1969 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1969 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins.

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
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins †	294	0.875 (336)	16		555	106	153	49	140	8	145	84	0.276	0.427	0.584		Did not pitch
Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles †	227	0.676 (336)	6		533	83	162	37	121	1	72	76	0.304	0.383	0.559		Did not pitch
Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles †	162	0.482 (336)	2		539	111	166	32	100	9	88	62	0.308	0.415	0.540		Did not pitch
Frank Howard	Washington Senators	115	0.342 (336)	0		592	111	175	48	111	1	102	96	0.296	0.402	0.574		Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	110	0.327 (336)	0		549	123	151	47	118	13	114	142	0.275	0.410	0.608		Did not pitch
Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	85	0.253 (336)	0		106	5	17	0	8	0	4	41	0.160	0.188	0.160		24 - 9	0	325.0	288	25	67	181	2.80
Rico Petrocelli	Boston Red Sox	71	0.211 (336)	0		535	92	159	40	97	3	98	68	0.297	0.403	0.589		Did not pitch
Mike Cuellar	Baltimore Orioles †	55	0.164 (336)	0		103	6	12	0	5	0	0	43	0.117	0.114	0.165		23 - 11	0	290.2	213	18	79	182	2.38
Jim Perry	Minnesota Twins †	40	0.119 (336)	0		93	8	16	0	7	0	3	24	0.172	0.204	0.226		20 - 6	0	261.2	244	18	66	153	2.82
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins †	30	0.089 (336)	0		458	79	152	8	56	19	37	72	0.332	0.386	0.467		Did not pitch
Paul Blair	Baltimore Orioles †	28	0.083 (336)	0		625	102	178	26	76	20	40	72	0.285	0.327	0.477		Did not pitch
Leo Cardenas	Minnesota Twins †	27	0.080 (336)	0		578	67	162	10	70	5	66	96	0.280	0.353	0.388		Did not pitch
Ron Perranoski	Minnesota Twins †	25	0.074 (336)	0		24	1	2	0	1	0	2	14	0.083	0.154	0.083		9 - 10	31	119.2	85	4	52	62	2.11
Dave McNally	Baltimore Orioles †	25	0.074 (336)	0		94	4	8	1	5	0	8	39	0.085	0.157	0.138		20 - 7	0	268.2	232	21	84	166	3.22
Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins †	21	0.063 (336)	0		637	97	197	24	101	10	45	66	0.309	0.355	0.496		Did not pitch
Sal Bando	Oakland Athletics	18	0.054 (336)	0		609	106	171	31	113	1	111	82	0.281	0.400	0.484		Did not pitch
Cesar Tovar	Minnesota Twins †	9	0.027 (336)	0		535	99	154	11	52	45	37	37	0.288	0.342	0.415		Did not pitch
Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	8	0.024 (336)	0		101	9	18	1	4	0	9	41	0.178	0.250	0.248		20 - 14	0	303.0	267	19	97	113	2.82
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	8	0.024 (336)	0		603	96	154	40	111	15	101	91	0.255	0.362	0.507		Did not pitch
Ed Brinkman	Washington Senators	7	0.021 (336)	0		576	71	153	2	43	2	50	42	0.266	0.328	0.325		Did not pitch
Jim Fregosi	California Angels	7	0.021 (336)	0		580	78	151	12	47	9	93	86	0.260	0.361	0.381		Did not pitch
Reggie Smith	Boston Red Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		543	87	168	25	93	7	54	67	0.309	0.368	0.527		Did not pitch
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles †	5	0.015 (336)	0		598	73	140	23	84	2	56	55	0.234	0.298	0.395		Did not pitch
Del Unser	Washington Senators	5	0.015 (336)	0		581	69	166	7	57	8	58	54	0.286	0.349	0.382		Did not pitch
Mike Epstein	Washington Senators	4	0.012 (336)	0		403	73	112	30	85	2	85	99	0.278	0.414	0.551		Did not pitch
Dick Bosman	Washington Senators	3	0.009 (336)	0		64	3	6	0	4	0	7	26	0.094	0.183	0.109		14 - 5	1	193.0	156	11	39	99	2.19
Bill Freehan	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		489	61	128	16	49	1	53	55	0.262	0.342	0.405		Did not pitch
Mike Andrews	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		464	79	136	15	59	1	71	53	0.293	0.390	0.455		Did not pitch
Ken Tatum	California Angels	2	0.006 (336)	0		21	3	6	2	2	0	0	8	0.286	0.318	0.619		7 - 2	22	86.1	51	1	39	65	1.36
Andy Messersmith	California Angels	2	0.006 (336)	0		77	5	12	0	5	0	8	28	0.156	0.235	0.182		16 - 11	2	250.0	169	17	100	211	2.52
Tommy Harper	Seattle Pilots	2	0.006 (336)	0		537	78	126	9	41	73	95	90	0.235	0.349	0.311		Did not pitch
Mark Belanger	Baltimore Orioles †	2	0.006 (336)	0		530	76	152	2	50	14	53	54	0.287	0.351	0.345		Did not pitch
Roy White	New York Yankees	2	0.006 (336)	0		448	55	130	7	74	18	81	51	0.290	0.392	0.426		Did not pitch
Rich Reese	Minnesota Twins †	2	0.006 (336)	0		419	52	135	16	69	1	23	57	0.322	0.362	0.513		Did not pitch
Lou Piniella	Kansas City Royals	1	0.003 (336)	0		493	43	139	11	68	2	33	56	0.282	0.325	0.416		Did not pitch
Dick Green	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (336)	0		483	61	133	12	64	2	53	94	0.275	0.353	0.427		Did not pitch
Jim Northrup	Detroit Tigers	1	0.003 (336)	0		543	79	160	25	66	4	52	83	0.295	0.358	0.508		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1968

Most Valuable Player Award National 1969

Succeeded by 1970