1960 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1960 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Roger Maris 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
Roger Maris	New York Yankees †	225	0.670 (336)	8		499	98	141	39	112	2	70	65	0.283	0.371	0.581		Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees †	222	0.661 (336)	10		527	119	145	40	94	14	111	125	0.275	0.399	0.558		Did not pitch
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	211	0.628 (336)	3		595	74	175	14	88	2	35	49	0.294	0.329	0.440		Did not pitch
Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	141	0.420 (336)	2		591	89	184	20	105	17	52	63	0.311	0.374	0.481		Did not pitch
Ron Hansen	Baltimore Orioles	110	0.327 (336)	1		530	72	135	22	86	3	69	94	0.255	0.342	0.440		Did not pitch
Al Smith	Chicago White Sox	73	0.217 (336)	0		536	80	169	12	72	8	50	65	0.315	0.374	0.451		Did not pitch
Roy Sievers	Chicago White Sox	58	0.173 (336)	0		444	87	131	28	93	1	74	69	0.295	0.396	0.534		Did not pitch
Earl Battey	Washington Senators	57	0.170 (336)	0		466	49	126	15	60	4	48	68	0.270	0.346	0.427		Did not pitch
Bill Skowron	New York Yankees †	56	0.167 (336)	0		538	63	166	26	91	2	38	95	0.309	0.353	0.528		Did not pitch
Jim Lemon	Washington Senators	36	0.107 (336)	0		528	81	142	38	100	2	67	114	0.269	0.354	0.508		Did not pitch
Tony Kubek	New York Yankees †	29	0.086 (336)	0		568	77	155	14	62	3	31	42	0.273	0.312	0.401		Did not pitch
Chuck Estrada	Baltimore Orioles	28	0.083 (336)	0		64	2	9	0	5	1	5	17	0.141	0.203	0.188		18 - 11	2	208.2	162	18	101	144	3.58
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	25	0.074 (336)	0		310	56	98	29	72	1	75	41	0.316	0.451	0.645		Did not pitch
Vic Wertz	Boston Red Sox	22	0.065 (336)	0		443	45	125	19	103	0	37	54	0.282	0.335	0.460		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	21	0.063 (336)	0		359	46	99	15	62	2	38	23	0.276	0.347	0.446		Did not pitch
Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	21	0.063 (336)	0		384	67	112	21	98	0	68	72	0.292	0.403	0.500		Did not pitch
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	18	0.054 (336)	0		528	80	169	2	35	5	71	51	0.320	0.401	0.394		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Cleveland Indians	11	0.033 (336)	0		580	69	167	10	84	9	24	20	0.288	0.313	0.395		Did not pitch
Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	11	0.033 (336)	0		605	85	175	2	59	2	50	13	0.289	0.351	0.372		Did not pitch
Steve Barber	Baltimore Orioles	7	0.021 (336)	0		54	1	3	0	1	0	5	32	0.056	0.136	0.056		10 - 7	2	181.2	148	10	113	112	3.22
Jim Perry	Cleveland Indians	6	0.018 (336)	0		91	7	22	0	5	0	1	14	0.242	0.247	0.264		18 - 10	1	261.1	257	35	91	120	3.62
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		600	86	166	2	61	51	43	39	0.277	0.323	0.343		Did not pitch
Gerry Staley	Chicago White Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		17	0	4	0	3	0	2	5	0.235	0.333	0.235		13 - 8	10	115.1	94	8	25	52	2.42
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		81	2	13	0	4	0	3	22	0.160	0.188	0.173		11 - 14	0	252.0	217	20	64	201	2.79
Bud Daley	Kansas City Athletics	3	0.009 (336)	0		75	10	12	0	5	0	10	12	0.160	0.259	0.187		16 - 16	0	231.0	234	27	96	126	4.56
Harvey Kuenn	Cleveland Indians	3	0.009 (336)	0		474	65	146	9	54	3	55	25	0.308	0.379	0.416		Did not pitch
Gene Woodling	Baltimore Orioles	3	0.009 (336)	0		435	68	123	11	62	3	84	40	0.283	0.401	0.414		Did not pitch
Mike Fornieles	Boston Red Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		15	2	6	0	1	0	0	3	0.400	0.400	0.400		10 - 5	14	109.0	86	6	49	64	2.64
Jim Piersall	Cleveland Indians	2	0.006 (336)	0		486	70	137	18	66	18	24	38	0.282	0.313	0.434		Did not pitch
Charlie Maxwell	Detroit Tigers	2	0.006 (336)	0		482	70	114	24	81	5	58	75	0.237	0.325	0.440		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1959

Most Valuable Player Award National 1960

Succeeded by 1961