1976 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1976 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Thurman Munson of the New York Yankees.

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
Thurman Munson	New York Yankees †	304	0.905 (336)	18		616	79	186	17	105	14	29	38	0.302	0.337	0.432		Did not pitch
George Brett	Kansas City Royals †	217	0.646 (336)	2		645	94	215	7	67	21	49	36	0.333	0.377	0.462		Did not pitch
Mickey Rivers	New York Yankees †	179.5	0.534 (336)	1		590	95	184	8	67	43	13	51	0.312	0.327	0.432		Did not pitch
Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals †	99	0.295 (336)	0		527	75	175	8	73	22	64	43	0.332	0.407	0.461		Did not pitch
Chris Chambliss	New York Yankees †	71.5	0.213 (336)	0		641	79	188	17	96	1	27	80	0.293	0.323	0.441		Did not pitch
Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	71	0.211 (336)	1		605	97	200	9	90	49	67	52	0.331	0.395	0.463		Did not pitch
Amos Otis	Kansas City Royals †	58	0.173 (336)	1		592	93	165	18	86	26	55	100	0.279	0.341	0.444		Did not pitch
Bill Campbell	Minnesota Twins	56	0.167 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		17 - 5	20	167.2	145	9	62	115	3.01
Lee May	Baltimore Orioles	51	0.152 (336)	0		530	61	137	25	109	4	41	104	0.258	0.312	0.447		Did not pitch
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	47	0.140 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		22 - 13	0	315.0	255	20	84	159	2.51
Mark Fidrych	Detroit Tigers	41	0.122 (336)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		19 - 9	0	250.1	217	12	53	97	2.34
Joe Rudi	Oakland Athletics	35	0.104 (336)	0		500	54	135	13	94	6	41	71	0.270	0.323	0.424		Did not pitch
Sal Bando	Oakland Athletics	31	0.092 (336)	0		550	75	132	27	84	20	76	74	0.240	0.335	0.427		Did not pitch
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	26	0.077 (336)	0		546	71	146	21	102	5	80	67	0.267	0.357	0.432		Did not pitch
Frank Tanana	California Angels	19	0.057 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		19 - 10	0	288.1	212	24	73	261	2.43
Graig Nettles	New York Yankees †	17	0.051 (336)	0		583	88	148	32	93	11	62	94	0.254	0.327	0.475		Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson	Baltimore Orioles	17	0.051 (336)	0		498	84	138	27	91	28	54	108	0.277	0.351	0.502		Did not pitch
Gene Tenace	Oakland Athletics	13	0.039 (336)	0		417	64	104	22	66	5	81	91	0.249	0.373	0.458		Did not pitch
Rollie Fingers	Oakland Athletics	12	0.036 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		13 - 11	20	134.2	118	3	40	113	2.47
Vida Blue	Oakland Athletics	10	0.030 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 13	0	298.1	268	9	63	166	2.35
Ed Figueroa	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		19 - 10	0	256.2	237	13	94	119	3.02
Sparky Lyle	New York Yankees †	8	0.024 (336)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		7 - 8	23	103.2	82	5	42	61	2.26
Ron LeFlore	Detroit Tigers	6	0.018 (336)	0		544	93	172	4	39	58	51	111	0.316	0.376	0.410		Did not pitch
Mark Littell	Kansas City Royals †	5	0.015 (336)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		8 - 4	16	104.0	68	1	60	92	2.08
Rico Carty	Cleveland Indians	5	0.015 (336)	0		552	67	171	13	83	1	67	45	0.310	0.379	0.442		Did not pitch
Luis Tiant	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		21 - 12	0	279.0	274	25	64	131	3.06
Roy White	New York Yankees †	3	0.009 (336)	0		626	104	179	14	65	31	83	52	0.286	0.365	0.409		Did not pitch
John Mayberry	Kansas City Royals †	1	0.003 (336)	0		594	76	138	13	95	3	82	73	0.232	0.322	0.342		Did not pitch
Butch Wynegar	Minnesota Twins	1	0.003 (336)	0		534	58	139	10	69	0	79	63	0.260	0.356	0.363		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1975

Most Valuable Player Award National 1976

Succeeded by 1977