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[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 † | 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 |
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