1963 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1963 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Elston Howard 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
Elston Howard New York Yankees 248 0.886 (280) 15 487 75 140 28 85 0 35 68 0.287 0.342 0.528 Did not pitch
Al Kaline Detroit Tigers 148 0.529 (280) 1 551 89 172 27 101 6 54 48 0.312 0.375 0.514 Did not pitch
Whitey Ford New York Yankees 125 0.446 (280) 3 92 5 13 1 4 2 6 22 0.141 0.194 0.196 24 - 7 1 269.1 240 26 56 189 2.74
Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins 85 0.304 (280) 0 515 88 133 45 96 0 72 105 0.258 0.349 0.555 Did not pitch
Dick Radatz Boston Red Sox 84 0.300 (280) 0 29 0 2 0 0 0 1 16 0.069 0.100 0.103 15 - 6 25 132.1 94 9 51 162 1.97
Carl Yastrzemski Boston Red Sox 81 0.289 (280) 0 570 91 183 14 68 8 95 72 0.321 0.418 0.475 Did not pitch
Earl Battey Minnesota Twins 57 0.204 (280) 0 508 64 145 26 84 0 61 75 0.285 0.369 0.476 Did not pitch
Gary Peters Chicago White Sox 55 0.196 (280) 0 81 12 21 3 12 0 3 19 0.259 0.287 0.444 19 - 8 1 243.0 192 9 68 189 2.33
Pete Ward Chicago White Sox 52 0.186 (280) 0 600 80 177 22 84 7 52 77 0.295 0.353 0.482 Did not pitch
Bobby Richardson New York Yankees 43 0.154 (280) 0 630 72 167 3 48 15 25 22 0.265 0.294 0.330 Did not pitch
Tom Tresh New York Yankees 38 0.136 (280) 1 520 91 140 25 71 3 83 79 0.269 0.371 0.487 Did not pitch
Camilo Pascual Minnesota Twins 29 0.104 (280) 0 92 9 23 0 12 0 3 15 0.250 0.278 0.326 21 - 9 0 248.1 205 21 81 202 2.46
Dick Stuart Boston Red Sox 25 0.089 (280) 0 612 81 160 42 118 0 44 144 0.261 0.312 0.521 Did not pitch
Albie Pearson Los Angeles Angels 22 0.079 (280) 0 578 92 176 6 47 17 92 37 0.304 0.402 0.398 Did not pitch
Bob Allison Minnesota Twins 15 0.054 (280) 0 527 99 143 35 91 6 90 109 0.271 0.378 0.533 Did not pitch
Jim Bouton New York Yankees 11 0.039 (280) 0 83 0 6 0 5 0 1 33 0.072 0.083 0.084 21 - 7 1 249.1 191 18 87 148 2.53
Joe Pepitone New York Yankees 10 0.036 (280) 0 580 79 157 27 89 3 23 63 0.271 0.304 0.448 Did not pitch
Max Alvis Cleveland Indians 10 0.036 (280) 0 602 81 165 22 67 9 36 109 0.274 0.324 0.460 Did not pitch
Stu Miller Baltimore Orioles 9 0.032 (280) 0 16 1 5 0 3 0 0 5 0.313 0.313 0.500 5 - 8 27 112.1 93 5 53 114 2.24
Leon Wagner Los Angeles Angels 9 0.032 (280) 0 550 73 160 26 90 5 49 73 0.291 0.352 0.456 Did not pitch
Wayne Causey Kansas City Athletics 5 0.018 (280) 0 554 72 155 8 44 4 56 54 0.280 0.345 0.395 Did not pitch
Rich Rollins Minnesota Twins 5 0.018 (280) 0 531 75 163 16 61 2 36 59 0.307 0.359 0.444 Did not pitch
Bill Dailey Minnesota Twins 3 0.011 (280) 0 21 2 5 1 4 0 2 10 0.238 0.304 0.381 6 - 3 21 108.2 80 9 19 72 1.99
Luis Aparicio Baltimore Orioles 3 0.011 (280) 0 601 73 150 5 45 40 36 35 0.250 0.291 0.331 Did not pitch
Jim Fregosi Los Angeles Angels 3 0.011 (280) 0 592 83 170 9 50 2 36 104 0.287 0.325 0.422 Did not pitch
Nellie Fox Chicago White Sox 2 0.007 (280) 0 539 54 140 2 42 0 24 17 0.260 0.299 0.306 Did not pitch
Tony Kubek New York Yankees 1 0.004 (280) 0 557 72 143 7 44 4 28 68 0.257 0.294 0.343 Did not pitch
Norm Siebern Kansas City Athletics 1 0.004 (280) 0 556 80 151 16 83 1 79 82 0.272 0.358 0.410 Did not pitch
Floyd Robinson Chicago White Sox 1 0.004 (280) 0 527 71 149 13 71 4 62 43 0.283 0.361 0.419 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1962
Most Valuable Player Award
National

1963
Succeeded by
1964