1993 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The unanimous winner of the 1993 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox.
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 | ||
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Frank Thomas | Chicago White Sox †^ | 392 | 1.000 (392) | 28 | 549 | 106 | 174 | 41 | 128 | 4 | 112 | 54 | 0.317 | 0.426 | 0.607 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Paul Molitor | Toronto Blue Jays † | 209 | 0.533 (392) | 0 | 636 | 121 | 211 | 22 | 111 | 22 | 77 | 71 | 0.332 | 0.402 | 0.509 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
John Olerud | Toronto Blue Jays † | 198 | 0.505 (392) | 0 | 551 | 109 | 200 | 24 | 107 | 0 | 114 | 65 | 0.363 | 0.473 | 0.599 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Juan Gonzalez | Texas Rangers | 185 | 0.472 (392) | 0 | 536 | 105 | 166 | 46 | 118 | 4 | 37 | 99 | 0.310 | 0.368 | 0.632 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ken Griffey | Seattle Mariners | 182 | 0.464 (392) | 0 | 582 | 113 | 180 | 45 | 109 | 17 | 96 | 91 | 0.309 | 0.408 | 0.617 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roberto Alomar | Toronto Blue Jays † | 102 | 0.260 (392) | 0 | 589 | 109 | 192 | 17 | 93 | 55 | 80 | 67 | 0.326 | 0.408 | 0.492 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Albert Belle | Cleveland Indians | 81 | 0.207 (392) | 0 | 594 | 93 | 172 | 38 | 129 | 23 | 76 | 96 | 0.290 | 0.370 | 0.552 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rafael Palmeiro | Texas Rangers | 52 | 0.133 (392) | 0 | 597 | 124 | 176 | 37 | 105 | 22 | 73 | 85 | 0.295 | 0.371 | 0.554 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack McDowell | Chicago White Sox † | 51 | 0.130 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 22 - 10 | 0 | 256.2 | 261 | 20 | 69 | 158 | 3.37 | ||
Carlos Baerga | Cleveland Indians | 50 | 0.128 (392) | 0 | 624 | 105 | 200 | 21 | 114 | 15 | 34 | 68 | 0.321 | 0.355 | 0.486 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jimmy Key | New York Yankees | 29 | 0.074 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 18 - 6 | 0 | 236.2 | 219 | 26 | 43 | 173 | 3.00 | ||
Joe Carter | Toronto Blue Jays † | 25 | 0.064 (392) | 0 | 603 | 92 | 153 | 33 | 121 | 8 | 47 | 113 | 0.254 | 0.312 | 0.489 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jeff Montgomery | Kansas City Royals | 15 | 0.038 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 7 - 5 | 45 | 87.1 | 65 | 3 | 23 | 66 | 2.27 | ||
Mike Stanley | New York Yankees | 15 | 0.038 (392) | 0 | 423 | 70 | 129 | 26 | 84 | 1 | 57 | 85 | 0.305 | 0.389 | 0.534 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kenny Lofton | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 0.028 (392) | 0 | 569 | 116 | 185 | 1 | 42 | 70 | 81 | 83 | 0.325 | 0.408 | 0.408 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Phillips | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 0.026 (392) | 0 | 566 | 113 | 177 | 7 | 57 | 16 | 132 | 102 | 0.313 | 0.443 | 0.398 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Chris Hoiles | Baltimore Orioles | 10 | 0.026 (392) | 0 | 419 | 80 | 130 | 29 | 82 | 1 | 69 | 94 | 0.310 | 0.416 | 0.585 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mo Vaughn | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 0.020 (392) | 0 | 539 | 86 | 160 | 29 | 101 | 4 | 79 | 130 | 0.297 | 0.390 | 0.525 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cal Ripken | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 641 | 87 | 165 | 24 | 90 | 1 | 65 | 58 | 0.257 | 0.329 | 0.420 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Mattingly | New York Yankees | 7 | 0.018 (392) | 0 | 530 | 78 | 154 | 17 | 86 | 0 | 61 | 42 | 0.291 | 0.364 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alex Fernandez | Chicago White Sox † | 4 | 0.010 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 18 - 9 | 0 | 247.1 | 221 | 27 | 67 | 169 | 3.13 | ||
Duane Ward | Toronto Blue Jays † | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 2 - 3 | 45 | 71.2 | 49 | 4 | 25 | 97 | 2.13 | ||
Greg Gagne | Kansas City Royals | 3 | 0.008 (392) | 0 | 540 | 66 | 151 | 10 | 57 | 10 | 33 | 93 | 0.280 | 0.319 | 0.406 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kevin Appier | Kansas City Royals | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 18 - 8 | 0 | 238.2 | 183 | 8 | 81 | 186 | 2.56 | ||
Randy Johnson | Seattle Mariners | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 19 - 8 | 1 | 255.1 | 185 | 22 | 99 | 308 | 3.24 | ||
Cecil Fielder | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0.003 (392) | 0 | 573 | 80 | 153 | 30 | 117 | 0 | 90 | 125 | 0.267 | 0.368 | 0.464 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1992 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1993 |
Succeeded by 1994 |
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