1968 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1968 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers.

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
Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers †^	280	1.000 (280)	20		111	7	18	0	4	0	1	37	0.162	0.170	0.189		31 - 6	0	336.0	241	31	63	280	1.96
Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers †	161	0.575 (280)	0		540	73	142	25	84	0	65	64	0.263	0.366	0.454		Did not pitch
Ken Harrelson	Boston Red Sox	103	0.368 (280)	0		535	79	147	35	109	2	69	90	0.275	0.356	0.518		Did not pitch
Willie Horton	Detroit Tigers †	102	0.364 (280)	0		512	68	146	36	85	0	49	110	0.285	0.352	0.543		Did not pitch
Luis Tiant	Cleveland Indians	78	0.279 (280)	0		87	4	7	0	3	0	0	14	0.080	0.080	0.092		21 - 9	0	258.1	152	16	73	264	1.60
Dave McNally	Baltimore Orioles	78	0.279 (280)	0		86	10	11	3	10	0	9	46	0.128	0.208	0.244		22 - 10	0	273.0	175	24	55	202	1.95
Dick McAuliffe	Detroit Tigers †	71	0.254 (280)	0		570	95	142	16	56	8	82	99	0.249	0.344	0.411		Did not pitch
Frank Howard	Washington Senators	63	0.225 (280)	0		598	79	164	44	106	0	54	141	0.274	0.338	0.552		Did not pitch
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	50	0.179 (280)	0		539	90	162	23	74	13	119	90	0.301	0.426	0.495		Did not pitch
Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	43	0.154 (280)	0		91	4	13	0	5	0	8	33	0.143	0.210	0.176		21 - 12	0	278.2	243	21	65	140	2.45
Bert Campaneris	Oakland Athletics	39	0.139 (280)	0		642	87	177	4	38	62	50	69	0.276	0.330	0.361		Did not pitch
Roy White	New York Yankees	17	0.061 (280)	0		577	89	154	17	62	20	73	50	0.267	0.350	0.414		Did not pitch
Jim Northrup	Detroit Tigers †	15	0.054 (280)	0		580	76	153	21	90	4	50	87	0.264	0.324	0.447		Did not pitch
Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	13	0.046 (280)	0		622	55	164	4	36	17	33	43	0.264	0.302	0.334		Did not pitch
Jim Fregosi	California Angels	11	0.039 (280)	0		614	77	150	9	49	9	60	101	0.244	0.315	0.365		Did not pitch
Don Buford	Baltimore Orioles	11	0.039 (280)	0		426	65	120	15	46	27	57	46	0.282	0.367	0.437		Did not pitch
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	8	0.029 (280)	0		608	65	154	17	75	1	44	55	0.253	0.304	0.416		Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	8	0.029 (280)	0		553	82	138	29	74	14	50	171	0.250	0.316	0.452		Did not pitch
Danny Cater	Oakland Athletics	5	0.018 (280)	0		504	53	146	6	62	8	35	43	0.290	0.336	0.393		Did not pitch
Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	5	0.018 (280)	0		470	54	136	18	68	10	45	61	0.289	0.357	0.477		Did not pitch
Mike Andrews	Boston Red Sox	4	0.014 (280)	0		536	77	145	7	45	3	81	57	0.271	0.368	0.354		Did not pitch
Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles	4	0.014 (280)	0		550	60	137	22	85	7	73	97	0.249	0.338	0.411		Did not pitch
Cesar Tovar	Minnesota Twins	3	0.011 (280)	0		613	89	167	6	47	35	34	41	0.272	0.326	0.372		0 - 0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers †	3	0.011 (280)	0		411	50	108	25	63	1	39	70	0.263	0.329	0.487		Did not pitch
Wilbur Wood	Chicago White Sox	2	0.007 (280)	0		22	0	2	0	2	0	2	17	0.091	0.167	0.091		13 - 12	16	159.0	127	8	33	74	1.87
Mickey Stanley	Detroit Tigers †	2	0.007 (280)	0		583	88	151	11	60	4	42	57	0.259	0.311	0.364		Did not pitch
Ted Uhlaender	Minnesota Twins	1	0.004 (280)	0		488	52	138	7	52	16	28	46	0.283	0.324	0.389		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1967

Most Valuable Player Award National 1968

Succeeded by 1969