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

† 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