Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista was named the AL player of the week on Monday.

Bautista continued his career season last week with a .500 (10-for-20) batting average while clubbing four home runs and seven RBIs.

He had two home runs in a 3-2 win over the New York Yankees on Aug. 23 and went 7-for-13 in a four-game home series against the Detroit Tigers.

Bautista leads the majors with 42 homers going into Toronto's three-game series with Tampa Bay on Monday. The 29-year-old is only five dingers shy of George Bell's record single season club mark of 47 home runs, hit in 1987.

"It's not something I set out to do," Bautista told MLB.com. "I'm just trying to do as good as I can. If I break it, I break it."

Bautista, whose previous season high in home runs was 16, also led the AL in walks (nine) and total bases (27).

Rockies' outfielder Carlos Gonzalez took the National League weekly award.