AL MVP: Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton of the Rangers was named American League MVP. He was the top choice on 22 of 28 BBWAA ballots.

Detroit's Miguel Cabrera received five first-place votes and finished second overall. Robinson Cano of the Yankees was third and Toronto's Jose Bautista, who received one first-place vote (Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press, maybe the same guy that voted Cito MoY), finished fourth.

          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Pts
Hamilton 22  4     2                     358
Cabrera   5 11 10  1  1                  262
Cano        12 12  1  3                  229
Bautista  1     4  8  5  1  6     1   2  165
Konerko            4  7  6  5  2  1   2  130
Longoria           2  3  6  5  5  1   1  100
Crawford     1     6  3  2     3  4   2   98
Mauer           2  1  3  6  2  3  4   1   97
Beltre             1  1  3  4  9  6       83
Young              1     2  4  2  1   3   44
Guerrero                    2  1  4   3   22
Soriano            1  1        1  1   3   21
Sabathia                       2  3   1   13
Choo                     1        1   2    9
Rodriguez                1        1   1    8
Hernandez             1                    6
Suzuki                                3    3
Thome                                 2    2
Soria                                 1    1
Teixeira                              1    1

Cliff Corcoran, SI:

I'm probably the only non-Tigers fan alive who still thinks Cabrera should win this award ... I favor Cabrera's full-season of consistent mashing over Hamilton's white-hot half-season of multi-faceted brilliance, but again, I'm probably alone on this one.

Nope. Here is my AL MVP BBA ballot:

 1. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
 2. Josh Hamilton, Rangers
 3. Robinson Cano, Yankees
 4. Paul Konerko, White Sox
 5. Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland
 6. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays
 7. Evan Longoria, Rays
 8. Adrian Beltre, Red Sox
 9. Felix Hernandez, Mariners
10. David Ortiz, Red Sox

And the overall BBA votes:

Josh Hamilton, Rangers  (16)  261
Miguel Cabrera, Tigers   (4)  188
Robinson Cano, Yankees        158
Jose Bautista, Blue Jays (1)  146
Adrian Beltre, Red Sox        107
Evan Longoria, Rays      (1)  102
Paul Konerko, White Sox        65
Carl Crawford, Rays            56
Joe Mauer, Twins               50
Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland       44

Other Red Sox: Buchholz (18th), Lester (20th), Youkilis (24th), and Ortiz (26th). ... Since Ortiz finished with 1 point, I know that I was the only voter to list him on a ballot.