Dustin Pedroia Wins AL MVP

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player on Tuesday. He earned 16 of the 28 first-place votes, easily beating out Twins 1B Justin Morneau and Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis.

Pedroia finished with 17 HRs and 83 RBI, and led the AL in runs (118), hits (tied with Ichiro at 213), doubles (54), and was second with a .326 batting average. He became the first second baseman to win the AL MVP since Nellie Fox in 1959.

Earlier this offseason, Pedroia won a Gold Glove and was named the AL’s Silver Slugger at second base.

The last Red Sox player to win the AL MVP award was Mo Vaughn in 1995.

The Vote Breakdown

Player, Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Dustin Pedroia, BOS	16	6	4	1							317
Justin Morneau, MIN	7	7	6	3	3	1	1				257
Kevin Youkilis, BOS	2	4	4	9	2	4	1	2			201
Joe Mauer, MIN	2	8	1	3	4	3	3	2	1		188
Carlos Quentin, CWS		1	4	8	4	4	4		1	1	160
Francisco Rodriguez, LAA	1	2	6	1	6		3	2		2	143
Josh Hamilton, TEX			2	2	3	7	3	2	4	3	112
Alex Rodriguez, NYY					1	1	4	1	4	7	45
Carlos Pena, TB			1		2		2	3	2	3	44
Grady Sizemore, CLE						2	1	5	6	1	42
Evan Longoria, TB						2	2	5	2	1	38
Cliff Lee, CLE				1	1	1	1		1		24
Miguel Cabrera, DET						1		1	4	1	17
Vladimir Guerrero, LAA							2	2	1		16
Jermaine Dye, CWS					1			2		2	14
Aubrey Huff, BAL						1			2	3	12
Milton Bradley, TEX						1	1				9
Jason Bartlett, TB					1						6
Mike Mussina, NYY								1			3
Raul Ibanez, SEA										1	1
Ian Kinsler, TEX										1	1
Ichiro Suzuki, SEA										1	1
Mark Teixeira, LAA										1	1

Table information courtesy of MLB.com

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