1928 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1928 American League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG		W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics	53	0.828 (64)	Unk		468	92	137	10	57	7	76	25	0.293	0.395	0.464		Did not pitch
Heinie Manush	St. Louis Browns	51	0.797 (64)	2		638	104	241	13	108	17	39	14	0.378	0.414	0.575		Did not pitch
Joe Judge	Washington Senators	27	0.422 (64)	Unk		542	78	166	3	93	16	80	19	0.306	0.396	0.417		Did not pitch
Tony Lazzeri	New York Yankees †	27	0.422 (64)	1		404	62	134	10	82	15	43	50	0.332	0.397	0.535		Did not pitch
Willie Kamm	Chicago White Sox	15	0.234 (64)	Unk		552	70	170	1	84	17	73	22	0.308	0.391	0.411		Did not pitch
Earle Combs	New York Yankees †	13	0.203 (64)	Unk		626	118	194	7	56	10	77	33	0.310	0.387	0.463		Did not pitch
Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	13	0.203 (64)	Unk		456	80	173	17	102	16	48	19	0.379	0.442	0.614		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	12	0.188 (64)	Unk		603	108	193	6	74	15	69	22	0.320	0.395	0.451		Did not pitch
Buddy Myer	Boston Red Sox	11	0.172 (64)	Unk		536	78	168	1	44	30	53	28	0.313	0.379	0.390		Did not pitch
Waite Hoyt	New York Yankees †	8	0.125 (64)	1		109	15	28	0	12	0	1	5	0.257	0.264	0.266		23 - 7	8	273.0	279	16	60	67	3.36
Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	7	0.109 (64)	0		400	85	131	13	79	3	60	43	0.328	0.416	0.548		Did not pitch
Luke Sewell	Cleveland Indians	6	0.094 (64)	0		411	52	111	3	52	3	26	27	0.270	0.318	0.375		Did not pitch
Joe Sewell	Cleveland Indians	6	0.094 (64)	0		588	79	190	4	70	7	58	9	0.323	0.391	0.418		Did not pitch
Ira Flagstead	Boston Red Sox	5	0.078 (64)	0		510	84	148	1	39	12	60	23	0.290	0.366	0.392		Did not pitch
Tommy Thomas	Chicago White Sox	4	0.063 (64)	0		96	9	21	2	12	0	8	28	0.219	0.279	0.313		17 - 16	2	283.0	277	14	76	129	3.08
Ed Morris	Boston Red Sox	4	0.063 (64)	0		91	8	14	0	9	0	3	30	0.154	0.181	0.209		19 - 15	5	257.2	255	7	80	104	3.53
Bill Cissell	Chicago White Sox	4	0.063 (64)	0		443	66	115	1	60	18	29	41	0.260	0.307	0.330		Did not pitch
Carl Lind	Cleveland Indians	4	0.063 (64)	0		650	102	191	1	54	8	36	48	0.294	0.331	0.375		Did not pitch
Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	4	0.063 (64)	0		558	83	183	14	107	7	57	45	0.328	0.390	0.507		Did not pitch
Ownie Carroll	Detroit Tigers	3	0.047 (64)	0		98	7	19	0	9	0	7	14	0.194	0.248	0.245		16 - 12	2	231.0	219	6	87	51	3.27
Harry Rice	Detroit Tigers	3	0.047 (64)	0		510	87	154	6	81	20	44	27	0.302	0.360	0.425		Did not pitch
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	2	0.031 (64)	0		91	10	23	0	8	0	1	9	0.253	0.261	0.275		15 - 14	6	240.0	276	11	68	60	3.98
Johnny Hodapp	Cleveland Indians	2	0.031 (64)	0		449	51	145	2	73	2	20	20	0.323	0.352	0.432		Did not pitch
Lew Fonseca	Cleveland Indians	2	0.031 (64)	0		263	38	86	3	36	4	13	17	0.327	0.361	0.464		Did not pitch
Bill Regan	Boston Red Sox	1	0.016 (64)	0		511	53	135	7	75	9	21	40	0.264	0.296	0.387		Did not pitch
Alex Metzler	Chicago White Sox	1	0.016 (64)	0		464	71	141	3	55	16	77	30	0.304	0.410	0.422		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1927

Most Valuable Player Award National 1928

Succeeded by 1931