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

† 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
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