2003 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 2003 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers.
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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Alex Rodriguez | Texas Rangers | 242 | 0.617 (392) | 6 | 607 | 124 | 181 | 47 | 118 | 17 | 87 | 126 | 0.298 | 0.396 | 0.600 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carlos Delgado | Toronto Blue Jays | 213 | 0.543 (392) | 5 | 570 | 117 | 172 | 42 | 145 | 0 | 109 | 137 | 0.302 | 0.426 | 0.593 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jorge Posada | New York Yankees † | 194 | 0.495 (392) | 5 | 481 | 83 | 135 | 30 | 101 | 2 | 93 | 110 | 0.281 | 0.405 | 0.518 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Shannon Stewart | Toronto Blue Jays | 140 | 0.357 (392) | 3 | 303 | 47 | 89 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 0.294 | 0.347 | 0.449 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Shannon Stewart | Minnesota Twins † | 140 | 0.357 (392) | 3 | 270 | 43 | 87 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 25 | 36 | 0.322 | 0.384 | 0.470 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox † | 130 | 0.332 (392) | 4 | 448 | 79 | 129 | 31 | 101 | 0 | 58 | 83 | 0.288 | 0.369 | 0.592 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox † | 100 | 0.255 (392) | 1 | 569 | 117 | 185 | 37 | 104 | 3 | 97 | 94 | 0.325 | 0.427 | 0.587 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Nomar Garciaparra | Boston Red Sox † | 99 | 0.253 (392) | 1 | 658 | 120 | 198 | 28 | 105 | 19 | 39 | 61 | 0.301 | 0.345 | 0.524 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vernon Wells | Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 0.214 (392) | 1 | 678 | 118 | 215 | 33 | 117 | 4 | 42 | 80 | 0.317 | 0.359 | 0.550 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carlos Beltran | Kansas City Royals | 77 | 0.196 (392) | 0 | 521 | 102 | 160 | 26 | 100 | 41 | 72 | 81 | 0.307 | 0.389 | 0.522 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bret Boone | Seattle Mariners | 65 | 0.166 (392) | 0 | 622 | 111 | 183 | 35 | 117 | 16 | 68 | 125 | 0.294 | 0.366 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Miguel Tejada | Oakland Athletics † | 49 | 0.125 (392) | 1 | 636 | 98 | 177 | 27 | 106 | 10 | 53 | 65 | 0.278 | 0.336 | 0.472 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Mueller | Boston Red Sox † | 45 | 0.115 (392) | 0 | 524 | 85 | 171 | 19 | 85 | 1 | 59 | 77 | 0.326 | 0.398 | 0.540 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jason Giambi | New York Yankees † | 36 | 0.092 (392) | 1 | 535 | 97 | 134 | 41 | 107 | 2 | 129 | 140 | 0.250 | 0.412 | 0.527 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Garret Anderson | Anaheim Angels | 35 | 0.089 (392) | 0 | 638 | 80 | 201 | 29 | 116 | 6 | 31 | 83 | 0.315 | 0.345 | 0.541 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Keith Foulke | Oakland Athletics † | 20 | 0.051 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 9 - 1 | 43 | 86.2 | 57 | 10 | 20 | 88 | 2.08 | ||
Frank Thomas | Chicago White Sox | 20 | 0.051 (392) | 0 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 42 | 105 | 0 | 100 | 115 | 0.267 | 0.390 | 0.562 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eric Chavez | Oakland Athletics † | 18 | 0.046 (392) | 0 | 588 | 94 | 166 | 29 | 101 | 8 | 62 | 89 | 0.282 | 0.350 | 0.514 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carlos Lee | Chicago White Sox | 16 | 0.041 (392) | 0 | 623 | 100 | 181 | 31 | 113 | 18 | 37 | 91 | 0.291 | 0.331 | 0.499 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Magglio Ordonez | Chicago White Sox | 16 | 0.041 (392) | 0 | 606 | 95 | 192 | 29 | 99 | 9 | 57 | 73 | 0.317 | 0.380 | 0.546 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alfonso Soriano | New York Yankees † | 15 | 0.038 (392) | 0 | 682 | 114 | 198 | 38 | 91 | 35 | 38 | 130 | 0.290 | 0.338 | 0.525 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Derek Jeter | New York Yankees † | 10 | 0.026 (392) | 0 | 482 | 87 | 156 | 10 | 52 | 11 | 43 | 88 | 0.324 | 0.393 | 0.450 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pedro Martinez | Boston Red Sox † | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 14 - 4 | 0 | 186.2 | 147 | 7 | 47 | 206 | 2.22 | ||
Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle Mariners | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 679 | 111 | 212 | 13 | 62 | 34 | 36 | 69 | 0.312 | 0.352 | 0.436 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Esteban Loaiza | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 21 - 9 | 0 | 226.1 | 196 | 17 | 56 | 207 | 2.90 | ||
Jason Varitek | Boston Red Sox † | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 451 | 63 | 123 | 25 | 85 | 3 | 51 | 106 | 0.273 | 0.351 | 0.512 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Aubrey Huff | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 636 | 91 | 198 | 34 | 107 | 2 | 53 | 80 | 0.311 | 0.367 | 0.555 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees † | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 5 - 2 | 40 | 70.2 | 61 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 1.66 |
Preceded by 2002 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 2003 |
Succeeded by 2004 |
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