2007 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	Alex Rodriguez NYY 158 G .314/.422/.645
Cy Young Award	CC Sabathia CLE 19-7, 3.21, 209 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Dustin Pedroia BOS 139 G .317/.380/.442
Manager of the Year Award	Eric Wedge
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Magglio Ordonez DET 157 G .363/.434/.595
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	John Lackey LAA 19-9, 3.01, 179 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	J.J. Putz SEA 6-1 (40 SV), 1.38, 82 SO
ALCS MVP	Josh Beckett - S
Hank Aaron Award	Alex Rodriguez NYY 158 G .314/.422/.645
TSN Pitcher of the Year	CC Sabathia CLE 19-7, 3.21, 209 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Johan Santana
Catcher	Ivan Rodriguez
First Base	Kevin Youkilis
Second Base	Placido Polanco
Third Base	Adrian Beltre
Shortstop	Orlando Cabrera
Outfield	Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore and Ichiro Suzuki

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Jorge Posada NYY 144 G .338/.426/.543
First Base	Carlos Pena TBD 148 G .282/.411/.627
Second Base	Placido Polanco DET 142 G .341/.388/.458
Third Base	Alex Rodriguez NYY 158 G .314/.422/.645
Shortstop	Derek Jeter NYY 156 G .322/.388/.452
Outfield	Vladimir Guerrero LAA 150 G .324/.403/.547 Magglio Ordonez DET 157 G .363/.434/.595 Ichiro Suzuki SEA 161 G .351/.396/.431

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Dan Haren (OAK) C. Ivan Rodriguez (DET) 1B. David Ortiz (BOS) 2B. Placido Polanco (DET) 3B. Alex Rodriguez (NYY) SS. Derek Jeter (NYY) LF. Magglio Ordonez (DET) CF. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) RF. Vladimir Guerrero (LAA)	Josh Beckett* (BOS) Carl Crawford* (TBD) Carlos Guillen* (DET) Torii Hunter* (MIN) Bobby Jenks (CHW) John Lackey (LAA) Mike Lowell* (BOS) Victor Martinez* (CLE) Gil Meche (KCR)	Justin Morneau* (MIN) Hideki Okajima (BOS) Jonathan Papelbon* (BOS) Jorge Posada* (NYY) J.J. Putz* (SEA) Manny Ramirez* (BOS) Alex Rios* (TOR) Brian Roberts* (BAL) Francisco Rodriguez* (LAA)	CC Sabathia* (CLE) Johan Santana* (MIN) Grady Sizemore* (CLE) Justin Verlander* (DET) Michael Young (TEX)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Rodriguez (NYY)	9.4
2.	Granderson (DET)	7.6
3.	Ordonez (DET)	7.3
4.	Pena (TBD)	7.2
5.	Cano (NYY)	6.7
6.	Beckett (BOS)	6.6
7.	Sabathia (CLE)	6.4
8.	Ortiz (BOS)	6.4
9.	Lackey (LAA)	6.3
10.	Hernandez (CLE)	6.2

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Clemens (NYY)	born 1962-08-04
2.	Rogers (DET)	born 1964-11-10
3.	Hernandez (CLE)	born 1964-11-11
4.	Timlin (BOS)	born 1966-03-10
5.	Mesa (DET)	born 1966-05-22
6.	Wakefield (BOS)	born 1966-08-02
7.	Schilling (BOS)	born 1966-11-14
8.	Lofton (TEX)	born 1967-05-31
9.	Sanders (KCR)	born 1967-12-01
10.	Stairs (TOR)	born 1968-02-27

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Maybin (DET)	born 1987-04-04
2.	Hughes (NYY)	born 1986-06-24
3.	Butler (KCR)	born 1986-04-18
4.	Hernandez (SEA)	born 1986-04-08
5.	Jurrjens (DET)	born 1986-01-29
6.	Cabrera (CLE)	born 1985-11-13
7.	Chamberlain (NYY)	born 1985-09-23
8.	Young (TBD)	born 1985-09-14
9.	Feierabend (SEA)	born 1985-08-22
10.	Barton (OAK)	born 1985-08-16

Salary s c a p y
1.	Giambi (NYY)	$23,428,571
2.	Rodriguez (NYY)	$22,708,525
3.	Jeter (NYY)	$21,600,000
4.	Clemens (NYY)	$17,400,000
5.	Ramirez (BOS)	$17,016,381
6.	Colon (LAA)	$16,000,000
	Pettitte (NYY)	$16,000,000
8.	Sexson (SEA)	$15,500,000
9.	Abreu (NYY)	$15,000,000
10.	Thome (CHW)	$14,833,333

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 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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