1981 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1981 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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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Rollie Fingers | Milwaukee Brewers † | 319 | 0.814 (392) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 6 - 3 | 28 | 78.0 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 1.04 | ||
Rickey Henderson | Oakland Athletics † | 308 | 0.786 (392) | 12 | 423 | 89 | 135 | 6 | 35 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 0.319 | 0.408 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dwight Evans | Boston Red Sox | 140 | 0.357 (392) | 0 | 412 | 84 | 122 | 22 | 71 | 3 | 85 | 85 | 0.296 | 0.415 | 0.522 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Armas | Oakland Athletics † | 139 | 0.355 (392) | 1 | 440 | 51 | 115 | 22 | 76 | 5 | 19 | 115 | 0.261 | 0.294 | 0.480 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Murray | Baltimore Orioles | 137 | 0.349 (392) | 0 | 378 | 57 | 111 | 22 | 78 | 2 | 40 | 43 | 0.294 | 0.360 | 0.534 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carney Lansford | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 0.278 (392) | 0 | 399 | 61 | 134 | 4 | 52 | 15 | 34 | 28 | 0.336 | 0.389 | 0.439 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dave Winfield | New York Yankees † | 98 | 0.250 (392) | 0 | 388 | 52 | 114 | 13 | 68 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 0.294 | 0.360 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cecil Cooper | Milwaukee Brewers † | 96 | 0.245 (392) | 0 | 416 | 70 | 133 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 28 | 30 | 0.320 | 0.363 | 0.495 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rich Gossage | New York Yankees † | 62 | 0.158 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 3 - 2 | 20 | 46.2 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 48 | 0.77 | ||
Tom Paciorek | Seattle Mariners | 46 | 0.117 (392) | 0 | 405 | 50 | 132 | 14 | 66 | 13 | 35 | 50 | 0.326 | 0.379 | 0.509 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dwayne Murphy | Oakland Athletics † | 45 | 0.115 (392) | 0 | 390 | 58 | 98 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 73 | 91 | 0.251 | 0.369 | 0.408 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kirk Gibson | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 0.102 (392) | 0 | 290 | 41 | 95 | 9 | 40 | 17 | 18 | 64 | 0.328 | 0.369 | 0.479 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Steve McCatty | Oakland Athletics † | 22 | 0.056 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 14 - 7 | 0 | 185.2 | 140 | 12 | 61 | 91 | 2.33 | ||
Bobby Grich | California Angels | 19 | 0.048 (392) | 0 | 352 | 56 | 107 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 40 | 71 | 0.304 | 0.378 | 0.543 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack Morris | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 14 - 7 | 0 | 198.0 | 153 | 14 | 78 | 97 | 3.05 | ||
Al Oliver | Texas Rangers | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 421 | 53 | 130 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 24 | 28 | 0.309 | 0.348 | 0.411 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Robin Yount | Milwaukee Brewers † | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 377 | 50 | 103 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 22 | 37 | 0.273 | 0.312 | 0.419 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Buddy Bell | Texas Rangers | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 360 | 44 | 106 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 42 | 30 | 0.294 | 0.364 | 0.428 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Almon | Chicago White Sox | 6 | 0.015 (392) | 0 | 349 | 46 | 105 | 4 | 41 | 16 | 21 | 60 | 0.301 | 0.341 | 0.375 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jerry Mumphrey | New York Yankees † | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 319 | 44 | 98 | 6 | 32 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 0.307 | 0.354 | 0.429 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alan Trammell | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 392 | 52 | 101 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 49 | 31 | 0.258 | 0.342 | 0.327 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mike Hargrove | Cleveland Indians | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 322 | 43 | 102 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 60 | 16 | 0.317 | 0.424 | 0.401 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dennis Martinez | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 14 - 5 | 0 | 179.0 | 173 | 10 | 62 | 88 | 3.32 | ||
Steve Kemp | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 372 | 52 | 103 | 9 | 49 | 9 | 70 | 48 | 0.277 | 0.389 | 0.419 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ken Singleton | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 363 | 48 | 101 | 13 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 59 | 0.278 | 0.380 | 0.435 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Greg Luzinski | Chicago White Sox | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 378 | 55 | 100 | 21 | 62 | 0 | 58 | 80 | 0.265 | 0.365 | 0.476 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dave Stieb | Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 11 - 10 | 0 | 183.2 | 148 | 10 | 61 | 89 | 3.19 | ||
George Brett | Kansas City Royals † | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 347 | 42 | 109 | 6 | 43 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 0.314 | 0.361 | 0.484 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1980 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1981 |
Succeeded by 1982 |
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