1995 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1995 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Mo Vaughn of the Boston Red Sox.

It was an extremely tight vote, with Vaughn receiving 12 first-place votes and OF Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians 11. Overall, Vaughn had 308 points to 300 for Belle. It was the closest vote in the American League since 1961, when Roger Maris edged out teammate Mickey Mantle by 4 points. In retrospect, Belle's numbers were much better than Vaughn's, but his divisive personality likely held down his vote total.

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
Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox †	308	0.786 (392)	12		550	98	165	39	126	11	68	150	0.300	0.388	0.575		Did not pitch
Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians †	300	0.765 (392)	11		546	121	173	50	126	5	73	80	0.317	0.401	0.690		Did not pitch
Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners †	244	0.622 (392)	4		511	121	182	29	113	4	116	87	0.356	0.479	0.628		Did not pitch
Jose Mesa	Cleveland Indians †	130	0.332 (392)	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		3 - 0	46	64.0	49	3	17	58	1.13
Jay Buhner	Seattle Mariners †	120	0.306 (392)	0		470	86	123	40	121	0	60	120	0.262	0.343	0.566		Did not pitch
Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners †	111	0.283 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		18 - 2	0	214.1	159	12	65	294	2.48
Tim Salmon	California Angels	110	0.281 (392)	0		537	111	177	34	105	5	91	111	0.330	0.429	0.594		Did not pitch
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	86	0.219 (392)	0		493	102	152	40	111	3	136	74	0.308	0.454	0.606		Did not pitch
John Valentin	Boston Red Sox †	57	0.145 (392)	0		520	108	155	27	102	20	81	67	0.298	0.399	0.533		Did not pitch
Gary Gaetti	Kansas City Royals	45	0.115 (392)	0		514	76	134	35	96	3	47	91	0.261	0.329	0.518		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles	34	0.087 (392)	0		554	89	172	39	104	3	62	65	0.310	0.380	0.583		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians †	30	0.077 (392)	0		484	85	149	31	107	6	75	112	0.308	0.402	0.558		Did not pitch
Tim Wakefield	Boston Red Sox †	20	0.051 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		16 - 8	0	195.1	163	22	68	119	2.95
Jim Edmonds	California Angels	18	0.046 (392)	0		558	120	162	33	107	1	51	130	0.290	0.352	0.536		Did not pitch
Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees †	14	0.036 (392)	0		460	82	138	22	96	1	71	76	0.300	0.387	0.526		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	7	0.018 (392)	0		317	75	87	39	90	1	88	77	0.274	0.441	0.685		Did not pitch
Wade Boggs	New York Yankees †	5	0.013 (392)	0		460	76	149	5	63	1	74	50	0.324	0.412	0.422		Did not pitch
Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	5	0.013 (392)	0		538	107	179	11	63	46	78	95	0.333	0.424	0.487		Did not pitch
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	3	0.008 (392)	0		550	71	144	17	88	0	52	59	0.262	0.324	0.422		Did not pitch
Gary DiSarcina	California Angels	3	0.008 (392)	0		362	61	111	5	41	7	20	25	0.307	0.344	0.459		Did not pitch
Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	2	0.005 (392)	0		538	83	169	23	99	3	56	89	0.314	0.379	0.515		Did not pitch

Further Reading

• Mark Feinsand: "This was a divisive MVP choice, so we re-voted ...", mlb.com, April 2, 2020. [1]

Preceded by 1994

Most Valuable Player Award National 1995

Succeeded by 1996