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Awards

American League Player of the Year

The most compelling media storyline of this year's awards seasons is the race between Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout for the BBWAA MVP award.

If Cabrera wins, it won't be the first time that the BBWAA will have chosen the veteran slugger over a rookie campaign for the ages. In 1996, Juan Gonzalez edged Alex Rodriguez for the BBWAA American League Most Valuable Player award. Baseball Prospectus' all-in-one value stat WARP had Gonzalez tied for 39th in the AL with a 3.7 WARP in 1996, well behind Alex Rodriguez' league-leading 8.6. One narrative at the time concerned Rodriguez' youth. Rodriguez had displayed a potent combination of average and power while playing a premium defensive position, all in his age-20 season. He could have been reasonably expected to go on to win MVP awards in the future, and indeed he did, three times.

Rodriguez was 21 years, three months, and 19 days old when he won the 1996 Internet Baseball Awards AL Player of the Year going away. (Gonzalez, who took home the BBWAA hardware twice, never won an IBA POY award.) But Rodriguez is now the second-youngest IBA AL POY in history, as Internet Baseball Awards voters have voted Mike Trout 2012 American League Player of the Year. Trout wins the award at 21 years, three months, and one day of age.

Trout made a huge difference for the Angels in 2012. He spent most of the season at a premium defensive position, and by all accounts he played the position well. He was also a dangerous baserunner, racking up 8.7 runs on the bases and 49 stolen bases at a high rate of success.

Trout received nearly three times the first-place votes that Miguel Cabrera, 2012's Triple Crown winner and the second-place finisher, did. But he wins by less than Rodriguez won in 1996.

Rnk Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B P 1 Mike Trout 472 140 22 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 643 8095 2 Miguel Cabrera 166 357 94 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 642 6459 3 Robinson Cano 1 87 207 118 53 21 8 3 1 0 499 3745 4 Justin Verlander 4 32 99 120 111 38 21 14 8 3 450 2977 5 Adrian Beltre 3 19 88 140 105 42 19 4 6 1 427 2838 6 Josh Hamilton 1 3 46 49 68 38 27 33 20 16 301 1613 7 Adam Jones 1 1 12 30 39 39 23 20 11 12 188 944 8 Edwin Encarnacion 0 2 12 16 29 20 27 21 18 26 171 733 9 Yoenis Cespedes 0 2 17 22 22 18 12 22 9 8 132 670 10 David Price 0 2 8 10 16 34 27 24 21 10 152 650 78 TOTAL 654 654 654 654 654 432 361 321 272 240 4896 34127

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American League Pitcher of the Year

Number of search results:

"Justin Verlander" + "best pitcher in the world" 253,000

"Felix Hernandez" + "best pitcher in the world" 169,000

"Jered Weaver" + "best pitcher in the world" 121,000

"David Price" + "best pitcher in the world" 118,000

"Chris Sale" + "best pitcher in the world" 28,200

Justin Verlander was at the helm of a pennant-winning rotation and had another strong season en route to a commanding victory among the Internet Baseball Awards voters. Verlander repeats as Internet Baseball Award Pitcher of the Year winner, the first time that has happened since Johan Santana's three-year run from 2004 through 2006. Verlander's 4.8 WARP led all American League pitchers in 2012. David Price had a better ERA than Verlander, but he finished a distant second in IBA Pitcher of the Year balloting. Felix Hernandez, 2010's IBA Pitcher of the Year winner, rounds out the top three.

Rnk Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P 1 Justin Verlander 490 87 30 2 1 610 5666 2 David Price 87 248 133 30 12 510 3373 3 Felix Hernandez 15 144 137 103 44 443 2196 4 Jered Weaver 13 55 83 68 66 285 1200 5 Chris Sale 3 28 101 132 72 336 1199 6 CC Sabathia 0 11 38 38 63 150 444 7 Fernando Rodney 2 12 20 46 46 126 388 8 Max Scherzer 1 19 22 26 33 101 364 9 Yu Darvish 1 5 20 33 46 105 290 10 Jim Johnson 2 4 5 7 10 28 104 36 TOTAL 619 619 619 535 463 2855 15686

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American League Rookie of the Year

Leading an outstanding crop of rookie-status American League players, Mike Trout added the Internet Baseball Awards Rookie of the Year award to his Player of the Year award. Trout hit 1.5 times his age in home runs, if you round with a generous nature, and he finished well ahead of second-place finisher and fellow AL West outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.

Cespedes has had a remarkable journey, starting with his signing with Oakland as a free agent in February and ending by leading the surprising Athletics to a playoff berth. Cespedes also crashed the IBA AL POY top 10 along with Trout, finishing ninth in the voting.

Third-place finisher Yu Darvish finished ninth in IBA Pitcher of the Year voting. Most rookie leaders don't get that kind of respect across the Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year balloting.

Rnk Name 1 2 3 4 5 B P 1 Mike Trout 579 5 1 0 0 585 5830 2 Yoenis Cespedes 8 294 176 31 6 515 3117 3 Yu Darvish 4 229 205 41 4 483 2795 4 Jarrod Parker 1 24 74 136 49 284 1005 5 Matt Moore 0 6 30 74 49 159 463 6 Will Middlebrooks 0 5 15 19 34 73 201 7 Wei-Yin Chen 0 2 15 22 23 62 178 8 Tommy Milone 0 4 10 17 43 74 172 9 Manny Machado 0 7 14 10 16 47 165 10 A.J. Griffin 0 1 8 9 10 28 84 55 TOTAL 594 594 594 413 321 2516 14628

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American League Manager of the Year

Against long odds, Buck Showalter managed the Baltimore Orioles to an ALDS Game Five in his second full season with the team. In light of a payroll lagging behind the league average, intense competition in the megabucks American League East, and a new (old) general manager in Dan Duquette, the Orioles weren't expected to contend for anything. Showalter, traditionally a popular manager among the more statistically-inclined voting base of the Internet Baseball Awards, was rewarded for his steady hand with the Internet Baseball Awards Manager of the Year award in 2012. This is Showalter's second Manager of the Year award—he also won in 2004 with the Texas Rangers.

Rnk Name 1 2 3 B P 1 Buck Showalter 345 170 16 531 2251 2 Bob Melvin 179 215 21 415 1561 3 Joe Maddon 24 60 122 206 422 4 Robin Ventura 8 51 143 202 336 5 Jim Leyland 15 50 89 154 314 14 TOTAL 578 578 451 1607 5075

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