1982 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1982 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers.

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
Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers †	385	0.982 (392)	27		635	129	210	29	114	14	54	63	0.331	0.379	0.578		Did not pitch
Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	228	0.582 (392)	0		550	87	174	32	110	7	70	82	0.316	0.391	0.549		Did not pitch
Doug DeCinces	California Angels †	178	0.454 (392)	0		575	94	173	30	97	7	66	80	0.301	0.369	0.548		Did not pitch
Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals	175	0.446 (392)	0		613	91	189	27	133	4	55	61	0.308	0.369	0.542		Did not pitch
Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers †	152	0.388 (392)	0		654	104	205	32	121	2	32	53	0.313	0.342	0.528		Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson	California Angels †	107	0.273 (392)	1		530	92	146	39	101	4	85	156	0.275	0.375	0.532		Did not pitch
Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox	57	0.145 (392)	0		609	122	178	32	98	3	112	125	0.292	0.402	0.534		Did not pitch
Gorman Thomas	Milwaukee Brewers †	44.5	0.114 (392)	0		567	96	139	39	112	3	84	143	0.245	0.343	0.506		Did not pitch
Dan Quisenberry	Kansas City Royals	39	0.099 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		9 - 7	35	136.2	126	12	12	46	2.57
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics	38	0.097 (392)	0		536	119	143	10	51	130	116	94	0.267	0.398	0.382		Did not pitch
Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	33	0.084 (392)	0		539	84	151	37	106	5	45	64	0.280	0.331	0.560		Did not pitch
Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers †	29.5	0.075 (392)	0		666	136	201	19	71	41	69	93	0.302	0.366	0.450		Did not pitch
Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	26	0.066 (392)	0		486	75	138	32	87	3	40	99	0.284	0.338	0.529		Did not pitch
Brian Downing	California Angels †	22	0.056 (392)	0		623	109	175	28	84	2	86	58	0.281	0.368	0.482		Did not pitch
Willie Wilson	Kansas City Royals	16	0.041 (392)	0		585	87	194	3	46	37	26	81	0.332	0.365	0.431		Did not pitch
Rollie Fingers	Milwaukee Brewers †	12	0.031 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		5 - 6	29	79.2	63	5	20	71	2.60
Bob Boone	California Angels †	12	0.031 (392)	0		472	42	121	7	58	0	39	34	0.256	0.310	0.337		Did not pitch
Pete Vuckovich	Milwaukee Brewers †	11	0.028 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 6	0	223.2	234	14	102	105	3.34
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	10	0.026 (392)	0		573	86	177	24	97	0	55	98	0.309	0.375	0.494		Did not pitch
Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	9	0.023 (392)	0		608	89	165	25	105	10	49	95	0.271	0.321	0.469		Did not pitch
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	9	0.023 (392)	0		552	101	166	21	82	6	71	51	0.301	0.378	0.505		Did not pitch
Toby Harrah	Cleveland Indians	9	0.023 (392)	0		602	100	183	25	78	17	84	52	0.304	0.398	0.490		Did not pitch
Don Baylor	California Angels †	8	0.020 (392)	0		608	80	160	24	93	10	57	69	0.263	0.329	0.424		Did not pitch
Andre Thornton	Cleveland Indians	8	0.020 (392)	0		589	90	161	32	116	6	109	81	0.273	0.386	0.484		Did not pitch
Bob Stanley	Boston Red Sox	6	0.015 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		12 - 7	14	168.1	161	11	50	83	3.10
Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles	5	0.013 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		15 - 5	1	227.0	195	22	63	103	3.13
Damaso Garcia	Toronto Blue Jays	5	0.013 (392)	0		597	89	185	5	42	54	21	44	0.310	0.338	0.399		Did not pitch
Rod Carew	California Angels †	5	0.013 (392)	0		523	88	167	3	44	10	67	49	0.319	0.396	0.403		Did not pitch
Bill Caudill	Seattle Mariners	4	0.010 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		12 - 9	26	95.2	65	9	35	111	2.35
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	3	0.008 (392)	0		598	90	158	28	93	3	46	95	0.264	0.317	0.475		Did not pitch
Buddy Bell	Texas Rangers	3	0.008 (392)	0		537	62	159	13	67	5	70	50	0.296	0.376	0.426		Did not pitch
Rick Sutcliffe	Cleveland Indians	1	0.003 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		14 - 8	1	216.0	174	16	98	142	2.96
Carney Lansford	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (392)	0		482	65	145	11	63	9	46	48	0.301	0.359	0.444		Did not pitch
Gary Ward	Minnesota Twins	1	0.003 (392)	0		570	85	165	28	91	13	37	105	0.289	0.330	0.519		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1981

Most Valuable Player Award National 1982

Succeeded by 1983