I don’t know what the sports writers were thinking when they voted for Justin Morneau over Derek Jeter for MVP. It couldn’t have been a strictly numbers thing. Jeter came in second for the batting title. He got his 3rd Golden Glove in a row and he also got he Silver Slugger for short stop. And yet Morneau beat him out. Well, congrat, Justin, but I really don’t know how you did it.
Here’s the voting, for any one who is interesting
Player/Club 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points Justin Morneau, Minnesota 15 8 3 2 - - - - - - 320 Derek Jeter, New York 12 14 - 1 - 1 - - - - 306 David Ortiz, Boston - 1 11 5 7 3 1 - - - 193 Frank Thomas, Oakland - 3 4 7 7 4 1 - - - 174 Jermaine Dye, Chicago - 1 2 6 5 7 4 2 1 - 156 Joe Mauer, Minnesota - - 3 6 1 2 5 3 2 1 116 Johan Santana, Minnesota 1 - 5 1 3 3 3 1 1 3 114 Travis Hafner, Cleveland - 1 - - - 2 4 7 3 2 64 Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles - - - - - 2 3 4 6 - 46 Carlos Guillen, Detroit - - - - 1 - 3 3 2 3 34 Grady Sizemore, Cleveland - - - - 1 - 1 1 2 7 24 Jim Thome, Chicago - - - - - 1 3 - - - 17 Alex Rodriguez, New York - - - - 1 - - 2 - 1 13 Jason Giambi, New York - - - - - 1 - - 2 - 9 Johnny Damon, New York - - - - 1 - - - - 1 7 Justin Verlander, Detroit - - - - 1 - - - - 1 7 Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 7 Joe Nathan, Minnesota - - - - - 1 - - - 1 6 Manny Ramirez, Boston - - - - - - - 1 1 1 6 Miguel Tejada, Baltimore - - - - - - - - 2 1 5 Raul Ibanez, Seattle - - - - - - - 1 - 1 4 Robinson Cano, New York - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 Paul Konerko, Chicago - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 Magglio Ordonez, Detroit - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 Vernon Wells, Toronto - - - - - - - - 1 1 3 Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 Mariano Rivera, New York - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 Kenny Rogers, Detroit - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 Chien-Ming Wang, New York - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 Troy Glaus, Toronto - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Gary Matthews Jr., Texas - - - - - - - - - 1 1 A.J. Pierzynski, Chicago - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Michael Young, Texas - - - - - - - - - 1 1
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