2009 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	Joe Mauer MIN 138 G .365/.444/.587
Cy Young Award	Zack Greinke KCR 16-8, 2.16, 242 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Andrew Bailey OAK 6-3 (26 SV), 1.84, 91 SO
Manager of the Year Award	Mike Scioscia
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Joe Mauer MIN 138 G .365/.444/.587
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Zack Greinke KCR 16-8, 2.16, 242 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Mariano Rivera NYY 3-3 (44 SV), 1.76, 72 SO
ALCS MVP	CC Sabathia - S
Hank Aaron Award	Derek Jeter NYY 153 G .334/.406/.465
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Zack Greinke KCR 16-8, 2.16, 242 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mark Buehrle
Catcher	Joe Mauer
First Base	Mark Teixeira
Second Base	Placido Polanco
Third Base	Evan Longoria
Shortstop	Derek Jeter
Outfield	Torii Hunter, Adam Jones and Ichiro Suzuki

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Joe Mauer MIN 138 G .365/.444/.587
First Base	Mark Teixeira NYY 156 G .292/.383/.565
Second Base	Aaron Hill TOR 158 G .286/.330/.499
Third Base	Evan Longoria TBR 157 G .281/.364/.526
Shortstop	Derek Jeter NYY 153 G .334/.406/.465
Outfield	Jason Bay BOS 151 G .267/.384/.537 Torii Hunter LAA 119 G .299/.366/.508 Ichiro Suzuki SEA 146 G .352/.386/.465

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Roy Halladay (TOR) C. Joe Mauer (MIN) 1B. Mark Teixeira (NYY) 2B. Aaron Hill (TOR) 3B. Michael Young (TEX) SS. Derek Jeter (NYY) LF. Jason Bay (BOS) CF. Josh Hamilton (TEX) RF. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA)	Andrew Bailey (OAK) Jason Bartlett* (TBR) Josh Beckett (BOS) Mark Buehrle* (CHW) Carl Crawford* (TBR) Nelson Cruz (TEX) Chone Figgins (LAA) Brian Fuentes (LAA) Curtis Granderson* (DET)	Zack Greinke* (KCR) Felix Hernandez* (SEA) Torii Hunter (LAA) Brandon Inge* (DET) Edwin Jackson* (DET) Adam Jones* (BAL) Evan Longoria (TBR) Victor Martinez* (CLE) Justin Morneau* (MIN)	Joe Nathan* (MIN) Jonathan Papelbon* (BOS) Dustin Pedroia (BOS) Carlos Pena (TBR) Mariano Rivera* (NYY) Justin Verlander (DET) Tim Wakefield (BOS) Kevin Youkilis* (BOS) Ben Zobrist* (TBR)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Greinke (KCR)	10.1
2.	Zobrist (TBR)	8.3
3.	Mauer (MIN)	7.6
4.	Figgins (LAA)	7.5
5.	Longoria (TBR)	6.7
6.	Halladay (TOR)	6.6
7.	Jeter (NYY)	6.4
8.	Youkilis (BOS)	6.3
9.	Gutierrez (SEA)	6.2
10.	Sabathia (NYY)	5.9
	Bartlett (TBR)	5.9

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Wakefield (BOS)	born 1966-08-02
2.	Vizquel (TEX)	born 1967-04-24
3.	Smoltz (BOS)	born 1967-05-15
4.	Shouse (TBR)	born 1968-09-26
5.	Springer (OAK)	born 1968-11-07
6.	Percival (TBR)	born 1969-08-09
7.	Griffey (SEA)	born 1969-11-21
8.	Rivera (NYY)	born 1969-11-29
9.	Saito (BOS)	born 1970-02-14
10.	Herges (CLE)	born 1970-04-01

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Porcello (DET)	born 1988-12-27
2.	Andrus (TEX)	born 1988-08-26
3.	Feliz (TEX)	born 1988-05-02
4.	Tillman (BAL)	born 1988-04-15
5.	Cahill (OAK)	born 1988-03-01
6.	Snider (TOR)	born 1988-02-02
7.	Anderson (OAK)	born 1988-02-01
8.	O'Sullivan (LAA)	born 1987-09-01
9.	Brantley (CLE)	born 1987-05-15
10.	Carrasco (CLE)	born 1987-03-21

Salary s c a p y
1.	Rodriguez (NYY)	$33,000,000
2.	Jeter (NYY)	$21,600,000
3.	Teixeira (NYY)	$20,625,000
4.	Ordonez (DET)	$18,971,596
5.	Hunter (LAA)	$18,000,000
	Suzuki (SEA)	$18,000,000
7.	Burnett (NYY)	$16,500,000
8.	Sabathia (NYY)	$15,285,714
9.	Guerrero (LAA)	$15,000,000
	Rivera (NYY)	$15,000,000

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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