1996 AL MVP: should Alex Rodriguez have won?

			Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	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	Juan Gonzalez	TEX	290.0	11.0	74%	3.8	134	541	89	170	47	144	2	45	.314	.368	.643	1.011
2	Alex Rodriguez	SEA	287.0	10.0	73%	9.4	146	601	141	215	36	123	15	59	.358	.414	.631	1.045
3	Albert Belle	CLE	228.0	2.0	58%	5.6	158	602	124	187	48	148	11	99	.311	.410	.623	1.033
4	Ken Griffey	SEA	188.0	4.0	48%	9.7	140	545	125	165	49	140	16	78	.303	.392	.628	1.020
5	Mo Vaughn	BOS	132.0	0.0	34%	5.6	161	635	118	207	44	143	2	95	.326	.420	.583	1.003
6	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL	104.0	0.0	27%	4.4	162	626	110	181	39	142	8	95	.289	.381	.546	.927
7	Mark McGwire	OAK	100.0	0.0	26%	6.4	130	423	104	132	52	113	0	116	.312	.467	.730	1.198
8	Frank Thomas	CHW	88.0	0.0	22%	5.5	141	527	110	184	40	134	1	109	.349	.459	.626	1.085
9	Brady Anderson	BAL	53.0	0.0	14%	6.9	149	579	117	172	50	110	21	76	.297	.396	.637	1.034
10	Ivan Rodriguez	TEX	52.0	1.0	13%	6.1	153	639	116	192	19	86	5	38	.300	.342	.473	.814
11	Kenny Lofton	CLE	34.0	0.0	9%	5.5	154	662	132	210	14	67	75	61	.317	.372	.446	.817
12	Mariano Rivera	NYY	27.0	0.0	7%	5.0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					8	3	2.09	0.994	61	0	5	107.2	73	1	34	130
13	Paul Molitor	MIN	19.0	0.0	5%	3.7	161	660	99	225	9	113	18	56	.341	.390	.468	.858
14	Andy Pettitte	NYY	11.0	0.0	3%	5.6	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					21	8	3.87	1.362	35	34	0	221.0	229	23	72	162
15	Jim Thome	CLE	9.0	0.0	2%	7.5	151	505	122	157	38	116	2	123	.311	.450	.612	1.062
16	Chuck Knoblauch	MIN	8.0	0.0	2%	8.6	153	578	140	197	13	72	45	98	.341	.448	.517	.965
17	Jay Buhner	SEA	6.0	0.0	2%	3.5	150	564	107	153	44	138	0	84	.271	.369	.557	.926
17	Bernie Williams	NYY	6.0	0.0	2%	4.0	143	551	108	168	29	102	17	82	.305	.391	.535	.926
19	John Wetteland	NYY	4.0	0.0	1%	2.4	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					2	3	2.83	1.178	62	0	43	63.2	54	9	21	69
20	Roberto Alomar	BAL	3.0	0.0	1%	5.3	153	588	132	193	22	94	17	90	.328	.411	.527	.938
21	Terry Steinbach	OAK	1.0	0.0	0%	3.4	145	514	79	140	35	100	0	49	.272	.342	.529	.871

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Generated 11/17/2016.