1975 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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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
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