1954 American League Most Valuable Player Award
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The winner of the 1954 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees.
Award Voting[edit]
- † 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 | ||
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Yogi Berra | New York Yankees | 230 | 0.685 (336) | 7 | 584 | 88 | 179 | 22 | 125 | 0 | 56 | 29 | 0.307 | 0.367 | 0.488 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Larry Doby | Cleveland Indians † | 210 | 0.625 (336) | 5 | 577 | 94 | 157 | 32 | 126 | 3 | 85 | 94 | 0.272 | 0.364 | 0.484 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Avila | Cleveland Indians † | 203 | 0.604 (336) | 5 | 555 | 112 | 189 | 15 | 67 | 9 | 59 | 31 | 0.341 | 0.402 | 0.477 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Minnie Minoso | Chicago White Sox | 186 | 0.554 (336) | 2 | 568 | 119 | 182 | 19 | 116 | 18 | 77 | 46 | 0.320 | 0.411 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Lemon | Cleveland Indians † | 179 | 0.533 (336) | 5 | 98 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0.214 | 0.257 | 0.337 | 23 - 7 | 0 | 258.1 | 228 | 12 | 92 | 110 | 2.72 | ||
Early Wynn | Cleveland Indians † | 72 | 0.214 (336) | 0 | 93 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0.183 | 0.240 | 0.215 | 23 - 11 | 2 | 270.2 | 225 | 21 | 83 | 155 | 2.73 | ||
Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox | 65 | 0.193 (336) | 0 | 386 | 93 | 133 | 29 | 89 | 0 | 136 | 32 | 0.345 | 0.513 | 0.635 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Harvey Kuenn | Detroit Tigers | 37 | 0.110 (336) | 0 | 656 | 81 | 201 | 5 | 48 | 9 | 29 | 13 | 0.306 | 0.335 | 0.390 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Nellie Fox | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 0.089 (336) | 0 | 631 | 111 | 201 | 2 | 47 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 0.319 | 0.372 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Vernon | Washington Senators | 30 | 0.089 (336) | 0 | 597 | 90 | 173 | 20 | 97 | 1 | 61 | 61 | 0.290 | 0.357 | 0.492 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Grim | New York Yankees | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0.143 | 0.167 | 0.186 | 20 - 6 | 0 | 199.0 | 175 | 9 | 85 | 108 | 3.26 | ||
Virgil Trucks | Chicago White Sox | 19 | 0.057 (336) | 0 | 93 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.183 | 0.188 | 0.204 | 19 - 12 | 3 | 264.2 | 224 | 13 | 95 | 152 | 2.79 | ||
Jim Finigan | Philadelphia Athletics | 19 | 0.057 (336) | 0 | 487 | 57 | 147 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 64 | 66 | 0.302 | 0.381 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jackie Jensen | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 580 | 92 | 160 | 25 | 117 | 22 | 79 | 52 | 0.276 | 0.359 | 0.472 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Irv Noren | New York Yankees | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 426 | 70 | 136 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 43 | 38 | 0.319 | 0.377 | 0.481 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Rosen | Cleveland Indians † | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 466 | 76 | 140 | 24 | 102 | 6 | 85 | 43 | 0.300 | 0.404 | 0.506 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 543 | 129 | 163 | 27 | 102 | 5 | 102 | 107 | 0.300 | 0.408 | 0.525 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Busby | Washington Senators | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 628 | 83 | 187 | 7 | 80 | 17 | 43 | 56 | 0.298 | 0.342 | 0.389 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mike Garcia | Cleveland Indians † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 81 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0.136 | 0.193 | 0.136 | 19 - 8 | 5 | 258.2 | 220 | 6 | 71 | 129 | 2.64 | ||
Joe Coleman | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 74 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0.176 | 0.208 | 0.297 | 13 - 17 | 0 | 221.1 | 184 | 16 | 96 | 103 | 3.50 | ||
Billy Goodman | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 489 | 71 | 148 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 0.303 | 0.370 | 0.376 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Hegan | Cleveland Indians † | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 423 | 56 | 99 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 48 | 0.234 | 0.289 | 0.374 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Turley | Baltimore Orioles | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 81 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0.136 | 0.157 | 0.160 | 14 - 15 | 0 | 247.1 | 178 | 7 | 181 | 185 | 3.46 | ||
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 504 | 42 | 139 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 0.276 | 0.305 | 0.347 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hank Bauer | New York Yankees | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 377 | 73 | 111 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 40 | 42 | 0.294 | 0.360 | 0.459 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Steve Gromek | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 79 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0.190 | 0.273 | 0.190 | 18 - 16 | 1 | 252.2 | 236 | 26 | 57 | 102 | 2.74 | ||
Cal Abrams | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0.143 | 0.308 | 0.214 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy Sievers | Washington Senators | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 514 | 75 | 119 | 24 | 102 | 2 | 80 | 77 | 0.232 | 0.331 | 0.446 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cal Abrams | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 423 | 67 | 124 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 72 | 67 | 0.293 | 0.400 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ray Boone | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 543 | 76 | 160 | 20 | 85 | 4 | 71 | 53 | 0.295 | 0.376 | 0.466 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1953 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1954 |
Succeeded by 1955 |
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