sentences:  He was named to his second Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 1.On September 9 Bruce won the NL Player of the Week Award for the fifth time in his career.Bruce ended the 2012 season batting .252/.327/.514 and was 3rd in the National League in home runs with 34, behind Ryan Braun and Giancarlo Stanton, 4th in extra base hits (74) and at bats per home run (16.5), 8th in sacrifice flies (7), 9th in RBIs (99), and 10th in slugging percentage (.514).