1955 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1955 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees.

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
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	218	0.649 (336)	7		541	84	147	27	108	1	60	20	0.272	0.349	0.470		Did not pitch
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	201	0.598 (336)	4		588	121	200	27	102	6	82	57	0.340	0.421	0.546		Did not pitch
Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	200	0.595 (336)	7		607	123	186	22	77	11	93	77	0.306	0.407	0.473		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	143	0.426 (336)	1		320	77	114	28	83	2	91	24	0.356	0.496	0.703		Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees †	113	0.336 (336)	0		517	121	158	37	99	8	113	97	0.306	0.431	0.611		Did not pitch
Ray Narleski	Cleveland Indians	90	0.268 (336)	1		24	0	7	0	5	0	0	8	0.292	0.292	0.292		9 - 1	19	111.2	91	11	52	94	3.71
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	84	0.250 (336)	0		636	100	198	6	59	7	38	15	0.311	0.364	0.406		Did not pitch
Hank Bauer	New York Yankees †	64	0.190 (336)	1		492	97	137	20	53	8	56	65	0.278	0.360	0.461		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	53	0.158 (336)	1		596	91	190	19	76	0	35	27	0.319	0.354	0.505		Did not pitch
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	39	0.116 (336)	0		574	95	158	26	116	16	89	63	0.275	0.369	0.479		Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	37	0.110 (336)	0		426	67	111	16	61	2	68	34	0.261	0.374	0.408		Did not pitch
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees †	34	0.101 (336)	2		533	79	152	13	53	6	65	77	0.285	0.361	0.407		Did not pitch
Billy Klaus	Boston Red Sox	27	0.080 (336)	0		541	83	153	7	60	6	60	44	0.283	0.351	0.377		Did not pitch
Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees †	24	0.071 (336)	0		78	6	16	1	6	0	8	15	0.205	0.273	0.282		16 - 5	2	160.0	137	12	87	76	3.15
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	21	0.063 (336)	0		86	9	14	1	7	0	11	16	0.163	0.258	0.198		18 - 7	2	253.2	188	20	113	137	2.63
Ray Boone	Detroit Tigers	16	0.048 (336)	0		500	61	142	20	116	1	50	49	0.284	0.346	0.476		Did not pitch
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	9	0.027 (336)	0		509	74	138	25	106	1	73	66	0.271	0.364	0.489		Did not pitch
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	8	0.024 (336)	0		70	5	12	0	7	1	3	10	0.171	0.205	0.200		15 - 10	1	205.2	162	16	64	157	1.97
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		620	101	190	8	62	8	40	27	0.306	0.347	0.423		Did not pitch
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	6	0.018 (336)	0		84	8	15	1	7	0	6	17	0.179	0.233	0.250		17 - 11	0	230.0	207	19	80	122	2.82
Dave Philley	Baltimore Orioles	6	0.018 (336)	0		311	50	93	6	41	1	34	38	0.299	0.367	0.418		Did not pitch
Dave Philley	Cleveland Indians	6	0.018 (336)	0		104	15	31	2	9	0	12	10	0.298	0.368	0.433		Did not pitch
Elmer Valo	Kansas City Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		283	50	103	3	37	5	52	18	0.364	0.460	0.484		Did not pitch
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	4	0.012 (336)	0		538	74	162	14	85	0	74	50	0.301	0.384	0.452		Did not pitch
Don Mossi	Cleveland Indians	1	0.003 (336)	0		9	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0.111	0.273	0.111		4 - 3	9	81.2	81	4	18	69	2.42
Frank Sullivan	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		89	6	10	0	6	0	4	33	0.112	0.151	0.146		18 - 13	0	260.0	235	23	100	129	2.91
Billy Hoeft	Detroit Tigers	1	0.003 (336)	0		82	9	17	0	4	0	10	25	0.207	0.293	0.232		16 - 7	0	220.0	187	17	75	133	2.99
Jose Valdivielso	Washington Senators	1	0.003 (336)	0		294	32	65	2	28	1	21	38	0.221	0.277	0.316		Did not pitch
Sammy White	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		544	65	142	11	64	1	44	58	0.261	0.323	0.392		Did not pitch
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	1	0.003 (336)	0		481	47	133	12	65	0	40	55	0.277	0.333	0.399		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1954

Most Valuable Player Award National 1955

Succeeded by 1956