1966 American League Most Valuable Player Award
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The unanimous winner of the 1966 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Frank 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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Frank Robinson | Baltimore Orioles †^ | 280 | 1.000 (280) | 20 | 576 | 122 | 182 | 49 | 122 | 8 | 87 | 90 | 0.316 | 0.410 | 0.637 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles † | 153 | 0.546 (280) | 0 | 620 | 91 | 167 | 23 | 100 | 2 | 56 | 36 | 0.269 | 0.333 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Boog Powell | Baltimore Orioles † | 122 | 0.436 (280) | 0 | 491 | 78 | 141 | 34 | 109 | 0 | 67 | 125 | 0.287 | 0.372 | 0.532 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Harmon Killebrew | Minnesota Twins | 96 | 0.343 (280) | 0 | 569 | 89 | 160 | 39 | 110 | 0 | 103 | 98 | 0.281 | 0.391 | 0.538 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Kaat | Minnesota Twins | 84 | 0.300 (280) | 0 | 118 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 0.195 | 0.228 | 0.280 | 25 - 13 | 0 | 304.2 | 271 | 29 | 55 | 205 | 2.75 | ||
Tony Oliva | Minnesota Twins | 71 | 0.254 (280) | 0 | 622 | 99 | 191 | 25 | 87 | 13 | 42 | 72 | 0.307 | 0.353 | 0.502 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | 66 | 0.236 (280) | 0 | 479 | 85 | 138 | 29 | 88 | 5 | 81 | 66 | 0.288 | 0.392 | 0.534 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommie Agee | Chicago White Sox | 63 | 0.225 (280) | 0 | 629 | 98 | 172 | 22 | 86 | 44 | 41 | 127 | 0.273 | 0.326 | 0.447 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Luis Aparicio | Baltimore Orioles † | 51 | 0.182 (280) | 0 | 659 | 97 | 182 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 0.276 | 0.311 | 0.366 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bert Campaneris | Kansas City Athletics | 36 | 0.129 (280) | 0 | 573 | 82 | 153 | 5 | 42 | 52 | 25 | 72 | 0.267 | 0.302 | 0.379 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stu Miller | Baltimore Orioles † | 27 | 0.096 (280) | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.105 | 0.105 | 0.105 | 9 - 4 | 18 | 92.0 | 65 | 5 | 22 | 67 | 2.25 | ||
Norm Cash | Detroit Tigers | 23 | 0.082 (280) | 0 | 603 | 98 | 168 | 32 | 93 | 2 | 66 | 91 | 0.279 | 0.351 | 0.478 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack Aker | Kansas City Athletics | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.095 | 0.095 | 0.143 | 8 - 4 | 32 | 113.0 | 81 | 7 | 28 | 68 | 1.99 | ||
Earl Wilson | Detroit Tigers | 13 | 0.046 (280) | 0 | 64 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0.234 | 0.286 | 0.531 | 13 - 6 | 0 | 163.1 | 126 | 16 | 38 | 133 | 2.59 | ||
Earl Wilson | Boston Red Sox | 13 | 0.046 (280) | 0 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0.250 | 0.324 | 0.438 | 5 - 5 | 0 | 100.2 | 88 | 14 | 36 | 67 | 3.84 | ||
Denny McLain | Detroit Tigers | 12 | 0.043 (280) | 0 | 93 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 0.183 | 0.224 | 0.204 | 20 - 14 | 0 | 264.1 | 205 | 42 | 104 | 192 | 3.92 | ||
Bill Freehan | Detroit Tigers | 9 | 0.032 (280) | 0 | 492 | 47 | 115 | 12 | 46 | 5 | 40 | 72 | 0.234 | 0.294 | 0.352 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Andy Etchebarren | Baltimore Orioles † | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 412 | 49 | 91 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 38 | 106 | 0.221 | 0.293 | 0.364 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Knoop | California Angels | 6 | 0.021 (280) | 0 | 590 | 54 | 137 | 17 | 72 | 1 | 43 | 144 | 0.232 | 0.282 | 0.386 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tom Tresh | New York Yankees | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 537 | 76 | 125 | 27 | 68 | 5 | 86 | 89 | 0.233 | 0.341 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 333 | 40 | 96 | 23 | 56 | 1 | 57 | 76 | 0.288 | 0.389 | 0.538 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack Sanford | California Angels | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0.136 | 0.200 | 0.227 | 13 - 7 | 5 | 108.0 | 108 | 11 | 27 | 54 | 3.83 | ||
Leon Wagner | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 549 | 70 | 153 | 23 | 66 | 5 | 46 | 69 | 0.279 | 0.334 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Horton | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 526 | 72 | 138 | 27 | 100 | 1 | 44 | 103 | 0.262 | 0.321 | 0.481 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Fred Valentine | Washington Senators | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 508 | 77 | 140 | 16 | 59 | 22 | 51 | 63 | 0.276 | 0.351 | 0.455 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rick Reichardt | California Angels | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 319 | 48 | 92 | 16 | 44 | 8 | 27 | 61 | 0.288 | 0.367 | 0.480 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pete Richert | Washington Senators | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 86 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0.163 | 0.191 | 0.244 | 14 - 14 | 0 | 245.2 | 196 | 36 | 69 | 195 | 3.37 | ||
Joe Pepitone | New York Yankees | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 585 | 85 | 149 | 31 | 83 | 4 | 29 | 58 | 0.255 | 0.290 | 0.463 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sonny Siebert | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 85 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.129 | 0.138 | 0.153 | 16 - 8 | 1 | 241.0 | 193 | 25 | 62 | 163 | 2.80 | ||
Jim Fregosi | California Angels | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 611 | 78 | 154 | 13 | 67 | 17 | 67 | 89 | 0.252 | 0.325 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Yastrzemski | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 594 | 81 | 165 | 16 | 80 | 8 | 84 | 60 | 0.278 | 0.368 | 0.431 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Conigliaro | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 558 | 77 | 148 | 28 | 93 | 0 | 52 | 112 | 0.265 | 0.330 | 0.487 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1965 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1966 |
Succeeded by 1967 |
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