1996 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1995 AL / 1997 AL / 1996 NL / 1996 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Juan Gonzalez TEX 134 G .314/.368/.643
Cy Young Award	Pat Hentgen TOR 20-10, 3.22, 177 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Derek Jeter NYY 157 G .314/.370/.430
Manager of the Year Award	Johnny Oates Joe Torre
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	John Wetteland NYY 2-3 (43 SV), 2.83, 69 SO
ALCS MVP	Bernie Williams - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Pat Hentgen TOR 20-10, 3.22, 177 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Mussina
Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez
First Base	J.T. Snow
Second Base	Roberto Alomar
Third Base	Robin Ventura
Shortstop	Omar Vizquel
Outfield	Jay Buhner, Ken Griffey and Kenny Lofton

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez TEX 153 G .300/.342/.473
First Base	Mark McGwire OAK 130 G .312/.467/.730
Second Base	Roberto Alomar BAL 153 G .328/.411/.527
Third Base	Jim Thome CLE 151 G .311/.450/.612
Shortstop	Alex Rodriguez SEA 146 G .358/.414/.631
Outfield	Albert Belle CLE 158 G .311/.410/.623 Juan Gonzalez TEX 134 G .314/.368/.643 Ken Griffey SEA 140 G .303/.392/.628

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Charles Nagy (CLE) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Mo Vaughn (BOS) 2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL) 3B. Wade Boggs (NYY) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Albert Belle (CLE) CF. Kenny Lofton (CLE) RF. Brady Anderson (BAL)	Sandy Alomar* (CLE) Jay Buhner* (SEA) Joe Carter* (TOR) Chuck Finley* (CAL) Travis Fryman* (DET) Ken Griffey (SEA) Roberto Hernandez* (CHW) Chuck Knoblauch* (MIN) Edgar Martinez* (SEA)	Mark McGwire* (OAK) Jose Mesa (CLE) Jeff Montgomery (KCR) Roger Pavlik* (TEX) Troy Percival* (CAL) Andy Pettitte (NYY) Alex Rodriguez* (SEA) Frank Thomas (CHW) Greg Vaughn (MIL)	John Wetteland (NYY) Dan Wilson* (SEA)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Griffey (SEA)	9.5
2.	Rodriguez (SEA)	9.2
3.	Knoblauch (MIN)	8.4
4.	Hentgen (TOR)	8.2
5.	Clemens (BOS)	7.5
6.	Thome (CLE)	7.2
7.	Anderson (BAL)	6.7
8.	Guzman (TOR)	6.5
9.	Martinez (SEA)	6.3
	Nagy (CLE)	6.3
	Hill (TEX)	6.3

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Martinez (CLE)	born 1955-05-14
2.	Murray (CLE)	born 1956-02-24
3.	Sanderson (CAL)	born 1956-07-22
4.	Molitor (MIN)	born 1956-08-22
5.	Orosco (BAL)	born 1957-04-21
6.	Pena (CLE)	born 1957-06-04
7.	Jones (MIL)	born 1957-06-24
8.	Wallach (CAL)	born 1957-09-14
9.	Smith (CAL)	born 1957-12-04
10.	Trammell (DET)	born 1958-02-21

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Kingsale (BAL)	born 1976-08-20
2.	D'Amico (MIL)	born 1975-12-27
3.	Rodriguez (SEA)	born 1975-07-27
4.	Yan (BAL)	born 1975-06-22
5.	Suzuki (SEA)	born 1975-05-31
6.	Suppan (BOS)	born 1975-01-02
7.	Rosado (KCR)	born 1974-11-09
8.	Jeter (NYY)	born 1974-06-26
9.	Erstad (CAL)	born 1974-06-04
10.	Cairo (TOR)	born 1974-05-04

Salary s c a p y
1.	Fielder (DET)	$9,237,500
2.	Griffey (SEA)	$7,650,000
3.	Gonzalez (TEX)	$7,425,000
4.	Thomas (CHW)	$7,150,000
5.	McGwire (OAK)	$7,050,000
6.	Ripken (BAL)	$6,650,000
7.	Carter (TOR)	$6,525,000
8.	Olerud (TOR)	$6,500,000
9.	Sierra (NYY)	$6,200,000
	Puckett (MIN)	$6,200,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.5 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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