2004 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2004 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Vladimir Guerrero of the Anaheim Angels.

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
Vladimir Guerrero	Anaheim Angels †	354	0.903 (392)	21		612	124	206	39	126	15	52	74	0.337	0.391	0.598		Did not pitch
Gary Sheffield	New York Yankees †	254	0.648 (392)	5		573	117	166	36	121	5	92	83	0.290	0.393	0.534		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Boston Red Sox †	238	0.607 (392)	1		568	108	175	43	130	2	82	124	0.308	0.397	0.613		Did not pitch
David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox †	174	0.444 (392)	1		582	94	175	41	139	0	75	133	0.301	0.380	0.603		Did not pitch
Miguel Tejada	Baltimore Orioles	123	0.314 (392)	0		653	107	203	34	150	4	48	73	0.311	0.360	0.534		Did not pitch
Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins †	117	0.298 (392)	0		8	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0.375	0.375	0.375		20 - 6	0	228.0	156	24	54	265	2.61
Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	98	0.250 (392)	0		704	101	262	8	60	36	49	63	0.372	0.414	0.455		Did not pitch
Michael Young	Texas Rangers	92	0.235 (392)	0		690	114	216	22	99	12	44	89	0.313	0.353	0.483		Did not pitch
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees †	61	0.156 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 2	53	78.2	65	3	20	66	1.94
Ivan Rodriguez	Detroit Tigers	34	0.087 (392)	0		527	72	176	19	86	7	41	91	0.334	0.383	0.510		Did not pitch
Curt Schilling	Boston Red Sox †	14	0.036 (392)	0		7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.143	0.143	0.143		21 - 6	0	226.2	206	23	35	203	3.26
Joe Nathan	Minnesota Twins †	12	0.031 (392)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		1 - 2	44	72.1	48	3	23	89	1.62
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees †	11	0.028 (392)	0		643	111	188	23	78	23	46	99	0.292	0.352	0.471		Did not pitch
Mark Kotsay	Oakland Athletics	8	0.020 (392)	0		606	78	190	15	63	8	55	70	0.314	0.370	0.459		Did not pitch
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees †	8	0.020 (392)	0		601	112	172	36	106	28	80	131	0.286	0.375	0.512		Did not pitch
Johnny Damon	Boston Red Sox †	7	0.018 (392)	0		621	123	189	20	94	19	76	71	0.304	0.380	0.477		Did not pitch
Paul Konerko	Chicago White Sox	7	0.018 (392)	0		563	84	156	41	117	1	69	107	0.277	0.359	0.535		Did not pitch
Hank Blalock	Texas Rangers	5	0.013 (392)	0		624	107	172	32	110	2	75	149	0.276	0.355	0.500		Did not pitch
Mark Teixeira	Texas Rangers	5	0.013 (392)	0		545	101	153	38	112	4	68	117	0.281	0.370	0.560		Did not pitch
Melvin Mora	Baltimore Orioles	5	0.013 (392)	0		550	111	187	27	104	11	66	95	0.340	0.419	0.562		Did not pitch
Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins †	4	0.010 (392)	0		520	79	141	23	81	21	40	101	0.271	0.330	0.475		Did not pitch
Victor Martinez	Cleveland Indians	4	0.010 (392)	0		520	77	147	23	108	0	60	69	0.283	0.359	0.492		Did not pitch
Erubiel Durazo	Oakland Athletics	3	0.008 (392)	0		511	80	164	22	88	3	56	104	0.321	0.396	0.523		Did not pitch
Francisco Cordero	Texas Rangers	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		3 - 4	49	71.2	60	1	32	79	2.13
Chone Figgins	Anaheim Angels †	2	0.005 (392)	0		577	83	171	5	60	34	49	94	0.296	0.350	0.419		Did not pitch
Lew Ford	Minnesota Twins †	2	0.005 (392)	0		569	89	170	15	72	20	67	75	0.299	0.381	0.446		Did not pitch
Hideki Matsui	New York Yankees †	2	0.005 (392)	0		584	109	174	31	108	3	88	103	0.298	0.390	0.522		Did not pitch
Carlos Guillen	Detroit Tigers	2	0.005 (392)	0		522	97	166	20	97	12	52	87	0.318	0.379	0.542		Did not pitch
Travis Hafner	Cleveland Indians	2	0.005 (392)	0		482	96	150	28	109	3	68	111	0.311	0.410	0.583		Did not pitch
Jason Varitek	Boston Red Sox †	1	0.003 (392)	0		463	67	137	18	73	10	62	126	0.296	0.390	0.482		Did not pitch
Eric Chavez	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (392)	0		475	87	131	29	77	6	95	99	0.276	0.397	0.501		Did not pitch

Preceded by 2003

Most Valuable Player Award National 2004

Succeeded by 2005