1989 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1989 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers.

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
Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	256	0.653 (392)	8		614	101	195	21	103	19	63	71	0.318	0.384	0.511		Did not pitch
Ruben Sierra	Texas Rangers	228	0.582 (392)	6		634	101	194	29	119	8	43	82	0.306	0.347	0.543		Did not pitch
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	216	0.551 (392)	6		646	80	166	21	93	3	57	72	0.257	0.317	0.401		Did not pitch
George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays †	205	0.523 (392)	4		613	88	182	18	104	4	33	60	0.297	0.330	0.458		Did not pitch
Dennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics †	116	0.296 (392)	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 0	33	57.2	32	5	3	55	1.56
Fred McGriff	Toronto Blue Jays †	96	0.245 (392)	0		551	98	148	36	92	7	119	132	0.269	0.399	0.525		Did not pitch
Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	84	0.214 (392)	0		635	75	215	9	85	11	41	59	0.339	0.379	0.465		Did not pitch
Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals	82	0.209 (392)	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		23 - 6	0	262.1	209	13	43	193	2.16
Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees	67	0.171 (392)	0		235	41	58	3	22	25	56	29	0.247	0.392	0.349		Did not pitch
Rickey Henderson	Oakland Athletics †	67	0.171 (392)	0		306	72	90	9	35	52	70	39	0.294	0.425	0.438		Did not pitch
Bo Jackson	Kansas City Royals	46	0.117 (392)	0		515	86	132	32	105	26	39	172	0.256	0.310	0.495		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Oakland Athletics †	44	0.112 (392)	0		553	56	146	22	97	0	38	91	0.264	0.308	0.432		Did not pitch
Gregg Olson	Baltimore Orioles	35	0.089 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		5 - 2	27	85.0	57	1	46	90	1.69
Bert Blyleven	California Angels	32	0.082 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		17 - 5	0	241.0	225	14	44	131	2.73
Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics †	30	0.077 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		21 - 9	0	257.2	260	23	69	155	3.32
Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	25	0.064 (392)	0		631	79	191	23	113	3	51	30	0.303	0.351	0.477		Did not pitch
Joe Carter	Cleveland Indians	23	0.059 (392)	0		651	84	158	35	105	13	39	112	0.243	0.292	0.465		Did not pitch
Carney Lansford	Oakland Athletics †	20	0.051 (392)	1		551	81	185	2	52	37	51	25	0.336	0.398	0.405		Did not pitch
Nick Esasky	Boston Red Sox	19	0.048 (392)	0		564	79	156	30	108	1	66	117	0.277	0.355	0.500		Did not pitch
Tony Fernandez	Toronto Blue Jays †	9	0.023 (392)	0		573	64	147	11	64	22	29	51	0.257	0.291	0.389		Did not pitch
Mike Moore	Oakland Athletics †	6	0.015 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		19 - 11	0	241.2	193	14	83	172	2.61
Steve Sax	New York Yankees	3	0.008 (392)	0		651	88	205	5	63	43	52	44	0.315	0.364	0.387		Did not pitch
Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	3	0.008 (392)	0		621	113	205	3	54	2	107	51	0.330	0.430	0.449		Did not pitch
Nolan Ryan	Texas Rangers	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		16 - 10	0	239.1	162	17	98	301	3.20
Alvin Davis	Seattle Mariners	2	0.005 (392)	0		498	84	152	21	95	0	101	49	0.305	0.424	0.496		Did not pitch
Mookie Wilson	New York Mets	1	0.003 (392)	0		249	22	51	3	18	7	10	47	0.205	0.237	0.289		Did not pitch
Mookie Wilson	Toronto Blue Jays †	1	0.003 (392)	0		238	32	71	2	17	12	3	37	0.298	0.311	0.370		Did not pitch
Chili Davis	California Angels	1	0.003 (392)	0		560	81	152	22	90	3	61	109	0.271	0.340	0.436		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics †	1	0.003 (392)	0		490	74	113	33	95	1	83	94	0.231	0.339	0.467		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1988

Most Valuable Player Award National 1989

Succeeded by 1990