Article: AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP This time, Gonzalez leaves rivals far behind Award is second in three years for Texas slugger

When Juan Gonzalez won his first American League most valuable player award in 1996, he squeezed past Seattle's Alex Rodriguez by a mere three points in the balloting.

It was a lot easier for Gonzalez the second time.

The Texas Rangers' powerful rightfielder again won the MVP trophy Wednesday, easily outdistancing Boston's Nomar Garciaparra and New York's Derek Jeter in voting conducted by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Gonzalez, 29, collected 21 of a possible 28 first-place votes to tally 357 points, far ahead of Garciaparra's total of 232 and Jeter's 180. Gonzalez and Garciaparra were the only players listed

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