1999 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1999 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Iván Rodríguez of the Texas Rangers.

The result of the vote was controversial as, while Rodriguez had a very solid season, second-place finisher Pedro Martinez of the Boston Red Sox had one of the greatest pitching seasons of all time, especially when judged in the context of the very live ball that prevailed at the time. He actually received more first-place votes than Rodriguez - 8 to 7 - but lost by a small margin, 252 to 239, because he was left off two ballots entirely.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG		W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers †	252	0.643 (392)	7		600	116	199	35	113	25	24	64	0.332	0.356	0.558		Did not pitch
Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox †	239	0.610 (392)	8		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		23 - 4	0	213.1	160	9	37	313	2.07
Roberto Alomar	Cleveland Indians †	226	0.577 (392)	4		563	138	182	24	120	37	99	96	0.323	0.422	0.533		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians †	226	0.577 (392)	4		522	131	174	44	165	2	96	131	0.333	0.442	0.663		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers †	193	0.492 (392)	4		565	96	183	47	148	2	97	69	0.324	0.420	0.630		Did not pitch
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees †	177	0.452 (392)	1		627	134	219	24	102	19	91	116	0.349	0.438	0.552		Did not pitch
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox †	137	0.349 (392)	0		532	103	190	27	104	14	51	39	0.357	0.418	0.603		Did not pitch
Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	49	0.125 (392)	0		575	115	181	33	123	1	105	106	0.315	0.422	0.553		Did not pitch
Shawn Green	Toronto Blue Jays	44	0.112 (392)	0		614	134	190	42	123	20	66	117	0.309	0.384	0.588		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	42	0.107 (392)	0		606	123	173	48	134	24	91	108	0.285	0.384	0.576		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	21	0.054 (392)	0		591	116	202	25	115	9	100	95	0.342	0.435	0.536		Did not pitch
Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	16	0.041 (392)	0		573	113	156	44	134	1	86	141	0.272	0.377	0.571		Did not pitch
Juan Gonzalez	Texas Rangers †	10	0.026 (392)	0		562	114	183	39	128	3	51	105	0.326	0.378	0.601		Did not pitch
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees †	9	0.023 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 3	45	69.0	43	2	18	52	1.83
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	4	0.010 (392)	0		502	110	143	42	111	21	56	109	0.285	0.357	0.586		Did not pitch
Omar Vizquel	Cleveland Indians †	3	0.008 (392)	0		574	112	191	5	66	42	65	50	0.333	0.397	0.436		Did not pitch
Matt Stairs	Oakland Athletics	2	0.005 (392)	0		531	94	137	38	102	2	89	124	0.258	0.366	0.533		Did not pitch
B.J. Surhoff	Baltimore Orioles	1	0.003 (392)	0		673	104	207	28	107	5	43	78	0.308	0.347	0.492		Did not pitch
John Jaha	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (392)	0		457	93	126	35	111	2	101	129	0.276	0.414	0.556		Did not pitch

Further Reading

• Mark Feinsand: "Was Pedro robbed of '99 MVP? Here’s a re-vote", mlb.com, April 9, 2020. [1]

Related Sites

• Full voting results

Preceded by 1998

Most Valuable Player Award National 1999

Succeeded by 2000