1962 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1962 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 †	234	0.836 (280)	13		377	96	121	30	89	9	122	78	0.321	0.486	0.605		Did not pitch
Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees †	152	0.543 (280)	5		692	99	209	8	59	11	37	24	0.302	0.337	0.406		Did not pitch
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	99	0.354 (280)	1		552	85	134	48	126	1	106	142	0.243	0.366	0.545		Did not pitch
Leon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	85	0.304 (280)	0		612	96	164	37	107	7	50	87	0.268	0.326	0.500		Did not pitch
Dick Donovan	Cleveland Indians	64	0.229 (280)	0		89	8	16	4	9	0	7	32	0.180	0.255	0.326		20 - 10	0	250.2	255	23	47	94	3.59
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	58	0.207 (280)	0		398	78	121	29	94	4	47	39	0.304	0.376	0.593		Did not pitch
Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	53	0.189 (280)	0		600	114	185	25	117	3	110	88	0.308	0.412	0.495		Did not pitch
Rich Rollins	Minnesota Twins	47	0.168 (280)	0		624	96	186	16	96	3	75	61	0.298	0.374	0.428		Did not pitch
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	41	0.146 (280)	0		634	77	192	23	86	3	42	70	0.303	0.342	0.486		Did not pitch
Floyd Robinson	Chicago White Sox	33	0.118 (280)	0		600	89	187	11	109	4	72	47	0.312	0.384	0.475		Did not pitch
Lee Thomas	Los Angeles Angels	32	0.114 (280)	0		583	88	169	26	104	6	55	74	0.290	0.355	0.467		Did not pitch
Tom Tresh	New York Yankees †	30	0.107 (280)	1		622	94	178	20	93	4	67	74	0.286	0.359	0.441		Did not pitch
Billy Moran	Los Angeles Angels	28	0.100 (280)	0		659	90	186	17	74	5	39	80	0.282	0.324	0.407		Did not pitch
Ralph Terry	New York Yankees †	19	0.068 (280)	0		106	6	20	0	7	0	2	27	0.189	0.218	0.189		23 - 12	2	298.2	257	40	57	176	3.19
Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	14	0.050 (280)	0		97	9	26	2	19	0	6	8	0.268	0.311	0.371		20 - 11	0	257.2	236	25	59	206	3.32
Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	13	0.046 (280)	0		601	90	164	37	112	2	96	68	0.273	0.371	0.514		Did not pitch
Hank Aguirre	Detroit Tigers	10	0.036 (280)	0		75	0	2	0	1	0	1	46	0.027	0.039	0.027		16 - 8	3	216.0	162	14	65	156	2.21
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	9	0.032 (280)	0		646	99	191	19	94	7	66	82	0.296	0.363	0.469		Did not pitch
Joe Cunningham	Chicago White Sox	9	0.032 (280)	0		526	91	155	8	70	3	101	59	0.295	0.410	0.428		Did not pitch
Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	9	0.032 (280)	0		562	80	183	10	60	3	79	57	0.326	0.408	0.456		Did not pitch
Dick Radatz	Boston Red Sox	8	0.029 (280)	0		31	0	3	0	6	0	1	19	0.097	0.125	0.097		9 - 6	24	124.2	95	9	40	144	2.24
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	8	0.029 (280)	0		95	9	23	1	5	0	1	19	0.242	0.255	0.316		19 - 10	6	258.0	262	28	74	184	3.59
Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	8	0.029 (280)	0		568	69	137	17	67	5	37	71	0.241	0.287	0.373		Did not pitch
Vic Power	Minnesota Twins	8	0.029 (280)	0		611	80	177	16	63	7	22	35	0.290	0.316	0.421		Did not pitch
Jerry Lumpe	Kansas City Athletics	7	0.025 (280)	0		641	89	193	10	83	0	44	38	0.301	0.341	0.432		Did not pitch
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	6	0.021 (280)	0		85	5	10	0	5	1	8	22	0.118	0.198	0.141		17 - 8	0	257.2	243	22	69	160	2.90
Buck Rodgers	Los Angeles Angels	6	0.021 (280)	0		565	65	146	6	61	1	45	68	0.258	0.309	0.372		Did not pitch
Eddie Bressoud	Boston Red Sox	6	0.021 (280)	0		599	79	166	14	68	2	46	118	0.277	0.329	0.444		Did not pitch
Ray Herbert	Chicago White Sox	5	0.018 (280)	0		82	6	16	2	9	0	5	16	0.195	0.247	0.329		20 - 9	0	236.2	228	13	74	115	3.27
Chuck Hinton	Washington Senators	5	0.018 (280)	0		542	73	168	17	75	28	47	66	0.310	0.361	0.472		Did not pitch
Frank Malzone	Boston Red Sox	3	0.011 (280)	0		619	74	175	21	95	0	35	43	0.283	0.319	0.426		Did not pitch
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers	3	0.011 (280)	0		507	94	123	39	89	6	104	82	0.243	0.382	0.513		Did not pitch
Al Smith	Chicago White Sox	1	0.004 (280)	0		511	62	149	16	82	3	57	60	0.292	0.363	0.462		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1961

Most Valuable Player Award National 1962

Succeeded by 1963