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1964 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1964 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles.
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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Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | 269 | 0.961 (280) | 18 | 612 | 82 | 194 | 28 | 118 | 1 | 51 | 64 | 0.317 | 0.368 | 0.521 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees † | 171 | 0.611 (280) | 2 | 465 | 92 | 141 | 35 | 111 | 6 | 99 | 102 | 0.303 | 0.423 | 0.591 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Elston Howard | New York Yankees † | 124 | 0.443 (280) | 0 | 550 | 63 | 172 | 15 | 84 | 1 | 48 | 73 | 0.313 | 0.371 | 0.455 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Oliva | Minnesota Twins | 99 | 0.354 (280) | 0 | 672 | 109 | 217 | 32 | 94 | 12 | 34 | 68 | 0.323 | 0.359 | 0.557 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dean Chance | Los Angeles Angels | 97 | 0.346 (280) | 0 | 89 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0.079 | 0.109 | 0.079 | 20 - 9 | 4 | 278.1 | 194 | 7 | 86 | 207 | 1.65 | ||
Pete Ward | Chicago White Sox | 67.5 | 0.241 (280) | 0 | 539 | 61 | 152 | 23 | 94 | 1 | 56 | 76 | 0.282 | 0.348 | 0.473 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gary Peters | Chicago White Sox | 44 | 0.157 (280) | 0 | 120 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0.208 | 0.228 | 0.367 | 20 - 8 | 0 | 273.2 | 217 | 20 | 104 | 205 | 2.50 | ||
Bill Freehan | Detroit Tigers | 44 | 0.157 (280) | 0 | 520 | 69 | 156 | 18 | 80 | 5 | 36 | 68 | 0.300 | 0.350 | 0.462 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Radatz | Boston Red Sox | 37 | 0.132 (280) | 0 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.162 | 0.184 | 0.189 | 16 - 9 | 29 | 157.0 | 103 | 13 | 58 | 181 | 2.29 | ||
Harmon Killebrew | Minnesota Twins | 31 | 0.111 (280) | 0 | 577 | 95 | 156 | 49 | 111 | 0 | 93 | 135 | 0.270 | 0.377 | 0.548 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Boog Powell | Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 0.100 (280) | 0 | 424 | 74 | 123 | 39 | 99 | 0 | 76 | 91 | 0.290 | 0.399 | 0.606 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Wally Bunker | Baltimore Orioles | 23 | 0.082 (280) | 0 | 72 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 0.069 | 0.183 | 0.097 | 19 - 5 | 0 | 214.0 | 161 | 17 | 62 | 96 | 2.69 | ||
Jim Fregosi | Los Angeles Angels | 21 | 0.075 (280) | 0 | 505 | 86 | 140 | 18 | 72 | 8 | 72 | 87 | 0.277 | 0.369 | 0.463 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 0.061 (280) | 0 | 525 | 77 | 154 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 75 | 51 | 0.293 | 0.383 | 0.469 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Floyd Robinson | Chicago White Sox | 14 | 0.050 (280) | 0 | 525 | 83 | 158 | 11 | 59 | 9 | 70 | 41 | 0.301 | 0.388 | 0.408 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Hansen | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 0.036 (280) | 0 | 575 | 85 | 150 | 20 | 68 | 1 | 73 | 73 | 0.261 | 0.347 | 0.419 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Richardson | New York Yankees † | 9 | 0.032 (280) | 0 | 679 | 90 | 181 | 4 | 50 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 0.267 | 0.294 | 0.333 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Leon Wagner | Cleveland Indians | 9 | 0.032 (280) | 0 | 641 | 94 | 162 | 31 | 100 | 14 | 56 | 121 | 0.253 | 0.316 | 0.434 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hoyt Wilhelm | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 0.029 (280) | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 0.182 | 0.143 | 12 - 9 | 27 | 131.1 | 94 | 7 | 30 | 95 | 1.99 | ||
Juan Pizarro | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 0.029 (280) | 0 | 90 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0.211 | 0.217 | 0.322 | 19 - 9 | 0 | 239.0 | 193 | 23 | 55 | 162 | 2.56 | ||
Joe Horlen | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.159 | 0.183 | 0.159 | 13 - 9 | 0 | 210.2 | 142 | 11 | 55 | 138 | 1.88 | ||
Whitey Ford | New York Yankees † | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 67 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0.119 | 0.244 | 0.134 | 17 - 6 | 1 | 244.2 | 212 | 10 | 57 | 172 | 2.13 | ||
Rocky Colavito | Kansas City Athletics | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 588 | 89 | 161 | 34 | 102 | 3 | 83 | 56 | 0.274 | 0.366 | 0.507 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Allison | Minnesota Twins | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 492 | 90 | 141 | 32 | 86 | 10 | 92 | 99 | 0.287 | 0.404 | 0.553 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mel Stottlemyre | New York Yankees † | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.243 | 0.282 | 0.270 | 9 - 3 | 0 | 96.0 | 77 | 3 | 35 | 49 | 2.06 | ||
Wayne Causey | Kansas City Athletics | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 604 | 82 | 170 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 88 | 65 | 0.281 | 0.377 | 0.386 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roger Maris | New York Yankees † | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 513 | 86 | 144 | 26 | 71 | 3 | 62 | 78 | 0.281 | 0.364 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Luis Aparicio | Baltimore Orioles | 3.5 | 0.013 (280) | 0 | 578 | 93 | 154 | 10 | 37 | 57 | 49 | 51 | 0.266 | 0.324 | 0.363 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Stuart | Boston Red Sox | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 603 | 73 | 168 | 33 | 114 | 0 | 37 | 130 | 0.279 | 0.320 | 0.491 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Claude Osteen | Washington Senators | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 90 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0.156 | 0.188 | 0.233 | 15 - 13 | 0 | 257.0 | 256 | 20 | 64 | 133 | 3.33 | ||
Dave Wickersham | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 82 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0.073 | 0.094 | 0.085 | 19 - 12 | 1 | 254.0 | 224 | 28 | 81 | 164 | 3.44 | ||
Eddie Bressoud | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 566 | 86 | 166 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 72 | 99 | 0.293 | 0.372 | 0.456 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Lock | Washington Senators | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 512 | 73 | 127 | 28 | 80 | 4 | 79 | 137 | 0.248 | 0.346 | 0.461 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1963 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1964 |
Succeeded by 1965 |
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