2002 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2002 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Miguel Tejada of the Oakland Athletics.

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
Miguel Tejada	Oakland Athletics †	356	0.908 (392)	21		662	108	204	34	131	7	38	84	0.308	0.354	0.508		Did not pitch
Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	254	0.648 (392)	5		624	125	187	57	142	9	87	122	0.300	0.392	0.623		Did not pitch
Alfonso Soriano	New York Yankees †	234	0.597 (392)	2		696	128	209	39	102	41	23	157	0.300	0.332	0.547		Did not pitch
Garret Anderson	Anaheim Angels †	184	0.469 (392)	0		638	93	195	29	123	6	30	80	0.306	0.332	0.539		Did not pitch
Jason Giambi	New York Yankees †	162	0.413 (392)	0		560	120	176	41	122	2	109	112	0.314	0.435	0.598		Did not pitch
Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins †	132	0.337 (392)	0		561	89	162	29	94	23	35	118	0.289	0.334	0.524		Did not pitch
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians	69	0.176 (392)	0		480	101	146	52	118	1	122	139	0.304	0.445	0.677		Did not pitch
Magglio Ordonez	Chicago White Sox	59	0.151 (392)	0		590	116	189	38	135	7	53	77	0.320	0.381	0.597		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Boston Red Sox	39	0.099 (392)	0		436	84	152	33	107	0	73	85	0.349	0.450	0.647		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	32	0.082 (392)	0		612	102	204	19	102	8	83	97	0.333	0.415	0.493		Did not pitch
David Eckstein	Anaheim Angels †	24	0.061 (392)	0		608	107	178	8	63	21	45	44	0.293	0.363	0.388		Did not pitch
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	24	0.061 (392)	0		635	101	197	24	120	5	41	63	0.310	0.352	0.528		Did not pitch
Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics †	22	0.056 (392)	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000		23 - 5	0	229.1	182	24	78	182	2.75
Eric Chavez	Oakland Athletics †	14	0.036 (392)	0		585	87	161	34	109	8	65	119	0.275	0.348	0.513		Did not pitch
Troy Percival	Anaheim Angels †	12	0.031 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 1	40	56.1	38	5	25	68	1.92
Eddie Guardado	Minnesota Twins †	12	0.031 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		1 - 3	45	67.2	53	9	18	70	2.93
Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	10	0.026 (392)	0		647	111	208	8	51	31	68	62	0.321	0.388	0.425		Did not pitch
Billy Koch	Oakland Athletics †	8	0.020 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		11 - 4	44	93.2	73	7	46	93	3.27
Derek Lowe	Boston Red Sox	3	0.008 (392)	0		3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.333	0.500	0.333		21 - 8	0	219.2	166	12	48	127	2.58
Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (392)	0		5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.167	0.000		20 - 4	0	199.1	144	13	40	239	2.26
Mike Sweeney	Kansas City Royals	1	0.003 (392)	0		471	81	160	24	86	9	61	46	0.340	0.417	0.563		Did not pitch

Preceded by 2001

Most Valuable Player Award National 2002

Succeeded by 2003