1966 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1966 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles.

Award Voting

† 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
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