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1996 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

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League Awards

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

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable Player AwardJuan Gonzalez
TEX 134 G .314/.368/.643
Cy Young AwardPat Hentgen
TOR 20-10, 3.22, 177 SO
Rookie of the Year AwardDerek Jeter
NYY 157 G .314/.370/.430
Manager of the Year AwardJohnny Oates
Joe Torre
Rolaids Reliever of the YearJohn Wetteland
NYY 2-3 (43 SV), 2.83, 69 SO
ALCS MVPBernie Williams - S
TSN Pitcher of the YearPat Hentgen
TOR 20-10, 3.22, 177 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

PitcherMike Mussina
CatcherIvan Rodriguez
First BaseJ.T. Snow
Second BaseRoberto Alomar
Third BaseRobin Ventura
ShortstopOmar Vizquel
OutfieldJay Buhner, Ken Griffey and Kenny Lofton

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

CatcherIvan Rodriguez TEX 153 G .300/.342/.473
First BaseMark McGwire OAK 130 G .312/.467/.730
Second BaseRoberto Alomar BAL 153 G .328/.411/.527
Third BaseJim Thome CLE 151 G .311/.450/.612
ShortstopAlex Rodriguez SEA 146 G .358/.414/.631
OutfieldAlbert 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

Glossary
Oldest  s c a p y
1.Martinez (CLE)born 1955-05-14
2.Murray (TOT)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
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