1974 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1974 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jeff Burroughs of the Texas Rangers.

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
Jeff Burroughs Texas Rangers 248 0.738 (336) 10 554 84 167 25 118 2 91 104 0.301 0.397 0.504 Did not pitch
Joe Rudi Oakland Athletics 161.5 0.481 (336) 5.5 593 73 174 22 99 2 34 92 0.293 0.334 0.484 Did not pitch
Sal Bando Oakland Athletics 143.5 0.427 (336) 3.5 498 84 121 22 103 2 86 79 0.243 0.352 0.426 Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson Oakland Athletics 119 0.354 (336) 1 506 90 146 29 93 25 86 105 0.289 0.391 0.514 Did not pitch
Fergie Jenkins Texas Rangers 118 0.351 (336) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.500 25 - 12 0 328.1 286 27 45 225 2.82
Catfish Hunter Oakland Athletics 107 0.318 (336) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 25 - 12 0 318.1 268 25 46 143 2.49
Rod Carew Minnesota Twins 70 0.208 (336) 0 599 86 218 3 55 38 74 49 0.364 0.433 0.446 Did not pitch
Elliott Maddox New York Yankees 59 0.176 (336) 0 466 75 141 3 45 6 69 48 0.303 0.395 0.386 Did not pitch
Bobby Grich Baltimore Orioles 49 0.146 (336) 0 582 92 153 19 82 17 90 117 0.263 0.376 0.431 Did not pitch
Mike Cuellar Baltimore Orioles 42 0.125 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 22 - 10 0 269.1 253 17 86 106 3.11
Luis Tiant Boston Red Sox 41 0.122 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 22 - 13 0 311.1 281 21 82 176 2.92
Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles 30 0.089 (336) 0 553 46 159 7 59 2 56 47 0.288 0.353 0.374 Did not pitch
Paul Blair Baltimore Orioles 27 0.080 (336) 0 552 77 144 17 62 27 43 59 0.261 0.313 0.417 Did not pitch
Nolan Ryan California Angels 24 0.071 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 22 - 16 0 332.2 221 18 202 367 2.89
Bert Campaneris Oakland Athletics 23 0.068 (336) 0 527 77 153 2 41 34 47 81 0.290 0.347 0.366 Did not pitch
Rollie Fingers Oakland Athletics 21 0.063 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 9 - 5 18 119.0 104 5 29 95 2.65
Gaylord Perry Cleveland Indians 18 0.054 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 21 - 13 0 322.1 230 25 99 216 2.51
Carl Yastrzemski Boston Red Sox 14 0.042 (336) 0 515 93 155 15 79 12 104 48 0.301 0.414 0.445 Did not pitch
Ken Henderson Chicago White Sox 12 0.036 (336) 0 602 76 176 20 95 12 66 112 0.292 0.360 0.467 Did not pitch
John Hiller Detroit Tigers 11 0.033 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 17 - 14 13 150.0 127 10 62 134 2.64
Len Randle Texas Rangers 10 0.030 (336) 0 520 65 157 1 49 26 29 43 0.302 0.338 0.356 Did not pitch
Bobby Murcer New York Yankees 10 0.030 (336) 0 606 69 166 10 88 14 57 59 0.274 0.332 0.378 Did not pitch
Lou Piniella New York Yankees 8 0.024 (336) 0 518 71 158 9 70 1 32 58 0.305 0.341 0.407 Did not pitch
Dick Allen Chicago White Sox 8 0.024 (336) 0 462 84 139 32 88 7 57 89 0.301 0.375 0.563 Did not pitch
Sparky Lyle New York Yankees 7 0.021 (336) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 9 - 3 15 114.0 93 6 43 89 1.66
Mark Belanger Baltimore Orioles 6 0.018 (336) 0 493 54 111 5 36 17 51 69 0.225 0.298 0.300 Did not pitch
Thurman Munson New York Yankees 6 0.018 (336) 0 517 64 135 13 60 2 44 66 0.261 0.316 0.381 Did not pitch
Tommy Davis Baltimore Orioles 6 0.018 (336) 0 626 67 181 11 84 6 34 49 0.289 0.325 0.377 Did not pitch
Don Money Milwaukee Brewers 5 0.015 (336) 0 629 85 178 15 65 19 62 80 0.283 0.346 0.415 Did not pitch
Tom Murphy Milwaukee Brewers 3 0.009 (336) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 10 - 10 20 123.0 97 6 51 47 1.90
Steve Busby Kansas City Royals 3 0.009 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 22 - 14 0 292.1 284 14 92 198 3.39
Hal McRae Kansas City Royals 3 0.009 (336) 0 539 71 167 15 88 11 54 68 0.310 0.375 0.475 Did not pitch
George Scott Milwaukee Brewers 2 0.006 (336) 0 604 74 170 17 82 9 59 90 0.281 0.345 0.432 Did not pitch
Pat Dobson New York Yankees 1 0.003 (336) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 19 - 15 0 281.0 282 23 75 157 3.07
Preceded by
1973
Most Valuable Player Award
National

1974
Succeeded by
1975