AWARDS

2008 AWARDS VOTING

8 BALLOTS · BBWAA

AL MVP VOTING

			VOTING			BATTING													PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	317	16	81%	6.3	157	653	118	213	17	83	20	50	.326	.376	.493	.869
2	Justin Morneau	MIN	257	7	66%	3.3	163	623	97	187	23	129	0	76	.300	.374	.499	.873
3	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	201	2	51%	6.2	145	538	91	168	29	115	3	62	.312	.390	.569	.959
4	Joe Mauer	MIN	188	2	48%	6.5	146	536	98	176	9	85	1	84	.328	.413	.451	.864
5	Carlos Quentin	CWS	160	—	41%	4.7	130	480	96	138	36	100	7	66	.288	.394	.571	.965
6	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	143	1	36%														2	3	2.24	1.29	76	0	62	68.1	54	4	34	77
7	Josh Hamilton	TEX	112	—	29%	4.3	156	624	98	190	32	130	9	64	.304	.371	.530	.901
8	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	45	—	11%	5.8	138	510	104	154	35	103	18	65	.302	.392	.573	.965
9	Carlos Pena	TB	44	—	11%	3.8	139	490	76	121	31	102	1	96	.247	.377	.494	.871
10	Grady Sizemore	CLE	42	—	11%	7.4	157	634	101	170	33	90	38	98	.268	.374	.502	.876
11	Evan Longoria	TB	38	—	10%	5.6	122	448	67	122	27	85	7	46	.272	.343	.531	.874
12	Cliff Lee	CLE	24	—	6%														22	3	2.54	1.11	31	31	0	223.1	214	12	34	170
13	Miguel Cabrera	DET	17	—	4%	2.6	160	616	85	180	37	127	1	56	.292	.349	.537	.886
14	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	16	—	4%	1.9	143	541	85	164	27	91	5	51	.303	.365	.521	.886
15	Jermaine Dye	CWS	14	—	4%	1.4	154	590	96	172	34	96	3	44	.292	.344	.541	.885
16	Aubrey Huff	BAL	12	—	3%	3.9	154	598	96	182	32	108	4	53	.304	.360	.552	.912
17	Milton Bradley	TEX	9	—	2%	4.3	126	414	78	133	22	77	5	80	.321	.436	.563	.999
18	Jason Bartlett	TB	6	—	2%	1.9	128	454	48	130	1	37	20	22	.286	.329	.361	.690
19	Mike Mussina	NYY	3	—	1%														20	9	3.37	1.22	34	34	0	200.1	214	17	31	150
20	Raul Ibanez	SEA	1	—	0%	2.9	162	635	85	186	23	110	2	64	.293	.358	.479	.837
20	Ian Kinsler	TEX	1	—	0%	4.8	121	518	102	165	18	71	26	45	.319	.375	.517	.892
20	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	1	—	0%	4.3	162	686	103	213	6	42	43	51	.310	.361	.386	.747
20	Mark Teixeira	—	1	—	0%	6.9	157	574	102	177	33	121	2	97	.308	.410	.552	.962

NL MVP VOTING

			VOTING			BATTING													PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Albert Pujols	STL	369	18	82%	8.7	148	524	100	187	37	116	7	104	.357	.462	.653	1.115
2	Ryan Howard	PHI	308	12	69%	2.8	162	610	105	153	48	146	1	81	.251	.339	.543	.882
3	Ryan Braun	MIL	139	—	31%	4.5	151	611	92	174	37	106	14	42	.285	.335	.553	.888
4	Manny Ramirez	—	138	—	31%	5.9	153	552	102	183	37	121	3	87	.332	.430	.601	1.031
5	Lance Berkman	HOU	126	—	28%	7.7	159	554	114	173	29	106	18	99	.312	.420	.567	.987
6	CC Sabathia	—	121	—	27%														17	10	2.70	1.11	35	35	0	253.0	223	19	59	251
7	David Wright	NYM	115	—	26%	7.0	160	626	115	189	33	124	15	94	.302	.390	.534	.924
8	Brad Lidge	PHI	104	2	23%														2	0	1.95	1.23	72	0	41	69.1	50	2	35	92
9	Carlos Delgado	NYM	96	—	21%	2.4	159	598	96	162	38	115	1	72	.271	.353	.518	.871
10	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	66	—	15%	4.5	149	554	97	160	27	111	2	74	.289	.380	.518	.898
11	Hanley Ramirez	MIA	55	—	12%	7.4	153	589	125	177	33	67	35	92	.301	.400	.540	.940
12	Chipper Jones	ATL	44	—	10%	7.1	128	439	82	160	22	75	4	90	.364	.470	.574	1.044
13	Geovanny Soto	CHC	41	—	9%	2.8	141	494	66	141	23	86	0	62	.285	.364	.504	.868
14	Johan Santana	NYM	30	—	7%														16	7	2.53	1.15	34	34	0	234.1	206	23	63	206
14	Chase Utley	PHI	30	—	7%	8.2	159	607	113	177	33	104	14	64	.292	.380	.535	.915
16	Ryan Ludwick	STL	17	—	4%	5.3	152	538	104	161	37	113	4	62	.299	.375	.591	.966
17	Brandon Webb	AZ	14	—	3%														22	7	3.30	1.20	34	34	0	226.2	206	13	65	183
18	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	13	—	3%	3.1	162	616	103	172	36	119	0	74	.279	.361	.510	.871
18	Matt Holliday	COL	13	—	3%	5.9	139	539	107	173	25	88	28	74	.321	.409	.538	.947
20	Prince Fielder	MIL	11	—	2%	1.3	159	588	86	162	34	102	3	84	.276	.372	.507	.879
21	Derrek Lee	CHC	10	—	2%	2.4	155	623	93	181	20	90	8	71	.291	.361	.462	.823
21	Carlos Beltran	NYM	10	—	2%	7.2	161	606	116	172	27	112	25	92	.284	.376	.500	.876
23	Tim Lincecum	SF	9	—	2%														18	5	2.62	1.17	34	33	0	227.0	182	11	84	265
24	Jose Reyes	NYM	3	—	1%	5.9	159	688	113	204	16	68	56	66	.297	.358	.475	.833
24	Jose Valverde	HOU	3	—	1%														6	3	3.38	1.18	74	0	44	72.0	62	10	23	83
26	Stephen Drew	AZ	2	—	0%	1.9	152	611	91	178	21	67	3	41	.291	.333	.502	.835
27	Nate McClouth	PIT	1	—	0%	3.8	152	597	113	165	26	94	23	65	.276	.356	.497	.853

AL CY YOUNG VOTING

			VOTING			PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	ERA+
1	Cliff Lee	CLE	132	24	67%	6.7	22	3	.880	2.54	31	31	0	4	2	0	223.1	214	68	63	12	34	1	170	5	0	4	891	1.11	171
2	Roy Halladay	TOR	71	4	36%	6.7	20	11	.645	2.78	34	33	0	9	2	0	246.0	220	88	76	18	39	3	206	12	0	4	987	1.05	156
3	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	32	—	16%	1.5	2	3	.400	2.24	76	0	69	0	0	62	68.1	54	21	17	4	34	4	77	2	0	6	288	1.29	194
4	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	10	—	5%	2.7	18	3	.857	2.90	29	29	0	0	0	0	167.2	128	58	54	12	94	1	154	7	0	5	716	1.32	150
5	Mariano Rivera	NYY	3	—	2%	3.0	6	5	.545	1.40	64	0	60	0	0	39	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	0	77	2	0	1	259	0.67	310
6	Mike Mussina	NYY	2	—	1%	3.6	20	9	.690	3.37	34	34	0	0	0	0	200.1	214	85	75	17	31	3	150	8	0	4	819	1.22	129
6	Ervin Santana	LAA	2	—	1%	5.3	16	7	.696	3.49	32	32	0	2	1	0	219.0	198	89	85	23	47	2	214	8	1	5	897	1.12	125

NL CY YOUNG VOTING

			VOTING			PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	ERA+
1	Tim Lincecum	SF	137	23	61%	7.1	18	5	.783	2.62	34	33	0	2	1	0	227.0	182	72	66	11	84	1	265	6	2	17	928	1.17	164
2	Brandon Webb	AZ	73	4	33%	5.5	22	7	.759	3.30	34	34	0	3	1	0	226.2	206	95	83	13	65	5	183	12	1	8	944	1.20	130
3	Johan Santana	NYM	55	4	25%	5.2	16	7	.696	2.53	34	34	0	3	2	0	234.1	206	74	66	23	63	5	206	4	2	9	964	1.15	169
4	Brad Lidge	PHI	10	—	4%	2.2	2	0	1.000	1.95	72	0	61	0	0	41	69.1	50	17	15	2	35	4	92	1	0	5	292	1.23	220
5	CC Sabathia	—	9	1	4%	7.3	17	10	.630	2.70	35	35	0	10	5	0	253.0	223	85	76	19	59	1	251	7	2	2	1,023	1.11	160
6	Ryan Dempster	CHC	4	—	2%	4.8	17	6	.739	2.96	33	33	0	1	0	0	206.2	174	75	68	14	76	1	187	7	0	5	856	1.21	145

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTING

			VOTING			BATTING													PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Evan Longoria	TB	140	28	100%	5.6	122	448	67	122	27	85	7	46	.272	.343	.531	.874
2	Alexei Ramirez	CWS	59	—	42%	1.0	136	480	65	139	21	77	13	18	.290	.317	.475	.792
3	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	26	—	19%	4.2	145	554	98	155	9	47	50	41	.280	.336	.394	.730
4	Mike Aviles	KC	9	—	6%	4.3	102	419	68	136	10	51	8	18	.325	.354	.480	.834
4	Armando Galarraga	DET	9	—	6%														13	7	3.73	1.19	30	28	0	178.2	152	28	61	126
6	Joey Devine	ATH	3	—	2%														6	1	0.59	0.83	42	0	1	45.2	23	0	15	49
6	Denard Span	MIN	3	—	2%	3.2	93	347	70	102	6	47	18	50	.294	.387	.432	.819
8	Nick Blackburn	MIN	1	—	1%														11	11	4.05	1.36	33	33	0	193.1	224	23	39	96
8	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	1	—	1%														4	3	2.60	1.26	42	12	0	100.1	87	5	39	118
8	Brad Ziegler	ATH	1	—	1%														3	0	1.06	1.16	47	0	11	59.2	47	2	22	30

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTING

			VOTING			BATTING													PITCHING
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Geovany Soto	CHC	158	31	99%	2.8	141	494	66	141	23	86	0	62	.285	.364	.504	.868
2	Joey Votto	CIN	76	1	48%	3.6	151	526	69	156	24	84	7	59	.297	.368	.506	.874
3	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	34	—	21%														13	10	3.68	1.37	31	31	0	188.1	188	11	70	139
4	Edinson Volquez	CIN	9	—	6%														17	6	3.21	1.33	33	32	0	196.0	167	14	93	206
5	Jay Bruce	CIN	7	—	4%	0.8	108	413	63	105	21	52	4	33	.254	.314	.453	.767
6	Kosuke Fukudome	CHC	4	—	3%	1.4	150	501	79	129	10	58	12	81	.257	.359	.379	.738

AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTING

			VOTING			CLUB
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	W	L	W-L%	TIES	G	FINISH
1	Joe Maddon	TB	138	27	99%	97	65	.599	0	162	1
2	Ron Gardenhire	MIN	58	1	41%	88	75	.540	0	163	2
3	Mike Scioscia	LAA	45	—	32%	100	62	.617	0	162	1
4	Terry Francona	BOS	6	—	4%	95	67	.586	0	162	2
5	Ozzie Guillen	CWS	3	—	2%	89	74	.546	0	163	1
6	Cito Gaston	TOR	2	—	1%	86	76	.531	0	162	4

NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTING

			VOTING			CLUB
RK	NAME	TM	PTS	1ST	SHARE	W	L	W-L%	TIES	G	FINISH
1	Lou Piniella	CHC	103	15	64%	97	64	.602	0	161	1
2	Charlie Manuel	PHI	67	8	42%	92	70	.568	0	162	1
3	Fredi Gonzalez	FLA	48	5	30%	84	77	.522	0	161	3
4	Joe Torre	LAD	45	3	28%	84	78	.519	0	162	1
5	Tony La Russa	STL	11	1	7%	86	76	.531	0	162	4
6	Jerry Manuel	NYM	10	—	6%	89	73	.549	0	162	2
7	Cecil Cooper	HOU	3	—	2%	86	75	.534	0	161	3
8	Dale Sveum	MIL	1	—	1%	90	72	.556	0	162	2

BOLD figures led the league. BOLD ITALIC led all major leagues. Voting results are the BBWAA's own, published each November; the season lines beside them are MLB's.

GLOSSARY

WAR: Wins above replacement (FanGraphs, via MLB)
G: Games played
AB: At-bats
R: Runs scored
H: Hits
HR: Home runs
RBI: Runs batted in
SB: Stolen bases
BB: Walks (bases on balls)
BA: Batting average — hits per at-bat
OBP: On-base percentage
SLG: Slugging percentage
OPS: On-base plus slugging
W: Wins
L: Losses
ERA: Earned run average
WHIP: Walks and hits per inning pitched
GS: Games started
SV: Saves
IP: Innings pitched
SO: Strikeouts recorded
W-L%: Winning percentage
GF: Games finished
CG: Complete games
SHO: Shutouts
ER: Earned runs allowed
IBB: Intentional walks issued
HBP: Batters hit by a pitch
BK: Balks
WP: Wild pitches
BF: Batters faced
ERA+: ERA against his league, adjusted for the parks he pitched in — 100 is average
TIES: Games that ended tied
FINISH: Where the club finished in its division