American League Most Valuable Players

This award has been given annually since 1931. Winners are selected by a ballot of sportswriters from major-league cities.

• Al Rosen

  Baseball player.

  • 1953 American League Most Valuable Player
• Bobby Shantz

  Baseball player.

  • 1952 American League Most Valuable Player
• Joh Wesley ''Boog'' Powell

  Baseball player.

  • 1970 American League Most Valuable Player
• Brooks Robinson

  Baseball player.

  • 1964 American League Most Valuable Player
• Cal Ripken, Jr.

  American baseball player.

  • 1983, 1991 American League Most Valuable Player
• Carl ''Yaz'' Yastrzemski

  American baseball player.

  • 1967 American League Most Valuable Player
• Charley Gehringer

  Baseball player.

  • 1937 American League Most Valuable Player
• Dennis Eckersley

  Baseball player.

  • 1992 American League Most Valuable Player
• Denny McLain

  Baseball player.

  • 1968 American League Most Valuable Player
• Dick Allen

  Baseball player.

  • 1972 American League Most Valuable Player
• Don Baylor

  Baseball player.

  • 1979 American League Most Valuable Player
• Don Mattingly

  Baseball player.

  • 1985 American League Most Valuable Player
• Eddie Collins

  Baseball player.

  • 1914 American League Most Valuable Player
• Elston Howard

  Baseball player.

  • 1963 American League Most Valuable Player
• Frank Thomas

  Baseball player.

  • 1993-94 American League Most Valuable Player
• Frank Robinson

  American baseball player.

  • 1966 American League Most Valuable Player
• Fred Lynn

  American baseball player.

  • 1975 American League Most Valuable Player
• George Bell

  Baseball player.

  • 1987 American League Most Valuable Player
• George Sisler

  Baseball player.

  • 1922 American League Most Valuable Player
• George ''Babe'' Ruth (born 1895, died 1948)

  Perhaps the most famous baseball player of all time.

  • 1923 American League Most Valuable Player
• George Burns

  Baseball player.

  • 1926 American League Most Valuable Player
• Hal Newhouser

  Baseball player.

  • 1944-45 American League Most Valuable Player
• Hank Greenberg

  Baseball player.

  • 1935, 1940 American League Most Valuable Player
• Harmon Killebrew

  Baseball player.

  • 1969 American League Most Valuable Player
• Jackie Jensen

  Baseball player.

  • 1958 American League Most Valuable Player
• Jeff Burroughs

  Baseball player.

  • 1974 American League Most Valuable Player
• Jim Rice

  Baseball player.

  • 1978 American League Most Valuable Player
• Jimmie Foxx

  Baseball player.

  • 1932-33, 1938 American League Most Valuable Player
• Joe Gordon

  Baseball player.

  • 1942 American League Most Valuable Player
• Jose Canseco

  Baseball player.

  • 1988 American League Most Valuable Player
• Lawrence ''Yogi'' Berra
  • 1951, 1954-55 American League Most Valuable Player
• Lou Gehrig (born 1903, died 1941)

  Baseball player who set a record for consecutive games played (2,130) that stood for more than 50 years. Gehrig was struck down in his prime by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare disease now more commonly known as Lou Gherig's Disease.

  • 1927, 1936 American League Most Valuable Player
• Lou Boudreau

  Baseball player.

  • 1948 American League Most Valuable Player
• Mickey Cochrane

  Baseball player.

  • 1928, 1934 American League Most Valuable Player
• Mickey Mantle

  American baseball player.

  • 1956-57, 1962 American League Most Valuable Player
• J. Nelson ''Nellie'' Fox (born 1927, died 1975)

  American baseball player.

  • 1959 American League Most Valuable Player
• Phil ''Scooter'' Rizzuto

  Baseball player.

  • 1950 American League Most Valuable Player
• Reggie Jackson

  Baseball player.

  • 1973 American League Most Valuable Player
• Rickey Henderson

  Baseball player.

  • 1990 American League Most Valuable Player
• Robert ''Lefty'' Grove

  Baseball player.

  • 1931 American League Most Valuable Player
• Robin Yount

  Baseball player.

  • 1982, 1989 American League Most Valuable Player
• Roger Peckinpaugh

  Baseball player.

  • 1925 American League Most Valuable Player
• Roger Maris

  Baseball player.

  • 1960-61 American League Most Valuable Player
• Roger Clemens

  Baseball player.

  • 1986 American League Most Valuable Player
• Rollie Fingers

  Baseball player.

  • 1981 American League Most Valuable Player
• Spurgeon Ferdinand ''Spud'' Chandler (born 1907)

  Baseball player.

  • 1943 American League Most Valuable Player
• Ted Williams

  American baseball player and manager known as ''the Splendid Splinter'' for his batting prowess.

  • 1946, 1949 American League Most Valuable Player
• Thurman Munson

  Baseball player.

  • 1976 American League Most Valuable Player
• Tris Speaker

  Baseball player.

  • 1912 American League Most Valuable Player
• Ty Cobb (born 1886, died 1961)

  Legendary baseball player and manager known as the

  • 1911 American League Most Valuable Player
• Walter Johnson

  Baseball player.

  • 1913, 1924 American League Most Valuable Player
• Willie Hernandez

  Baseball player.

  • 1984 American League Most Valuable Player
• Zoilo Versalles

  Baseball player.

  • 1965 American League Most Valuable Player
• George Brett (born 1953)

  American baseball player.

  • 1980 American League Most Valuable Player
• Rod Carew (born 1945)

  Baseball player.

  • 1977 American League Most Valuable Player
• Joe DiMaggio (born 1914, died 1999)

  ''Joltin' Joe,'' one of baseball's most loved and respected figures.

  • 1939, 1941, 1947 American League Most Valuable Player
• Mo Vaughn

  Baseball player.

  • 1995 American League Most Valuable Player
• Juan Gonzalez

  Baseball player.

  • 1996 American League Most Valuable Player
• Derek Jeter

  Baseball player.

  • 1996 American League Rookie of the Year