2006 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 Award	Justin Morneau MIN 157 G .321/.375/.559
Cy Young Award	Johan Santana MIN 19-6, 2.77, 245 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Justin Verlander DET 17-9, 3.63, 124 SO
Manager of the Year Award	Jim Leyland
Triple Crown	Johan Santana MIN 19-6, 2.77, 245 SO
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Joe Mauer MIN 140 G .347/.429/.507
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Johan Santana MIN 19-6, 2.77, 245 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Francisco Rodriguez LAA 2-3 (47 SV), 1.73, 98 SO
ALCS MVP	Placido Polanco - S
Hank Aaron Award	Derek Jeter NYY 154 G .343/.417/.483
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Johan Santana MIN 19-6, 2.77, 245 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Kenny Rogers
Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez
First Base	Mark Teixeira
Second Base	Mark Grudzielanek
Third Base	Eric Chavez
Shortstop	Derek Jeter
Outfield	Torii Hunter, Ichiro Suzuki and Vernon Wells

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Joe Mauer MIN 140 G .347/.429/.507
First Base	Justin Morneau MIN 157 G .321/.375/.559
Second Base	Robinson Cano NYY 122 G .342/.365/.525
Third Base	Joe Crede CHW 150 G .283/.323/.506
Shortstop	Derek Jeter NYY 154 G .343/.417/.483
Outfield	Jermaine Dye CHW 146 G .315/.385/.622 Vladimir Guerrero LAA 156 G .329/.382/.552 Manny Ramirez BOS 130 G .321/.439/.619

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Kenny Rogers (DET) C. Ivan Rodriguez (DET) 1B. David Ortiz (BOS) 2B. Mark Loretta (BOS) 3B. Alex Rodriguez (NYY) SS. Derek Jeter (NYY) LF. Vladimir Guerrero (LAA) CF. Vernon Wells (TOR) RF. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA)	Mark Buehrle (CHW) Robinson Cano (NYY) Jose Contreras (CHW) Jermaine Dye* (CHW) Troy Glaus* (TOR) Roy Halladay* (TOR) Bobby Jenks (CHW) Scott Kazmir* (TBD) Paul Konerko* (CHW)	Francisco Liriano (MIN) Jose Lopez* (SEA) Gary Matthews* (TEX) Joe Mauer* (MIN) Magglio Ordonez* (DET) Jonathan Papelbon (BOS) A.J. Pierzynski (CHW) Manny Ramirez (BOS) Mark Redman (KCR)	Alex Rios (TOR) Mariano Rivera* (NYY) B.J. Ryan* (TOR) Johan Santana* (MIN) Grady Sizemore* (CLE) Miguel Tejada* (BAL) Jim Thome* (CHW) Michael Young* (TEX) Barry Zito* (OAK)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Santana (MIN)	7.3
2.	Sizemore (CLE)	6.5
3.	Wells (TOR)	6.0
4.	Wang (NYY)	5.7
	Hafner (CLE)	5.7
6.	Guillen (DET)	5.6
	Mauer (MIN)	5.6
8.	Ortiz (BOS)	5.5
9.	Jeter (NYY)	5.4
10.	Schilling (BOS)	5.3

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Moyer (SEA)	born 1962-11-18
2.	Wells (BOS)	born 1963-05-20
3.	Johnson (NYY)	born 1963-09-10
4.	Rogers (DET)	born 1964-11-10
5.	Sierra (MIN)	born 1965-10-06
6.	Timlin (BOS)	born 1966-03-10
7.	Alomar (CHW)	born 1966-06-18
8.	Conine (BAL)	born 1966-06-27
9.	Wakefield (BOS)	born 1966-08-02
10.	Schilling (BOS)	born 1966-11-14

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Hernandez (SEA)	born 1986-04-08
2.	Young (TBD)	born 1985-09-14
3.	Feierabend (SEA)	born 1985-08-22
4.	Jones (SEA)	born 1985-08-01
5.	Miller (DET)	born 1985-05-21
6.	Sweeney (CHW)	born 1985-02-20
7.	O'Flaherty (SEA)	born 1985-02-05
8.	Castro (TEX)	born 1985-01-20
9.	Jimenez (SEA)	born 1984-11-12
10.	Zumaya (DET)	born 1984-11-09

Salary s c a p y
1.	Rodriguez (NYY)	$21,680,727
2.	Jeter (NYY)	$20,600,000
3.	Giambi (NYY)	$20,428,571
4.	Mussina (NYY)	$19,000,000
5.	Ramirez (BOS)	$18,279,238
6.	Ordonez (DET)	$16,200,000
7.	Johnson (NYY)	$15,661,427
8.	Thome (CHW)	$14,166,667
9.	Colon (LAA)	$14,000,000
10.	Guerrero (LAA)	$13,500,000

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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