2008 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	Dustin Pedroia BOS 157 G .326/.376/.493
Cy Young Award	Cliff Lee CLE 22-3, 2.54, 170 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Evan Longoria TBR 122 G .272/.343/.531
Manager of the Year Award	Joe Maddon
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Joe Mauer MIN 146 G .328/.413/.451
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Cliff Lee CLE 22-3, 2.54, 170 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Francisco Rodriguez LAA 2-3 (62 SV), 2.24, 77 SO
ALCS MVP	Matt Garza - S
Hank Aaron Award	Kevin Youkilis BOS 145 G .312/.390/.569
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Cliff Lee CLE 22-3, 2.54, 170 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Mussina
Catcher	Joe Mauer
First Base	Carlos Pena
Second Base	Dustin Pedroia
Third Base	Adrian Beltre
Shortstop	Michael Young
Outfield	Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore and Ichiro Suzuki

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Joe Mauer MIN 146 G .328/.413/.451
First Base	Justin Morneau MIN 163 G .300/.374/.499
Second Base	Dustin Pedroia BOS 157 G .326/.376/.493
Third Base	Alex Rodriguez NYY 138 G .302/.392/.573
Shortstop	Derek Jeter NYY 150 G .300/.363/.408
Outfield	Josh Hamilton TEX 156 G .304/.371/.530 Carlos Quentin CHW 130 G .288/.394/.571 Grady Sizemore CLE 157 G .268/.374/.502

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Cliff Lee (CLE) C. Joe Mauer (MIN) 1B. Kevin Youkilis (BOS) 2B. Dustin Pedroia (BOS) 3B. Alex Rodriguez (NYY) SS. Derek Jeter (NYY) LF. Manny Ramirez (BOS) CF. Josh Hamilton (TEX) RF. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA) DH. Milton Bradley (TEX)	Joe Crede* (CHW) J.D. Drew* (BOS) Justin Duchscherer* (OAK) Carlos Guillen* (DET) Roy Halladay* (TOR) Scott Kazmir* (TBR) Ian Kinsler* (TEX) Evan Longoria* (TBR) Justin Morneau* (MIN)	Joe Nathan* (MIN) Dioner Navarro* (TBR) David Ortiz (BOS) Jonathan Papelbon* (BOS) Carlos Quentin* (CHW) Mariano Rivera* (NYY) Francisco Rodriguez* (LAA) Ervin Santana* (LAA) Joe Saunders* (LAA)	George Sherrill* (BAL) Grady Sizemore* (CLE) Joakim Soria* (KCR) Jason Varitek* (BOS) Michael Young* (TEX)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Markakis (BAL)	7.1
2.	Pedroia (BOS)	6.8
3.	Rodriguez (NYY)	6.5
4.	Lee (CLE)	6.4
5.	Danks (CHW)	6.1
6.	Youkilis (BOS)	6.0
7.	Halladay (TOR)	5.9
8.	Sizemore (CLE)	5.8
9.	Lester (BOS)	5.7
	Rios (TOR)	5.7

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Rogers (DET)	born 1964-11-10
2.	Timlin (BOS)	born 1966-03-10
3.	Wakefield (BOS)	born 1966-08-02
4.	Stairs (TOR)	born 1968-02-27
5.	Jones (DET)	born 1968-04-24
6.	Thomas (OAK)	born 1968-05-27
7.	Nomo (KCR)	born 1968-08-31
8.	Sheffield (DET)	born 1968-11-18
9.	Mussina (NYY)	born 1968-12-08
10.	Difelice (TBR)	born 1969-05-28

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Snider (TOR)	born 1988-02-02
2.	Bowden (BOS)	born 1986-09-09
3.	Adenhart (LAA)	born 1986-08-24
4.	Hunter (TEX)	born 1986-07-03
5.	Hughes (NYY)	born 1986-06-24
6.	Tuiasosopo (SEA)	born 1986-05-10
7.	Cunningham (OAK)	born 1986-04-24
8.	Butler (KCR)	born 1986-04-18
9.	Hernandez (SEA)	born 1986-04-08
10.	Davis (TEX)	born 1986-03-17

Salary s c a p y
1.	Rodriguez (NYY)	$28,000,000
2.	Giambi (NYY)	$23,428,571
3.	Jeter (NYY)	$21,600,000
4.	Ramirez (BOS)	$18,929,923
5.	Suzuki (SEA)	$17,102,149
6.	Hunter (LAA)	$16,500,000
7.	Abreu (NYY)	$16,000,000
	Pettitte (NYY)	$16,000,000
9.	Ordonez (DET)	$15,768,174
10.	Thome (CHW)	$15,666,666

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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