disabled list after Saturday’s game, when he suffered a broken left pinky.

Lee underwent successful surgery Monday, but he is expected to be out of action for six to eight weeks.

Other nominees this past week included Lee’s Astros teammates Kazuo Matsui (.333, 1 HR, 3 RBI) and Brian Moehler (2-0, 0.75 ERA, 7 SO); Pittsburgh’s Jeff Karstens (1-0, 1 SHO, 4 SO), who took a perfect game into the eighth inning and was 2-for-3 on August 6^th at Arizona; San Diego’s Jody Gerut (.346, 4 HR, 8 RBI), Brian Giles (.720 SLG, 3 HR, 6 RBI), Chase Headley (.429, 2 HR, 5 RBI) and Kevin Kouzmanoff (.423, 2 HR, 4 RBI); Daniel Murphy (.526, 1 HR, 5 RBI), David Wright (.385, 2 HR, 6 RBI) and Oliver Perez (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8 SO) of the Mets; Milwaukee’s Corey Hart (.429, 1 HR, 7 RBI), CC Sabathia (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 SO) and Ben Sheets (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 6 SO); Mark DeRosa (.368, 2 HR, 11 RBI) and Alfonso Soriano (.333, 2 HR, 8 RBI) of the Cubs; Arizona’s Stephen Drew (.333, 2 3B, 3 RBI) and Brandon Webb (2-0, 1.20 ERA, 9 SO); San Francisco’s Aaron Rowand (.450, 1 HR, 6 RBI) and Randy Winn (.520, 6 RBI); Cesar Izturis (.476, 10 H) and Albert Pujols (.455, 3 HR, 8 RBI) of the Cardinals; Washington’s Lastings Milledge (.406, 3 HR, 7 RBI); Manny Ramirez (.375, 2 HR, 6 RBI) of the Dodgers; Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins (.435, 2 3B, 2 SB); Colorado’s Garrett Atkins (.444, 1 HR, 7 RBI); Florida’s Josh Johnson (2-0, 1.38 ERA, 8 SO); and Atlanta’s Charlie Morton (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 SO).