1975 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1975 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Fred Lynn of the Boston Red Sox.

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
Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox †	326	0.970 (336)	22		528	103	175	21	105	10	62	90	0.331	0.401	0.566		Did not pitch
John Mayberry	Kansas City Royals	157	0.467 (336)	0		554	95	161	34	106	5	119	73	0.291	0.416	0.547		Did not pitch
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox †	154	0.458 (336)	0		564	92	174	22	102	10	36	122	0.309	0.350	0.491		Did not pitch
Rollie Fingers	Oakland Athletics †	129	0.384 (336)	2		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		10 - 6	24	126.2	95	13	33	115	2.98
Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics †	118	0.351 (336)	0		593	91	150	36	104	17	67	133	0.253	0.329	0.511		Did not pitch
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	82	0.244 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		23 - 11	1	323.0	253	20	80	193	2.09
Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	69	0.205 (336)	0		597	83	190	12	102	3	45	52	0.318	0.366	0.429		Did not pitch
George Scott	Milwaukee Brewers	64.5	0.192 (336)	0		617	86	176	36	109	6	51	97	0.285	0.341	0.515		Did not pitch
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	54.5	0.162 (336)	0		535	89	192	14	80	35	64	40	0.359	0.421	0.497		Did not pitch
Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles	44	0.131 (336)	0		586	88	176	15	55	3	118	82	0.300	0.415	0.454		Did not pitch
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	37.5	0.112 (336)	0		634	84	195	11	89	13	46	49	0.308	0.353	0.456		Did not pitch
Catfish Hunter	New York Yankees	31	0.092 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		23 - 14	0	328.0	248	25	83	177	2.58
Rick Burleson	Boston Red Sox †	28	0.083 (336)	0		580	66	146	6	62	8	45	44	0.252	0.305	0.329		Did not pitch
Claudell Washington	Oakland Athletics †	22	0.065 (336)	0		590	86	182	10	77	40	32	80	0.308	0.345	0.424		Did not pitch
Toby Harrah	Texas Rangers	16	0.048 (336)	0		522	81	153	20	93	23	98	71	0.293	0.403	0.458		Did not pitch
Mike Torrez	Baltimore Orioles	12	0.036 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		20 - 9	0	270.2	238	15	133	119	3.06
Rich Gossage	Chicago White Sox	11	0.033 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		9 - 8	26	141.2	99	3	70	130	1.84
Paul Lindblad	Oakland Athletics †	7	0.021 (336)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		9 - 1	7	122.1	105	6	43	58	2.72
Gene Tenace	Oakland Athletics †	7	0.021 (336)	0		498	83	127	29	87	7	106	127	0.255	0.395	0.464		Did not pitch
Boog Powell	Cleveland Indians	6.5	0.019 (336)	0		435	64	129	27	86	1	59	72	0.297	0.377	0.524		Did not pitch
Bert Campaneris	Oakland Athletics †	6	0.018 (336)	0		509	69	135	4	46	24	50	71	0.265	0.337	0.330		Did not pitch
Don Baylor	Baltimore Orioles	6	0.018 (336)	0		524	79	148	25	76	32	53	64	0.282	0.360	0.489		Did not pitch
Jim Todd	Oakland Athletics †	5	0.015 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		8 - 3	12	122.0	104	4	33	50	2.29
Bill Lee	Boston Red Sox †	5	0.015 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		17 - 9	0	260.0	274	20	69	78	3.95
Denny Doyle	California Angels	5	0.015 (336)	0		15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.067	0.125	0.067		Did not pitch
Denny Doyle	Boston Red Sox †	5	0.015 (336)	0		310	50	96	4	36	5	14	11	0.310	0.339	0.429		Did not pitch
Rick Wise	Boston Red Sox †	4	0.012 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		19 - 12	0	255.1	262	34	72	141	3.95
Joe Rudi	Oakland Athletics †	3	0.009 (336)	0		468	66	130	21	75	2	40	56	0.278	0.338	0.494		Did not pitch
Jim Kaat	Chicago White Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		20 - 14	0	303.2	321	20	77	142	3.11
Lee May	Baltimore Orioles	2	0.006 (336)	0		580	67	152	20	99	1	36	91	0.262	0.308	0.424		Did not pitch
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox †	1	0.003 (336)	0		543	91	146	14	60	8	87	67	0.269	0.371	0.405		Did not pitch
Bobby Bonds	New York Yankees	1	0.003 (336)	0		529	93	143	32	85	30	89	137	0.270	0.375	0.512		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1974

Most Valuable Player Award National 1975

Succeeded by 1976