Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers was named the 2011 American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He claimed 13 of 28 first place votes and 280 points total. The next six in voting were Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox with four first place votes and 242 points total, Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays with five first place votes and 231 total, Curtis Granderson of the Yankees with three first place votes and 215 total, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers with two first place votes and 193 total, Robinson Cano of the Yankees with 112 points and Adrian Gonzalaez of the Red Sox with 105. Others receiving votes were Micheal Young of the Rangers with one first place vote and 96 points total, Dustin Pedroia of the Red Sox with 48, Evan Longoria of the Rays with 27, Ian Kinsler of the Rangers with 25, Alex Avila of the Tigers with 13, Paul Konerko of the White Sox with 11, CC Sabathia of the Yankees with 10, Adrian Beltre of the Rangers with 9, Ben Zobrist of the Rays with 7, Victor Martinez of the Tigers with 7, James Shields of the Rays with 7, Mark Teixeira of the Yankees with 5, Asdrubal Cabrera of the Indians with 4, Alex Gordon of the Royals with 3, Josh Hamilton of the Rangers with 1 and David Robertson with 1.
Verlander became the first pitcher since Dennis Eckersley in 1992 to with both the Cy Young and MVP and the first starter to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986. He became the 10th pitcher to win both the Cy Young and MVP in the same season and the seventh in the American league. Besides Eckersley and Clemens the others were Guillermo Hernandez, Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Denny McLain, Don Newcombe, Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax.
RHP Verlander has played his entire seven seasons with the Tigers. In 2011 he was 24-5 with a .240 ERA, 250 strikeouts and 0.92 WHIP in 251 innings over 34 games. He claimed the Triple Crown of pitching by leading in wins, ERA and strikeouts. For his career he is 107-57 with a 3.54 ERA, 1215 strikeouts and 1.19 WHIP in 1315.1 innings over 199 games. He was originally drafted by the Tigers with the second pick of the first round in 2004.
He was born on February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA.
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