1983 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1983 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles.

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
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles †	322	0.821 (392)	15		663	121	211	27	102	0	58	97	0.318	0.371	0.517		Did not pitch
Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles †	290	0.740 (392)	10		582	115	178	33	111	5	86	90	0.306	0.393	0.538		Did not pitch
Carlton Fisk	Chicago White Sox †	209	0.533 (392)	3		488	85	141	26	86	9	46	88	0.289	0.355	0.518		Did not pitch
Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	150	0.383 (392)	0		626	90	191	39	126	0	52	102	0.305	0.361	0.550		Did not pitch
Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers	123	0.314 (392)	0		661	106	203	30	126	2	37	63	0.307	0.341	0.508		Did not pitch
Dan Quisenberry	Kansas City Royals	107.5	0.274 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		5 - 3	45	139.0	118	6	11	48	1.94
Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	85	0.217 (392)	0		598	99	169	32	116	15	58	77	0.283	0.345	0.513		Did not pitch
Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	84	0.214 (392)	0		643	94	206	12	72	17	67	70	0.320	0.380	0.457		Did not pitch
Lance Parrish	Detroit Tigers	66	0.168 (392)	0		605	80	163	27	114	1	44	106	0.269	0.314	0.483		Did not pitch
Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox †	49	0.125 (392)	0		596	76	167	20	99	7	49	85	0.280	0.333	0.443		Did not pitch
Willie Upshaw	Toronto Blue Jays	41.5	0.106 (392)	0		579	99	177	27	104	10	61	98	0.306	0.373	0.515		Did not pitch
Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	25	0.064 (392)	0		582	100	210	5	74	3	92	36	0.361	0.444	0.486		Did not pitch
La Marr Hoyt	Chicago White Sox †	24.5	0.063 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		24 - 10	0	260.2	236	27	31	148	3.66
Lloyd Moseby	Toronto Blue Jays	21	0.054 (392)	0		539	104	170	18	81	27	51	85	0.315	0.376	0.499		Did not pitch
Bob Stanley	Boston Red Sox	11.5	0.029 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		8 - 10	33	145.1	145	7	38	65	2.85
Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers	11	0.028 (392)	0		505	83	161	14	66	30	57	64	0.319	0.385	0.471		Did not pitch
Greg Luzinski	Chicago White Sox †	9	0.023 (392)	0		502	73	128	32	95	2	70	117	0.255	0.352	0.502		Did not pitch
Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	6	0.015 (392)	0		578	102	178	17	80	12	72	58	0.308	0.383	0.503		Did not pitch
Ted Simmons	Milwaukee Brewers	4	0.010 (392)	0		600	76	185	13	108	4	41	51	0.308	0.351	0.448		Did not pitch
Richard Dotson	Chicago White Sox †	3.5	0.009 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		22 - 7	0	240.0	209	19	106	137	3.23
Jack Morris	Detroit Tigers	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		20 - 13	0	293.2	257	30	83	232	3.34
Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		21 - 9	0	250.1	232	26	60	156	3.42
Rudy Law	Chicago White Sox †	2	0.005 (392)	0		501	95	142	3	34	77	42	36	0.283	0.340	0.369		Did not pitch
Julio Cruz	Chicago White Sox †	1	0.003 (392)	0		334	47	84	1	40	24	29	44	0.251	0.311	0.311		Did not pitch
Julio Cruz	Seattle Mariners	1	0.003 (392)	0		181	24	46	2	12	33	20	22	0.254	0.332	0.354		Did not pitch
George Wright	Texas Rangers	1	0.003 (392)	0		634	79	175	18	80	8	41	82	0.276	0.321	0.424		Did not pitch
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (392)	0		513	105	150	9	48	108	103	80	0.292	0.414	0.421		Did not pitch
Tippy Martinez	Baltimore Orioles †	0.5	0.001 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		9 - 3	21	103.1	76	10	37	81	2.35

Preceded by 1982

Most Valuable Player Award National 1983

Succeeded by 1984