2006 League Awards

 October 30, 2006

  The 2006 season Awards were announced today. 

In the AL, the MVP Award went to the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez (.312 BA, 43 HR, 130 RBI) narrowly edged Minnesota's Johan Santana (24-7, 2.87 ERA, 259 K). The Cy Young award went to Santana. New York's Joe Torre was named Manager of the Year. 

Gold Glove, Silver Sluggers, and All Star Selection Awards are listed below:

AWARDS VOTING FOR 2006 American League                         Date: 10/30/2006
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
A.Rodreguez (NYA) 379                   J.Santana(MNA) 132
J.Santana (MNA 372                      R.Johnson(NYA) 94
J.Thome(CHA) 215                        R.Halladay(TOA) 39
J.Dye(CHA) 133                          M.Rivera(NYA) 15
V.Guerrero(LAA) 98                      J.Nathan(MNA) 7

GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  J.Westbrook(CLA)                     J.Lackey(LAA) 
C  R.Hernandez(BAA)                     I.Rodriguez(DEA) 
1B M.Teixeira(TEA)                      R.Sexson(SEA) 
2B L.Castillo(MNA)                      T.Iguchi(CHA) 
3B M.Lowell(BOA)                        E.Chavez(OAA) 
SS Y.Betancourt(SEA)                    M.Tejada(BAA) 
OF G.Sizemore(CLA)                      T.Hunter(MNA) 
OF I.Suzuki(SEA)                        C.Crawford(TBA) 
OF V.Wells(TOA)                         R.Johnson(TOA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  J.Mauer(MNA)                         V.Martinez(CLA) 
1B D.Ortiz(BOA)                         J.Thome(CHA) 
2B R.Cano(NYA)                          B.Roberts(BAA) 
3B A.Rodriguez(NYA)                     T.Glaus(TOA) 
SS M.Tejada(BAA)                        C.Guillen(DEA) 
LF C.Crawford(TBA)                      R.Ibanez(SEA) 
CF G.Sizemore(CLA)                      V.Wells(TOA) 
RF V.Guerrero(LAA)                      J.Dye(CHA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
M.Rivera(NYA) 117                       Joe Torre(NYA) 
J.Nathan(MNA) 115                       Jim Leyland(DEA) 
B.Ryan(TOA) 115                         Mike Scioscia(LAA) 
J.Putz(SEA) 112                         Ron Gardenhire(MNA) 
F.Rodriguez(LAA) 101                    Ozzie Guillen(CHA) 

ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  J.Mauer(MNA) 2,481,090               V.Martinez(CLA) 1,992,651
1B J.Thome(CHA) 4,311,611               D.Ortiz(BOA) 4,218,661
2B B.Roberts(BAA) 2,189,540             R.Cano(NYA) 2,085,065
3B A.Rodriguez(NYA) 3,925,159           E.Chavez(OAA) 2,952,620
SS M.Tejada(BAA) 4,039,236              C.Guillen(DEA) 3,098,761
LF C.Crawford(TBA) 3,722,157            R.Ibanez(SEA) 2,678,796
CF G.Sizemore(CLA) 4,616,446            V.Wells(TOA) 3,236,294
RF V.Guerrero(LAA) 3,733,649            J.Dye(CHA) 3,530,582
Pi J.Santana(MNA) 4,431,788             R.Halladay(TOA) 2,844,974
   B.Ryan(TOA) 2,821,874                J.Nathan(MNA) 2,737,340
   M.Rivera(NYA) 2,735,733              R.Johnson(NYA) 2,727,712
   J.Putz(SEA) 2,429,783                F.Rodriguez(LAA) 2,367,074
   C.Sabathia(CLA) 1,967,221            J.Bonderman(DEA) 1,749,593
   F.Liriano(MNA) 1,676,412             M.Mussina(NYA) 1,620,936
 

In the NL, the Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard (.325 BA,68 HR,175 RBI) was named

the NL MVP. St.Louis Cardinal Chris Carpenter (22-4, 2,13 ERA, 204 K) was named the 

Cy Young winner. San Diego's Bruce Bochy was named NL Manager of the Year.

AWARDS VOTING FOR 2006 National League                         Date: 10/30/2006

 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
R.Howard(PHN) 397                       C.Carpenter(SLN) 118
C.Beltran(NYN) 381                      T.Hoffman(SDN) 96
L.Berkman(HON) 196                      T.Saito(LAN) 47
A.Pujols(SLN) 128                       J.Peavy(SDN) 18
J.Rollins(PHN) 96                       R.Oswalt(HON) 9
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  B.McCann(ATN) 1,340,170              M.Barrett(CHN) 1,046,622
1B R.Howard(PHN) 4,616,446              A.Pujols(SLN) 2,939,141
2B C.Utley(PHN) 2,299,503               O.Hudson(ARN) 1,834,841
3B A.Ramirez(CHN) 2,901,111             M.Cabrera(FLN) 2,280,706
SS J.Rollins(PHN) 2,706,360             H.Ramirez(FLN) 2,270,550
LF A.Dunn(CIN) 2,548,624                M.Holliday(CON) 2,200,281
CF C.Beltran(NYN) 3,391,493             A.Jones(ATN) 2,001,780
RF J.Drew(LAN) 2,316,386                J.Jones(CHN) 1,754,391
Pi C.Carpenter(SLN) 4,431,788           T.Hoffman(SDN) 4,176,251
   T.Saito(LAN) 3,540,790               R.Oswalt(HON) 3,401,352
   J.Peavy(SDN) 2,847,190               B.Fuentes(CON) 2,502,467
   B.Wagner(NYN) 2,494,581              B.Lidge(HON) 2,263,144
   B.Webb(ARN) 2,233,838                J.Smoltz(ATN) 2,112,098
   B.Arroyo(CIN) 1,873,646              B.Myers(PHN) 1,829,570
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  J.Schmidt(SFN)                       G.Maddux(LAN) 
C  Y.Molina(SLN)                        B.Schneider(WAN) 
1B A.Gonzalez(SDN)                      T.Helton(CON) 
2B O.Hudson(ARN)                        M.Giles(ATN) 
3B S.Rolen(SLN)                         R.Zimmerman(WAN) 
SS O.Vizquel(SFN)                       A.Everett(HON) 
OF A.Jones(ATN)                         J.Francoeur(ATN) 
OF C.Beltran(NYN)                       D.Roberts(SDN) 
OF M.Cameron(SDN)                       W.Taveras(HON) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  B.McCann(ATN)                        M.Barrett(CHN) 
1B R.Howard(PHN)                        A.Pujols(SLN) 
2B C.Utley(PHN)                         D.Uggla(FLN) 
3B A.Ramirez(CHN)                       M.Cabrera(FLN) 
SS J.Rollins(PHN)                       H.Ramirez(FLN) 
LF A.Dunn(CIN)                          M.Holliday(CON) 
CF C.Beltran(NYN)                       A.Jones(ATN) 
RF J.Drew(LAN)                          J.Jones(CHN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
T.Hoffman(SDN) 145                      Bruce Bochy(SDN) 
T.Saito(LAN) 126                        Willie Randolph(NYN) 
B.Fuentes(CON) 113                      Phil arner(HON) 
B.Wagner(NYN) 113                       Grady Little(LAN) 
B.Lidge(HON) 102                        Bob Melvin(ARN)