1987 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1987 American League Most Valuable Player Award was George Bell of the Toronto Blue Jays.
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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George Bell | Toronto Blue Jays | 332 | 0.847 (392) | 16 | 610 | 111 | 188 | 47 | 134 | 5 | 39 | 75 | 0.308 | 0.352 | 0.605 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alan Trammell | Detroit Tigers † | 311 | 0.793 (392) | 12 | 597 | 109 | 205 | 28 | 105 | 21 | 60 | 47 | 0.343 | 0.402 | 0.551 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kirby Puckett | Minnesota Twins † | 201 | 0.513 (392) | 0 | 624 | 96 | 207 | 28 | 99 | 12 | 32 | 91 | 0.332 | 0.367 | 0.534 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dwight Evans | Boston Red Sox | 127 | 0.324 (392) | 0 | 541 | 109 | 165 | 34 | 123 | 4 | 106 | 98 | 0.305 | 0.417 | 0.569 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Paul Molitor | Milwaukee Brewers | 125 | 0.319 (392) | 0 | 465 | 114 | 164 | 16 | 75 | 45 | 69 | 67 | 0.353 | 0.438 | 0.566 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mark McGwire | Oakland Athletics | 109 | 0.278 (392) | 0 | 557 | 97 | 161 | 49 | 118 | 1 | 71 | 131 | 0.289 | 0.370 | 0.618 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Mattingly | New York Yankees | 92 | 0.235 (392) | 0 | 569 | 93 | 186 | 30 | 115 | 1 | 51 | 38 | 0.327 | 0.378 | 0.559 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Fernandez | Toronto Blue Jays | 79 | 0.202 (392) | 0 | 578 | 90 | 186 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 51 | 48 | 0.322 | 0.379 | 0.426 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Wade Boggs | Boston Red Sox | 64 | 0.163 (392) | 0 | 551 | 108 | 200 | 24 | 89 | 1 | 105 | 48 | 0.363 | 0.461 | 0.588 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gary Gaetti | Minnesota Twins † | 47 | 0.120 (392) | 0 | 584 | 95 | 150 | 31 | 109 | 10 | 37 | 92 | 0.257 | 0.303 | 0.485 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jeff Reardon | Minnesota Twins † | 37 | 0.094 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 8 - 8 | 31 | 80.1 | 70 | 14 | 28 | 83 | 4.48 | ||
Darrell Evans | Detroit Tigers † | 21 | 0.054 (392) | 0 | 499 | 90 | 128 | 34 | 99 | 6 | 100 | 84 | 0.257 | 0.379 | 0.501 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Doyle Alexander | Detroit Tigers † | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 9 - 0 | 0 | 88.1 | 63 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 1.53 | ||
Tom Henke | Toronto Blue Jays | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 0 - 6 | 34 | 94.0 | 62 | 10 | 25 | 128 | 2.49 | ||
Doyle Alexander | Atlanta Braves | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.029 | 0.056 | 0.029 | 5 - 10 | 0 | 117.2 | 115 | 21 | 27 | 64 | 4.13 | ||
Wally Joyner | California Angels | 17 | 0.043 (392) | 0 | 564 | 100 | 161 | 34 | 117 | 8 | 72 | 64 | 0.285 | 0.366 | 0.528 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kent Hrbek | Minnesota Twins † | 11 | 0.028 (392) | 0 | 477 | 85 | 136 | 34 | 90 | 5 | 84 | 60 | 0.285 | 0.389 | 0.545 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Danny Tartabull | Kansas City Royals | 10 | 0.026 (392) | 0 | 582 | 95 | 180 | 34 | 101 | 9 | 79 | 136 | 0.309 | 0.390 | 0.541 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Robin Yount | Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 635 | 99 | 198 | 21 | 103 | 19 | 76 | 94 | 0.312 | 0.384 | 0.479 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roger Clemens | Boston Red Sox | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 20 - 9 | 0 | 281.2 | 248 | 19 | 83 | 256 | 2.97 | ||
Jack Morris | Detroit Tigers † | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 18 - 11 | 0 | 266.0 | 227 | 39 | 93 | 208 | 3.38 | ||
Ruben Sierra | Texas Rangers | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 643 | 97 | 169 | 30 | 109 | 16 | 39 | 114 | 0.263 | 0.302 | 0.470 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kevin Seitzer | Kansas City Royals | 5 | 0.013 (392) | 0 | 641 | 105 | 207 | 15 | 83 | 12 | 80 | 85 | 0.323 | 0.399 | 0.470 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jose Canseco | Oakland Athletics | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 630 | 81 | 162 | 31 | 113 | 15 | 50 | 157 | 0.257 | 0.310 | 0.470 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Matt Nokes | Detroit Tigers † | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 461 | 69 | 133 | 32 | 87 | 2 | 35 | 70 | 0.289 | 0.345 | 0.536 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1986 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1987 |
Succeeded by 1988 |
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