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A-Rod’s MVP history
Seattle Mariners' 21-year-old infielder Alex Rodriguez looks on against Chicago White Sox in 1996 [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 10 Feb 2009
10 Feb 2009
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Rodriguez signs autographs on the road in LA in 1997 [GALLO/GETTY]
A $252million 10-year contract takes Rodriguez to Texas Rangers and rockets him into sport's rich list in 2000 [GALLO/GETTY]
The new Rangers shortstop hits 52 home runs as part of a record-breaking first season in 2001 [GALLO/GETTY]
Coach Buck Showalter has a word during Rodriguez's first American League MVP season in 2003 [GALLO/GETTY]
The next season Rodriguez signs for New York Yankees as a third baseman [GALLO/GETTY]
Rodriguez knocks the ball out of Bronson Arroyo's hand as the Red Sox player tries to tag him out in the 2004 AL championship game [GALLO/GETTY]
The foul play nullifies Derek Jeter's (left) run and the Yankees go on to lose the game and the series [GALLO/GETTY]
Rodriguez slides to avoid a tag in his third AL MVP season in 2007 [GALLO/GETTY]
Rodriguez and the Yankees bid farewell to Yankee Stadium in 2008 ahead of the player's drug revelations early the next year [GALLO/GETTY]