1963 American League Most Valuable Player Award
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 | ||
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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 |
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