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[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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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 |
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