2000 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2000 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jason Giambi of the Oakland Athletics.

At the time, this award was something of a toss-up with both Giambi and the Chicago White Sox Frank Thomas having had monster years. Both played for playoff teams, although voters most likely gave Giambi an edge for the way the Athletics played down the stretch, winning 75% of their games in September. The legitimacy of this award has been placed into some doubt as Giambi has admitted to a grand jury the use of steroids.

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
Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics †	317	0.809 (392)	14		510	108	170	43	137	2	137	96	0.333	0.476	0.647		Did not pitch
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox †	285	0.727 (392)	10		582	115	191	43	143	1	112	94	0.328	0.436	0.625		Did not pitch
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners †	218	0.556 (392)	4		554	134	175	41	132	15	100	121	0.316	0.420	0.606		Did not pitch
Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	206	0.526 (392)	0		569	115	196	41	137	0	123	104	0.344	0.470	0.664		Did not pitch
Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	103	0.263 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 6	0	217.0	128	17	32	284	1.74
Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners †	97	0.247 (392)	0		556	100	180	37	145	3	96	95	0.324	0.423	0.579		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	97	0.247 (392)	0		439	92	154	38	122	1	86	117	0.351	0.457	0.697		Did not pitch
Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels	94	0.240 (392)	0		676	121	240	25	100	28	64	82	0.355	0.409	0.541		Did not pitch
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	66	0.168 (392)	0		529	104	197	21	96	5	61	50	0.372	0.434	0.599		Did not pitch
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees †	44	0.112 (392)	0		593	119	201	15	73	22	68	99	0.339	0.416	0.481		Did not pitch
Mike Sweeney	Kansas City Royals	33	0.084 (392)	0		618	105	206	29	144	8	71	67	0.333	0.407	0.523		Did not pitch
Magglio Ordonez	Chicago White Sox †	28	0.071 (392)	0		588	102	185	32	126	18	60	64	0.315	0.371	0.546		Did not pitch
David Justice	Cleveland Indians	23	0.059 (392)	0		249	46	66	21	58	1	38	49	0.265	0.361	0.582		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	23	0.059 (392)	0		537	108	165	30	121	13	71	84	0.307	0.391	0.566		Did not pitch
David Justice	New York Yankees †	23	0.059 (392)	0		275	43	84	20	60	1	39	42	0.305	0.391	0.585		Did not pitch
Tim Hudson	Oakland Athletics †	8	0.020 (392)	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		20 - 6	0	202.1	169	24	82	169	4.14
Miguel Tejada	Oakland Athletics †	5	0.013 (392)	0		607	105	167	30	115	6	66	102	0.275	0.349	0.479		Did not pitch
David Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	2	0.005 (392)	0		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.167		20 - 8	0	229.2	266	23	31	166	4.11
Travis Fryman	Cleveland Indians	2	0.005 (392)	0		574	93	184	22	106	1	73	111	0.321	0.392	0.516		Did not pitch
Johnny Damon	Kansas City Royals	1	0.003 (392)	0		655	136	214	16	88	46	65	60	0.327	0.382	0.495		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1999

Most Valuable Player Award National 2000

Succeeded by 2001