1958 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1958 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jackie Jensen of the Boston Red Sox.

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
Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	233	0.693 (336)	9		548	83	157	35	122	9	99	65	0.286	0.396	0.535		Did not pitch
Bob Turley	New York Yankees †	191	0.568 (336)	7		88	8	12	2	6	0	4	35	0.136	0.174	0.205		21 - 7	1	245.1	178	24	128	168	2.97
Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	181	0.539 (336)	4		489	80	148	41	113	0	84	89	0.303	0.405	0.620		0 - 0	0	3.0	0	0	3	1	0.00
Bob Cerv	Kansas City Athletics	164	0.488 (336)	3		515	93	157	38	104	3	50	82	0.305	0.371	0.592		Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees †	127	0.378 (336)	0		519	127	158	42	97	18	129	120	0.304	0.443	0.592		Did not pitch
Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	95	0.283 (336)	0		550	85	162	39	108	3	53	63	0.295	0.357	0.544		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	89	0.265 (336)	0		411	81	135	26	85	1	98	49	0.328	0.458	0.584		Did not pitch
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	88	0.262 (336)	1		623	82	187	0	49	5	47	11	0.300	0.357	0.353		Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar	Chicago White Sox	57	0.170 (336)	0		421	53	115	20	84	2	57	37	0.273	0.367	0.454		Did not pitch
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	29	0.086 (336)	0		568	103	183	8	59	1	87	49	0.322	0.416	0.438		Did not pitch
Gus Triandos	Baltimore Orioles	27	0.080 (336)	0		474	59	116	30	79	1	60	65	0.245	0.327	0.456		Did not pitch
Dick Hyde	Washington Senators	26	0.077 (336)	0		18	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	0.000	0.100	0.000		10 - 3	18	103.0	82	1	35	49	1.75
Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	24	0.071 (336)	0		561	73	179	8	54	5	51	34	0.319	0.373	0.442		Did not pitch
Cal McLish	Cleveland Indians	18	0.054 (336)	0		64	6	6	0	1	0	13	25	0.094	0.244	0.094		16 - 8	1	225.2	214	25	70	97	2.99
Vic Power	Kansas City Athletics	15	0.045 (336)	0		205	35	62	4	27	1	7	3	0.302	0.325	0.463		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Cleveland Indians	15	0.045 (336)	0		385	63	122	12	53	2	13	11	0.317	0.336	0.504		Did not pitch
Frank Bolling	Detroit Tigers	10	0.030 (336)	0		610	91	164	14	75	6	54	54	0.269	0.328	0.392		Did not pitch
Elston Howard	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		376	45	118	11	66	1	22	60	0.314	0.348	0.479		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	6	0.018 (336)	0		433	60	115	22	90	3	35	35	0.266	0.319	0.471		Did not pitch
Minnie Minoso	Cleveland Indians	6	0.018 (336)	0		556	94	168	24	80	14	59	53	0.302	0.383	0.484		Did not pitch
Gil McDougald	New York Yankees †	5	0.015 (336)	0		503	69	126	14	65	6	59	75	0.250	0.329	0.376		Did not pitch
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	5	0.015 (336)	0		543	84	170	16	85	7	54	47	0.313	0.374	0.490		Did not pitch
Ryne Duren	New York Yankees †	4	0.012 (336)	0		13	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	0.077	0.294	0.077		6 - 4	20	75.2	40	4	43	87	2.02
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		88	6	15	1	6	0	3	20	0.170	0.198	0.239		16 - 15	1	260.1	249	20	68	131	2.90
Jack Harshman	Baltimore Orioles	2	0.006 (336)	0		82	11	16	6	14	0	17	22	0.195	0.330	0.427		12 - 15	4	236.1	204	20	75	161	2.89
Dick Donovan	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		80	5	9	0	1	0	10	33	0.113	0.228	0.113		15 - 14	0	248.0	240	23	53	127	3.01
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		627	76	185	15	87	1	33	53	0.295	0.333	0.421		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1957

Most Valuable Player Award National 1958

Succeeded by 1959