1973 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The unanimous winner of the 1973 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics.
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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Reggie Jackson | Oakland Athletics †^ | 336 | 1.000 (336) | 24 | 539 | 99 | 158 | 32 | 117 | 22 | 76 | 111 | 0.293 | 0.383 | 0.531 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Palmer | Baltimore Orioles † | 172 | 0.512 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 22 - 9 | 1 | 296.1 | 225 | 16 | 113 | 158 | 2.40 | ||
Amos Otis | Kansas City Royals | 112 | 0.333 (336) | 0 | 583 | 89 | 175 | 26 | 93 | 13 | 63 | 47 | 0.300 | 0.368 | 0.484 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
John Hiller | Detroit Tigers | 83 | 0.247 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 10 - 5 | 38 | 125.1 | 89 | 7 | 39 | 124 | 1.44 | ||
Sal Bando | Oakland Athletics † | 83 | 0.247 (336) | 0 | 592 | 97 | 170 | 29 | 98 | 4 | 82 | 84 | 0.287 | 0.375 | 0.498 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rod Carew | Minnesota Twins | 83 | 0.247 (336) | 0 | 580 | 98 | 203 | 6 | 62 | 41 | 62 | 55 | 0.350 | 0.411 | 0.471 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
John Mayberry | Kansas City Royals | 76 | 0.226 (336) | 0 | 510 | 87 | 142 | 26 | 100 | 3 | 122 | 79 | 0.278 | 0.417 | 0.478 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dave May | Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 0.193 (336) | 0 | 624 | 96 | 189 | 25 | 93 | 6 | 44 | 78 | 0.303 | 0.352 | 0.473 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Murcer | New York Yankees | 53 | 0.158 (336) | 0 | 616 | 83 | 187 | 22 | 95 | 6 | 50 | 67 | 0.304 | 0.357 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Catfish Hunter | Oakland Athletics † | 47 | 0.140 (336) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 21 - 5 | 0 | 256.1 | 222 | 39 | 69 | 124 | 3.34 | ||
Tommy Davis | Baltimore Orioles † | 47 | 0.140 (336) | 0 | 552 | 53 | 169 | 7 | 89 | 11 | 30 | 56 | 0.306 | 0.341 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Thurman Munson | New York Yankees | 43 | 0.128 (336) | 0 | 519 | 80 | 156 | 20 | 74 | 4 | 48 | 64 | 0.301 | 0.362 | 0.487 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommy Harper | Boston Red Sox | 33 | 0.098 (336) | 0 | 566 | 92 | 159 | 17 | 71 | 54 | 61 | 93 | 0.281 | 0.351 | 0.422 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
George Scott | Milwaukee Brewers | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 604 | 98 | 185 | 24 | 107 | 9 | 61 | 94 | 0.306 | 0.370 | 0.488 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Orlando Cepeda | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 0.063 (336) | 0 | 550 | 51 | 159 | 20 | 86 | 0 | 50 | 81 | 0.289 | 0.350 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Robinson | California Angels | 21 | 0.063 (336) | 0 | 534 | 85 | 142 | 30 | 97 | 1 | 82 | 93 | 0.266 | 0.372 | 0.489 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Nolan Ryan | California Angels | 20 | 0.060 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 21 - 16 | 1 | 326.0 | 238 | 18 | 162 | 383 | 2.87 | ||
Carlton Fisk | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 508 | 65 | 125 | 26 | 71 | 7 | 37 | 99 | 0.246 | 0.309 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Grich | Baltimore Orioles † | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 581 | 82 | 146 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 107 | 91 | 0.251 | 0.373 | 0.387 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Yastrzemski | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 540 | 82 | 160 | 19 | 95 | 9 | 105 | 58 | 0.296 | 0.407 | 0.463 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mark Belanger | Baltimore Orioles † | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 470 | 60 | 106 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 49 | 54 | 0.226 | 0.302 | 0.262 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Deron Johnson | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0.167 | 0.279 | 0.306 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Deron Johnson | Oakland Athletics † | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 464 | 61 | 114 | 19 | 81 | 0 | 59 | 116 | 0.246 | 0.330 | 0.407 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Coleman | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 23 - 15 | 0 | 288.1 | 283 | 32 | 93 | 202 | 3.53 | ||
Johnny Briggs | Milwaukee Brewers | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 488 | 78 | 120 | 18 | 57 | 15 | 87 | 83 | 0.246 | 0.361 | 0.426 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cookie Rojas | Kansas City Royals | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 551 | 78 | 152 | 6 | 69 | 18 | 37 | 38 | 0.276 | 0.320 | 0.372 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bert Blyleven | Minnesota Twins | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 20 - 17 | 0 | 325.0 | 296 | 16 | 67 | 258 | 2.52 | ||
Gaylord Perry | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 19 - 19 | 0 | 344.0 | 315 | 34 | 115 | 238 | 3.38 | ||
Bert Campaneris | Oakland Athletics † | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 601 | 89 | 150 | 4 | 46 | 34 | 50 | 79 | 0.250 | 0.308 | 0.318 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vida Blue | Oakland Athletics † | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 20 - 9 | 0 | 263.2 | 214 | 26 | 105 | 158 | 3.28 | ||
Billy North | Oakland Athletics † | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 554 | 98 | 158 | 5 | 34 | 53 | 78 | 89 | 0.285 | 0.376 | 0.348 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carlos May | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 553 | 62 | 148 | 20 | 96 | 8 | 53 | 73 | 0.268 | 0.334 | 0.412 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Horton | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 411 | 42 | 130 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 57 | 0.316 | 0.362 | 0.501 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dave Nelson | Texas Rangers | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 576 | 71 | 165 | 7 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 78 | 0.286 | 0.325 | 0.378 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Paul Blair | Baltimore Orioles † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 500 | 73 | 140 | 10 | 64 | 18 | 43 | 72 | 0.280 | 0.334 | 0.402 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Allen | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 250 | 39 | 79 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 33 | 51 | 0.316 | 0.394 | 0.612 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1972 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1973 |
Succeeded by 1974 |
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