1965 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1965 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Zoilo Versalles of the Minnesota Twins.
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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Zoilo Versalles | Minnesota Twins † | 275 | 0.982 (280) | 19 | 666 | 126 | 182 | 19 | 77 | 27 | 41 | 122 | 0.273 | 0.319 | 0.462 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Oliva | Minnesota Twins † | 174 | 0.621 (280) | 1 | 576 | 107 | 185 | 16 | 98 | 19 | 55 | 64 | 0.321 | 0.378 | 0.491 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | 150 | 0.536 (280) | 0 | 559 | 81 | 166 | 18 | 80 | 3 | 47 | 47 | 0.297 | 0.351 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Fisher | Chicago White Sox | 122 | 0.436 (280) | 0 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.138 | 0.167 | 0.172 | 15 - 7 | 24 | 165.1 | 118 | 13 | 43 | 90 | 2.40 | ||
Rocky Colavito | Cleveland Indians | 89 | 0.318 (280) | 0 | 592 | 92 | 170 | 26 | 108 | 1 | 93 | 63 | 0.287 | 0.383 | 0.468 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mudcat Grant | Minnesota Twins † | 74 | 0.264 (280) | 0 | 97 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0.155 | 0.212 | 0.227 | 21 - 7 | 0 | 270.1 | 252 | 34 | 61 | 142 | 3.30 | ||
Stu Miller | Baltimore Orioles | 45 | 0.161 (280) | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.063 | 0.118 | 0.125 | 14 - 7 | 24 | 119.1 | 87 | 5 | 32 | 104 | 1.89 | ||
Willie Horton | Detroit Tigers | 24 | 0.086 (280) | 0 | 512 | 69 | 140 | 29 | 104 | 5 | 48 | 101 | 0.273 | 0.340 | 0.490 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tom Tresh | New York Yankees | 23 | 0.082 (280) | 0 | 602 | 94 | 168 | 26 | 74 | 5 | 59 | 92 | 0.279 | 0.348 | 0.477 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Wert | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 609 | 81 | 159 | 12 | 54 | 5 | 73 | 71 | 0.261 | 0.341 | 0.363 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Earl Battey | Minnesota Twins † | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 394 | 36 | 117 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 0.297 | 0.375 | 0.409 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Yastrzemski | Boston Red Sox | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 494 | 78 | 154 | 20 | 72 | 7 | 70 | 58 | 0.312 | 0.395 | 0.536 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jimmie Hall | Minnesota Twins † | 19 | 0.068 (280) | 0 | 522 | 81 | 149 | 20 | 86 | 14 | 51 | 79 | 0.285 | 0.347 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mel Stottlemyre | New York Yankees | 17 | 0.061 (280) | 0 | 99 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0.131 | 0.140 | 0.232 | 20 - 9 | 0 | 291.0 | 250 | 18 | 88 | 155 | 2.63 | ||
Harmon Killebrew | Minnesota Twins † | 15 | 0.054 (280) | 0 | 401 | 78 | 108 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 72 | 69 | 0.269 | 0.384 | 0.501 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | 9 | 0.032 (280) | 0 | 399 | 72 | 112 | 18 | 72 | 6 | 72 | 49 | 0.281 | 0.388 | 0.471 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sam McDowell | Cleveland Indians | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 95 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0.126 | 0.135 | 0.137 | 17 - 11 | 4 | 273.0 | 178 | 9 | 132 | 325 | 2.18 | ||
Ron Hansen | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 587 | 61 | 138 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 60 | 73 | 0.235 | 0.304 | 0.344 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jerry Adair | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 582 | 51 | 151 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 35 | 65 | 0.259 | 0.303 | 0.351 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Richardson | New York Yankees | 6 | 0.021 (280) | 0 | 664 | 76 | 164 | 6 | 47 | 7 | 37 | 39 | 0.247 | 0.287 | 0.322 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vic Davalillo | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 505 | 67 | 152 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 35 | 50 | 0.301 | 0.344 | 0.372 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Fregosi | California Angels | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 602 | 66 | 167 | 15 | 64 | 13 | 54 | 107 | 0.277 | 0.337 | 0.407 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Fred Whitfield | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 468 | 49 | 137 | 26 | 90 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 0.293 | 0.316 | 0.513 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Knoop | California Angels | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 465 | 47 | 125 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 31 | 101 | 0.269 | 0.313 | 0.383 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pete Richert | Washington Senators | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 64 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0.156 | 0.194 | 0.156 | 15 - 12 | 0 | 194.0 | 146 | 18 | 84 | 161 | 2.60 | ||
Floyd Robinson | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 577 | 70 | 153 | 14 | 66 | 4 | 76 | 51 | 0.265 | 0.352 | 0.385 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Buford | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 586 | 93 | 166 | 10 | 47 | 17 | 67 | 76 | 0.283 | 0.358 | 0.389 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 361 | 44 | 92 | 19 | 46 | 4 | 73 | 76 | 0.255 | 0.379 | 0.452 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Kline | Washington Senators | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 7 - 6 | 29 | 99.1 | 106 | 7 | 32 | 52 | 2.63 | ||
Bert Campaneris | Kansas City Athletics | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 578 | 67 | 156 | 6 | 42 | 51 | 41 | 71 | 0.270 | 0.326 | 0.382 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | ||
Felix Mantilla | Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 534 | 60 | 147 | 18 | 92 | 7 | 79 | 84 | 0.275 | 0.374 | 0.416 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Howard | Washington Senators | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 516 | 53 | 149 | 21 | 84 | 0 | 55 | 112 | 0.289 | 0.358 | 0.477 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Conigliaro | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 521 | 82 | 140 | 32 | 82 | 4 | 51 | 116 | 0.269 | 0.338 | 0.512 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Norm Cash | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 467 | 79 | 124 | 30 | 82 | 6 | 77 | 62 | 0.266 | 0.371 | 0.512 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1964 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1965 |
Succeeded by 1966 |
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