1953 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1953 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians.

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
Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians ^	336	1.000 (336)	24		599	115	201	43	145	8	85	48	0.336	0.422	0.613		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	167	0.497 (336)	0		503	80	149	27	108	0	50	32	0.296	0.363	0.523		Did not pitch
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	162	0.482 (336)	0		608	101	205	15	115	4	63	57	0.337	0.403	0.518		Did not pitch
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	100	0.298 (336)	0		556	104	174	15	104	25	74	43	0.313	0.410	0.466		Did not pitch
Virgil Trucks	Chicago White Sox	81	0.241 (336)	0		63	6	15	1	6	0	0	10	0.238	0.250	0.333		15 - 6	1	176.1	151	14	67	102	2.86
Virgil Trucks	St. Louis Browns	81	0.241 (336)	0		25	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	0.160	0.160	0.200		5 - 4	2	88.0	83	4	32	47	3.07
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees †	76	0.226 (336)	0		413	54	112	2	54	4	71	39	0.271	0.383	0.351		Did not pitch
Bob Porterfield	Washington Senators	64	0.190 (336)	0		98	8	25	3	16	1	6	20	0.255	0.298	0.418		22 - 10	0	255.0	243	19	73	77	3.35
Ray Boone	Cleveland Indians	59	0.176 (336)	0		112	21	27	4	21	1	24	21	0.241	0.375	0.393		Did not pitch
Ray Boone	Detroit Tigers	59	0.176 (336)	0		385	73	120	22	93	2	48	47	0.312	0.395	0.556		Did not pitch
Jim Piersall	Boston Red Sox	56	0.167 (336)	0		585	76	159	3	52	11	41	52	0.272	0.329	0.354		Did not pitch
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	55	0.164 (336)	0		87	4	11	0	4	0	4	16	0.126	0.174	0.126		18 - 12	3	271.1	216	20	102	186	2.72
Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	41	0.122 (336)	0		29	3	11	0	2	0	0	6	0.379	0.379	0.414		10 - 6	27	107.0	84	8	38	39	1.85
Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees †	37	0.110 (336)	0		41	3	5	0	2	0	7	11	0.122	0.265	0.171		13 - 7	13	145.0	140	9	61	86	3.41
Hank Bauer	New York Yankees †	37	0.110 (336)	0		437	77	133	10	57	2	59	45	0.304	0.394	0.446		Did not pitch
Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	27	0.080 (336)	0		94	7	21	0	9	1	4	16	0.223	0.255	0.266		21 - 8	0	241.0	217	15	116	136	3.06
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	23	0.068 (336)	0		679	94	209	2	48	6	50	31	0.308	0.356	0.386		Did not pitch
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	22	0.065 (336)	0		112	12	26	2	17	2	7	20	0.232	0.277	0.384		21 - 15	1	286.2	283	16	110	98	3.36
Ed Lopat	New York Yankees †	18	0.054 (336)	0		63	5	12	0	1	0	5	13	0.190	0.250	0.238		16 - 4	0	178.1	169	13	32	50	2.42
Gus Zernial	Philadelphia Athletics	16	0.048 (336)	0		556	85	158	42	108	4	57	79	0.284	0.355	0.559		Did not pitch
Dave Philley	Philadelphia Athletics	11	0.033 (336)	0		620	80	188	9	59	13	51	35	0.303	0.358	0.424		Did not pitch
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	8	0.024 (336)	0		75	10	20	0	10	0	9	13	0.267	0.345	0.293		18 - 6	0	207.0	187	13	110	110	3.00
Billy Goodman	Boston Red Sox	5	0.015 (336)	0		514	73	161	2	41	1	57	11	0.313	0.384	0.409		Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees †	4	0.012 (336)	0		461	105	136	21	92	8	79	90	0.295	0.398	0.497		Did not pitch
Eddie Yost	Washington Senators	3	0.009 (336)	0		577	107	157	9	45	7	123	59	0.272	0.403	0.395		Did not pitch
Gene Woodling	New York Yankees †	3	0.009 (336)	0		395	64	121	10	58	2	82	29	0.306	0.429	0.468		Did not pitch
Billy Martin	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		587	72	151	15	75	6	43	56	0.257	0.314	0.395		Did not pitch
Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		552	72	154	2	47	5	38	47	0.279	0.330	0.359		Did not pitch
George Kell	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		460	68	141	12	73	5	52	22	0.307	0.383	0.483		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		91	17	37	13	34	0	19	10	0.407	0.509	0.901		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1952

Most Valuable Player Award National 1953

Succeeded by 1954