1991 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1991 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles.

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
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	318	0.811 (392)	15		650	99	210	34	114	6	53	46	0.323	0.374	0.566		Did not pitch
Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	286	0.730 (392)	9		624	102	163	44	133	0	78	151	0.261	0.347	0.513		Did not pitch
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	181	0.462 (392)	1		559	104	178	32	109	1	138	112	0.318	0.453	0.553		Did not pitch
Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics	145	0.370 (392)	0		572	115	152	44	122	26	78	152	0.266	0.359	0.556		Did not pitch
Joe Carter	Toronto Blue Jays †	136	0.347 (392)	1		638	89	174	33	108	20	49	112	0.273	0.330	0.503		Did not pitch
Roberto Alomar	Toronto Blue Jays †	128	0.327 (392)	2		637	88	188	9	69	53	57	86	0.295	0.354	0.436		Did not pitch
Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins †	78	0.199 (392)	0		611	92	195	15	89	11	31	78	0.319	0.352	0.460		Did not pitch
Ruben Sierra	Texas Rangers	63	0.161 (392)	0		661	110	203	25	116	16	56	91	0.307	0.357	0.502		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	62	0.158 (392)	0		548	76	179	22	100	18	71	82	0.327	0.399	0.527		Did not pitch
Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	57	0.145 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 10	0	271.1	219	15	65	241	2.62
Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	51	0.130 (392)	0		665	133	216	17	75	19	77	62	0.325	0.399	0.489		Did not pitch
Danny Tartabull	Kansas City Royals	32	0.082 (392)	0		484	78	153	31	100	6	65	121	0.316	0.397	0.593		Did not pitch
Jack Morris	Minnesota Twins †	29	0.074 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 12	0	246.2	226	18	92	163	3.43
Chili Davis	Minnesota Twins †	21	0.054 (392)	0		534	84	148	29	93	5	95	117	0.277	0.385	0.507		Did not pitch
Julio Franco	Texas Rangers	17	0.043 (392)	0		589	108	201	15	78	36	65	78	0.341	0.408	0.474		Did not pitch
Devon White	Toronto Blue Jays †	15	0.038 (392)	0		642	110	181	17	60	33	55	135	0.282	0.342	0.455		Did not pitch
Scott Erickson	Minnesota Twins †	12	0.031 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		20 - 8	0	204.0	189	13	71	108	3.18
Rick Aguilera	Minnesota Twins †	11	0.028 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 5	42	69.0	44	3	30	61	2.35
Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	6	0.015 (392)	0		631	115	203	26	88	4	68	72	0.322	0.389	0.532		Did not pitch
Robin Ventura	Chicago White Sox	3	0.008 (392)	0		606	92	172	23	100	2	80	67	0.284	0.367	0.442		Did not pitch
Dave Henderson	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (392)	0		572	86	158	25	85	6	58	113	0.276	0.346	0.465		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1990

Most Valuable Player Award National 1991

Succeeded by 1992