2005 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 2005 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees.
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 | New York Yankees † | 331 | 0.844 (392) | 16 | 605 | 124 | 194 | 48 | 130 | 21 | 91 | 139 | 0.321 | 0.421 | 0.610 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox † | 307 | 0.783 (392) | 11 | 601 | 119 | 180 | 47 | 148 | 1 | 102 | 124 | 0.300 | 0.397 | 0.604 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vladimir Guerrero | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim † | 196 | 0.500 (392) | 1 | 520 | 95 | 165 | 32 | 108 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 0.317 | 0.394 | 0.565 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox † | 156 | 0.398 (392) | 0 | 554 | 112 | 162 | 45 | 144 | 1 | 80 | 119 | 0.292 | 0.388 | 0.594 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Travis Hafner | Cleveland Indians | 151 | 0.385 (392) | 0 | 486 | 94 | 148 | 33 | 108 | 0 | 79 | 123 | 0.305 | 0.408 | 0.595 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Paul Konerko | Chicago White Sox † | 128 | 0.327 (392) | 0 | 575 | 98 | 163 | 40 | 100 | 0 | 81 | 109 | 0.283 | 0.375 | 0.534 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mark Teixeira | Texas Rangers | 106 | 0.270 (392) | 0 | 644 | 112 | 194 | 43 | 144 | 4 | 72 | 124 | 0.301 | 0.379 | 0.575 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gary Sheffield | New York Yankees † | 84 | 0.214 (392) | 0 | 584 | 104 | 170 | 34 | 123 | 10 | 78 | 76 | 0.291 | 0.379 | 0.512 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees † | 59 | 0.151 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 7 - 4 | 43 | 78.1 | 50 | 2 | 18 | 80 | 1.38 | ||
Derek Jeter | New York Yankees † | 23 | 0.059 (392) | 0 | 654 | 122 | 202 | 19 | 70 | 14 | 77 | 117 | 0.309 | 0.389 | 0.450 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Michael Young | Texas Rangers | 20 | 0.051 (392) | 0 | 668 | 114 | 221 | 24 | 91 | 5 | 58 | 91 | 0.331 | 0.385 | 0.513 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Scott Podsednik | Chicago White Sox † | 15 | 0.038 (392) | 0 | 507 | 80 | 147 | 0 | 25 | 59 | 47 | 75 | 0.290 | 0.351 | 0.349 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Damon | Boston Red Sox † | 12 | 0.031 (392) | 0 | 624 | 117 | 197 | 10 | 75 | 18 | 53 | 69 | 0.316 | 0.366 | 0.439 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees † | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 629 | 108 | 192 | 23 | 116 | 2 | 63 | 78 | 0.305 | 0.367 | 0.496 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Miguel Tejada | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 654 | 89 | 199 | 26 | 98 | 5 | 40 | 83 | 0.304 | 0.349 | 0.515 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Richie Sexson | Seattle Mariners | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 558 | 99 | 147 | 39 | 121 | 1 | 89 | 167 | 0.263 | 0.369 | 0.541 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Chone Figgins | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim † | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 642 | 113 | 186 | 8 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 101 | 0.290 | 0.352 | 0.397 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Victor Martinez | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 547 | 73 | 167 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 63 | 78 | 0.305 | 0.378 | 0.475 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Brian Roberts | Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 561 | 92 | 176 | 18 | 73 | 27 | 67 | 83 | 0.314 | 0.387 | 0.515 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jason Giambi | New York Yankees † | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 417 | 74 | 113 | 32 | 87 | 0 | 108 | 109 | 0.271 | 0.440 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eric Chavez | Oakland Athletics | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 625 | 92 | 168 | 27 | 101 | 6 | 58 | 129 | 0.269 | 0.329 | 0.466 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jason Varitek | Boston Red Sox † | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 470 | 70 | 132 | 22 | 70 | 2 | 62 | 117 | 0.281 | 0.366 | 0.489 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Huston Street | Oakland Athletics | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 5 - 1 | 23 | 78.1 | 53 | 3 | 26 | 72 | 1.72 | ||
Bartolo Colon | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim † | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 21 - 8 | 0 | 222.2 | 215 | 26 | 43 | 157 | 3.48 | ||
Grady Sizemore | Cleveland Indians | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 640 | 111 | 185 | 22 | 81 | 22 | 52 | 132 | 0.289 | 0.348 | 0.484 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Wickman | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 0.005 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 0 - 4 | 45 | 62.0 | 57 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 2.47 | ||
Jose Contreras | Chicago White Sox † | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.250 | 0.000 | 15 - 7 | 0 | 204.2 | 177 | 23 | 75 | 154 | 3.61 | ||
Jorge Cantu | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 598 | 73 | 171 | 28 | 117 | 1 | 19 | 83 | 0.286 | 0.311 | 0.497 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 2004 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 2005 |
Succeeded by 2006 |
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