1956 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1956 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Mickey Mantle 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
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees †^	336	1.000 (336)	24		533	132	188	52	130	10	112	99	0.353	0.464	0.705		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	186	0.554 (336)	0		521	93	155	30	105	3	65	29	0.298	0.378	0.534		Did not pitch
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	142	0.423 (336)	0		617	96	194	27	128	7	70	55	0.314	0.383	0.530		Did not pitch
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	80	0.238 (336)	0		591	96	196	12	88	9	55	34	0.332	0.387	0.470		Did not pitch
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	75	0.223 (336)	0		102	6	16	0	3	0	3	22	0.157	0.189	0.157		20 - 9	1	276.1	261	24	100	192	3.32
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	70	0.208 (336)	0		400	71	138	24	82	0	102	39	0.345	0.479	0.605		Did not pitch
Bob Nieman	Chicago White Sox	55	0.164 (336)	0		40	3	12	2	4	0	4	4	0.300	0.364	0.475		Did not pitch
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees †	55	0.164 (336)	0		438	79	136	13	56	3	68	59	0.311	0.405	0.443		Did not pitch
Bob Nieman	Baltimore Orioles	55	0.164 (336)	0		388	60	125	12	64	1	86	59	0.322	0.442	0.497		Did not pitch
Vic Wertz	Cleveland Indians	45	0.134 (336)	0		481	65	127	32	106	0	75	87	0.264	0.364	0.509		Did not pitch
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	40	0.119 (336)	0		93	8	18	5	12	0	9	21	0.194	0.272	0.355		20 - 14	3	255.1	230	23	89	94	3.03
Harry Simpson	Kansas City Athletics	37	0.110 (336)	0		543	76	159	21	105	2	47	82	0.293	0.347	0.490		Did not pitch
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	33	0.098 (336)	0		78	9	17	0	4	0	9	14	0.218	0.299	0.244		19 - 6	1	225.2	187	13	84	141	2.47
Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	32	0.095 (336)	0		101	5	23	1	15	1	7	22	0.228	0.278	0.307		20 - 9	2	277.2	233	19	91	158	2.72
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	28	0.083 (336)	0		649	109	192	4	52	8	44	14	0.296	0.347	0.376		Did not pitch
Jim Piersall	Boston Red Sox	28	0.083 (336)	0		601	91	176	14	87	7	58	48	0.293	0.350	0.449		Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	27	0.080 (336)	0		450	55	132	11	75	2	53	34	0.293	0.383	0.438		Did not pitch
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	24	0.071 (336)	0		103	14	19	1	12	0	8	25	0.184	0.239	0.233		21 - 13	1	294.0	289	20	116	165	3.15
Pete Runnels	Washington Senators	24	0.071 (336)	0		578	72	179	8	76	5	58	64	0.310	0.372	0.433		Did not pitch
Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	18	0.054 (336)	0		87	11	16	1	8	0	9	32	0.184	0.260	0.253		20 - 9	0	249.1	162	18	129	263	2.53
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	15	0.045 (336)	0		578	80	182	20	97	11	89	43	0.315	0.405	0.497		Did not pitch
Mickey Vernon	Boston Red Sox	14	0.042 (336)	0		403	67	125	15	84	1	57	40	0.310	0.403	0.511		Did not pitch
Tom Brewer	Boston Red Sox	11	0.033 (336)	0		94	14	28	1	13	0	5	19	0.298	0.330	0.351		19 - 9	0	244.1	200	14	112	127	3.50
Hank Bauer	New York Yankees †	8	0.024 (336)	0		539	96	130	26	84	4	59	72	0.241	0.316	0.445		Did not pitch
Charlie Maxwell	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		500	96	163	28	87	1	79	74	0.326	0.414	0.534		Did not pitch
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		533	69	142	3	56	21	34	63	0.266	0.311	0.341		Did not pitch
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	6	0.018 (336)	0		452	47	126	21	88	0	48	73	0.279	0.348	0.462		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	3	0.009 (336)	0		530	77	164	14	63	2	24	16	0.309	0.340	0.447		Did not pitch
Frank Bolling	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		366	53	103	7	45	6	42	51	0.281	0.354	0.434		Did not pitch
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		545	106	172	21	88	12	86	40	0.316	0.425	0.525		Did not pitch
Johnny Kucks	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		77	7	11	0	1	0	7	25	0.143	0.224	0.156		18 - 9	0	224.1	223	19	72	67	3.85
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	1	0.003 (336)	0		550	92	139	29	95	0	100	88	0.253	0.370	0.467		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1955

Most Valuable Player Award National 1956

Succeeded by 1957