1957 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1957 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 †	233	0.693 (336)	6		474	121	173	34	94	16	146	75	0.365	0.512	0.665		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	209	0.622 (336)	5		420	96	163	38	87	0	119	43	0.388	0.526	0.731		Did not pitch
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	205	0.610 (336)	4		572	99	172	42	114	1	76	55	0.301	0.388	0.579		Did not pitch
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	193	0.574 (336)	5		619	110	196	6	61	5	75	13	0.317	0.403	0.415		Did not pitch
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees †	165	0.491 (336)	4		539	87	156	13	62	2	59	71	0.289	0.362	0.442		Did not pitch
Vic Wertz	Cleveland Indians	61	0.182 (336)	0		515	84	145	28	105	2	78	88	0.282	0.371	0.485		Did not pitch
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	58	0.173 (336)	0		634	82	185	15	103	2	31	41	0.292	0.323	0.427		Did not pitch
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	55	0.164 (336)	0		568	96	176	12	103	18	79	54	0.310	0.408	0.454		Did not pitch
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	46	0.137 (336)	0		94	10	20	1	4	0	5	29	0.213	0.253	0.287		20 - 8	1	267.1	214	33	72	182	2.69
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	40	0.119 (336)	0		577	83	170	23	90	11	43	38	0.295	0.343	0.478		Did not pitch
Billy Pierce	Chicago White Sox	35	0.104 (336)	0		99	7	17	0	6	0	2	25	0.172	0.188	0.182		20 - 12	2	257.0	228	18	71	171	3.26
Billy Gardner	Baltimore Orioles	22	0.065 (336)	0		644	79	169	6	55	10	53	67	0.262	0.325	0.356		Did not pitch
Dick Donovan	Chicago White Sox	19	0.057 (336)	0		83	8	12	3	10	0	8	32	0.145	0.220	0.265		16 - 6	0	220.2	203	17	45	88	2.77
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	18	0.054 (336)	0		482	74	121	24	82	1	57	24	0.251	0.329	0.438		Did not pitch
Gene Woodling	Cleveland Indians	13	0.039 (336)	0		430	74	138	19	78	0	64	35	0.321	0.408	0.521		Did not pitch
Bob Grim	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		9	1	1	1	3	0	1	4	0.111	0.200	0.444		12 - 8	19	72.0	60	5	36	52	2.63
Bob Boyd	Baltimore Orioles	9	0.027 (336)	0		485	73	154	4	34	2	55	31	0.318	0.388	0.408		Did not pitch
Charlie Maxwell	Detroit Tigers	5	0.015 (336)	0		492	75	136	24	82	3	76	84	0.276	0.377	0.482		Did not pitch
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	4	0.012 (336)	0		42	4	6	0	2	0	3	7	0.143	0.200	0.143		11 - 5	0	129.1	114	10	53	84	2.57
Woodie Held	New York Yankees †	4	0.012 (336)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		Did not pitch
Woodie Held	Kansas City Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		326	48	78	20	50	4	37	81	0.239	0.321	0.485		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	3	0.009 (336)	0		467	48	121	14	42	3	19	21	0.259	0.291	0.385		Did not pitch
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	2	0.006 (336)	0		624	74	173	9	44	5	47	28	0.277	0.327	0.388		Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		351	33	90	11	70	2	35	24	0.256	0.342	0.393		Did not pitch
Jim Piersall	Boston Red Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		609	103	159	19	63	14	62	54	0.261	0.331	0.415		Did not pitch
Bill Skowron	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		457	54	139	17	88	3	31	60	0.304	0.347	0.470		Did not pitch
Bobby Shantz	New York Yankees †	1	0.003 (336)	0		56	6	10	0	6	0	8	16	0.179	0.281	0.232		11 - 5	5	173.0	157	15	40	72	2.45
Tony Kubek	New York Yankees †	1	0.003 (336)	0		431	56	128	3	39	6	24	48	0.297	0.335	0.381		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1956

Most Valuable Player Award National 1957

Succeeded by 1958