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[edit]
- † 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 | ||
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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 |
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