1978 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1978 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jim Rice 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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Jim Rice | Boston Red Sox | 352 | 0.898 (392) | 20 | 677 | 121 | 213 | 46 | 139 | 7 | 58 | 126 | 0.315 | 0.370 | 0.600 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Guidry | New York Yankees † | 291 | 0.742 (392) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 25 - 3 | 0 | 273.2 | 187 | 13 | 72 | 248 | 1.74 | ||
Larry Hisle | Milwaukee Brewers | 201 | 0.513 (392) | 0 | 520 | 96 | 151 | 34 | 115 | 10 | 67 | 90 | 0.290 | 0.374 | 0.533 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Amos Otis | Kansas City Royals † | 90 | 0.230 (392) | 0 | 486 | 74 | 145 | 22 | 96 | 32 | 66 | 54 | 0.298 | 0.380 | 0.525 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rusty Staub | Detroit Tigers | 88 | 0.224 (392) | 0 | 642 | 75 | 175 | 24 | 121 | 3 | 76 | 35 | 0.273 | 0.347 | 0.435 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Graig Nettles | New York Yankees † | 86 | 0.219 (392) | 0 | 587 | 81 | 162 | 27 | 93 | 1 | 59 | 69 | 0.276 | 0.343 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Baylor | California Angels | 51 | 0.130 (392) | 0 | 591 | 103 | 151 | 34 | 99 | 22 | 56 | 71 | 0.255 | 0.332 | 0.472 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Murray | Baltimore Orioles | 50 | 0.128 (392) | 0 | 610 | 85 | 174 | 27 | 95 | 6 | 70 | 97 | 0.285 | 0.356 | 0.480 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carlton Fisk | Boston Red Sox | 49 | 0.125 (392) | 0 | 571 | 94 | 162 | 20 | 88 | 7 | 71 | 83 | 0.284 | 0.366 | 0.475 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Darrell Porter | Kansas City Royals † | 48 | 0.122 (392) | 0 | 520 | 77 | 138 | 18 | 78 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 0.265 | 0.358 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rod Carew | Minnesota Twins | 46 | 0.117 (392) | 0 | 564 | 85 | 188 | 5 | 70 | 27 | 78 | 62 | 0.333 | 0.411 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mike Caldwell | Milwaukee Brewers | 41 | 0.105 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 22 - 9 | 1 | 293.1 | 258 | 14 | 54 | 131 | 2.36 | ||
Rich Gossage | New York Yankees † | 39 | 0.099 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 10 - 11 | 27 | 134.1 | 87 | 9 | 59 | 122 | 2.01 | ||
Al Oliver | Texas Rangers | 26.5 | 0.068 (392) | 0 | 525 | 65 | 170 | 14 | 89 | 8 | 31 | 41 | 0.324 | 0.358 | 0.490 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Sundberg | Texas Rangers | 24 | 0.061 (392) | 0 | 518 | 54 | 144 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 64 | 70 | 0.278 | 0.358 | 0.380 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron LeFlore | Detroit Tigers | 21 | 0.054 (392) | 0 | 666 | 126 | 198 | 12 | 62 | 68 | 65 | 104 | 0.297 | 0.361 | 0.405 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Reggie Jackson | New York Yankees † | 18 | 0.046 (392) | 0 | 511 | 82 | 140 | 27 | 97 | 14 | 58 | 133 | 0.274 | 0.356 | 0.477 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Yastrzemski | Boston Red Sox | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 523 | 70 | 145 | 17 | 81 | 4 | 76 | 44 | 0.277 | 0.367 | 0.423 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
George Brett | Kansas City Royals † | 14 | 0.036 (392) | 0 | 510 | 79 | 150 | 9 | 62 | 23 | 39 | 35 | 0.294 | 0.342 | 0.467 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Andre Thornton | Cleveland Indians | 12.5 | 0.032 (392) | 0 | 508 | 97 | 133 | 33 | 105 | 4 | 93 | 72 | 0.262 | 0.377 | 0.516 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Piniella | New York Yankees † | 11 | 0.028 (392) | 0 | 472 | 67 | 148 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 34 | 36 | 0.314 | 0.361 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Thurman Munson | New York Yankees † | 9 | 0.023 (392) | 0 | 617 | 73 | 183 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 35 | 70 | 0.297 | 0.332 | 0.373 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Larry Gura | Kansas City Royals † | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 16 - 4 | 0 | 221.2 | 183 | 13 | 60 | 81 | 2.72 | ||
Lyman Bostock | California Angels | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 568 | 74 | 168 | 5 | 71 | 15 | 59 | 36 | 0.296 | 0.362 | 0.379 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Stanley | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 15 - 2 | 10 | 141.2 | 142 | 5 | 34 | 38 | 2.60 | ||
Dave LaRoche | California Angels | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 10 - 9 | 25 | 95.2 | 73 | 7 | 48 | 70 | 2.82 | ||
Mickey Rivers | New York Yankees † | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 559 | 78 | 148 | 11 | 48 | 25 | 29 | 51 | 0.265 | 0.302 | 0.397 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Fred Lynn | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 541 | 75 | 161 | 22 | 82 | 3 | 75 | 50 | 0.298 | 0.380 | 0.492 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Randolph | New York Yankees † | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 499 | 87 | 139 | 3 | 42 | 36 | 82 | 51 | 0.279 | 0.381 | 0.357 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Money | Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 518 | 88 | 152 | 14 | 54 | 3 | 48 | 70 | 0.293 | 0.361 | 0.440 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dennis Eckersley | Boston Red Sox | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 20 - 8 | 0 | 268.1 | 258 | 30 | 71 | 162 | 2.99 | ||
Hal McRae | Kansas City Royals † | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 623 | 90 | 170 | 16 | 72 | 17 | 51 | 62 | 0.273 | 0.329 | 0.429 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Leon Roberts | Seattle Mariners | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 472 | 78 | 142 | 22 | 92 | 6 | 41 | 52 | 0.301 | 0.364 | 0.515 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rich Gale | Kansas City Royals † | 2 | 0.005 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 14 - 8 | 0 | 192.1 | 171 | 10 | 100 | 88 | 3.09 | ||
Ken Singleton | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 0.005 (392) | 0 | 502 | 67 | 147 | 20 | 81 | 0 | 98 | 94 | 0.293 | 0.409 | 0.462 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Tanana | California Angels | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 18 - 12 | 0 | 239.0 | 239 | 26 | 60 | 137 | 3.65 | ||
Rick Burleson | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 626 | 75 | 155 | 5 | 49 | 8 | 40 | 71 | 0.248 | 0.295 | 0.339 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1977 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1978 |
Succeeded by 1979 |
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