1987 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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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
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