1988 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1988 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jose Canseco of the Oakland Athletics.

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
Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics †^	392	1.000 (392)	28		610	120	187	42	124	40	78	128	0.307	0.391	0.569		Did not pitch
Mike Greenwell	Boston Red Sox †	242	0.617 (392)	0		590	86	192	22	119	16	87	38	0.325	0.416	0.531		Did not pitch
Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	219	0.559 (392)	0		657	109	234	24	121	6	23	83	0.356	0.375	0.545		Did not pitch
Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	164	0.418 (392)	0		559	96	180	25	107	9	69	88	0.322	0.398	0.530		Did not pitch
Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics †	156	0.398 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 2	45	72.2	52	5	11	70	2.35
Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox †	107	0.273 (392)	0		584	128	214	5	58	2	125	34	0.366	0.476	0.490		Did not pitch
Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers	62	0.158 (392)	0		466	73	145	15	69	7	46	46	0.311	0.373	0.464		Did not pitch
Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	50	0.128 (392)	0		609	115	190	13	60	41	71	54	0.312	0.384	0.452		Did not pitch
Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox †	49	0.125 (392)	0		559	96	164	21	111	5	76	99	0.293	0.375	0.487		Did not pitch
Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins	39	0.099 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		24 - 7	0	255.1	236	20	54	193	2.64
Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	34	0.087 (392)	0		621	92	190	13	91	22	63	63	0.306	0.369	0.465		Did not pitch
George Brett	Kansas City Royals	29	0.074 (392)	0		589	90	180	24	103	14	82	51	0.306	0.389	0.509		Did not pitch
Dave Henderson	Oakland Athletics †	28	0.071 (392)	0		507	100	154	24	94	2	47	92	0.304	0.363	0.525		Did not pitch
Bruce Hurst	Boston Red Sox †	15	0.038 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 6	0	216.2	222	21	65	166	3.66
Doug Jones	Cleveland Indians	11	0.028 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		3 - 4	37	83.1	69	1	16	72	2.27
Jeff Reardon	Minnesota Twins	11	0.028 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		2 - 4	42	73.0	68	6	15	56	2.47
Fred McGriff	Toronto Blue Jays	9	0.023 (392)	0		536	100	151	34	82	6	79	149	0.282	0.376	0.552		Did not pitch
Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees	8	0.020 (392)	0		554	118	169	6	50	93	82	54	0.305	0.394	0.399		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics †	6	0.015 (392)	0		550	87	143	32	99	0	76	117	0.260	0.352	0.478		Did not pitch
Joe Carter	Cleveland Indians	5	0.013 (392)	0		621	85	168	27	98	27	35	82	0.271	0.314	0.478		Did not pitch
Lee Smith	Boston Red Sox †	4	0.010 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 5	29	83.2	72	7	37	96	2.80
Dan Plesac	Milwaukee Brewers	3	0.008 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		1 - 2	30	52.1	46	2	12	52	2.41
Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics †	3	0.008 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		21 - 12	0	275.2	240	14	110	192	3.23
Gary Gaetti	Minnesota Twins	3	0.008 (392)	0		468	66	141	28	88	7	36	85	0.301	0.353	0.551		Did not pitch
Julio Franco	Cleveland Indians	2	0.005 (392)	0		613	88	186	10	54	25	56	72	0.303	0.361	0.409		Did not pitch
Tony Fernandez	Toronto Blue Jays	1	0.003 (392)	0		648	76	186	5	70	15	45	65	0.287	0.335	0.386		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1987

Most Valuable Player Award National 1988

Succeeded by 1989