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[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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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 |
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