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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 AwardDustin Pedroia
BOS 157 G .326/.376/.493
Cy Young AwardCliff Lee
CLE 22-3, 2.54, 170 SO
Rookie of the Year AwardEvan Longoria
TBR 122 G .272/.343/.531
Manager of the Year AwardJoe Maddon
Rolaids Reliever of the YearFrancisco Rodriguez
LAA 2-3 (62 SV), 2.24, 77 SO
ALCS MVPMatt Garza - S
Hank Aaron AwardKevin Youkilis
BOS 145 G .312/.390/.569
TSN Pitcher of the YearCliff Lee
CLE 22-3, 2.54, 170 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

PitcherMike Mussina
CatcherJoe Mauer
First BaseCarlos Pena
Second BaseDustin Pedroia
Third BaseAdrian Beltre
ShortstopMichael Young
OutfieldTorii Hunter, Grady Sizemore and Ichiro Suzuki

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

CatcherJoe Mauer MIN 146 G .328/.413/.451
First BaseJustin Morneau MIN 163 G .300/.374/.499
Second BaseDustin Pedroia BOS 157 G .326/.376/.493
Third BaseAlex Rodriguez NYY 138 G .302/.392/.573
ShortstopDerek Jeter NYY 150 G .300/.363/.408
OutfieldJosh 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

Glossary
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 (TOT)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.Pettitte (NYY)$16,000,000
Abreu (NYY)$16,000,000
9.Ordonez (DET)$15,768,174
10.Thome (CHW)$15,666,666
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