1996 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1996 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Juan González of the Texas Rangers.

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
Juan Gonzalez	Texas Rangers †	290	0.740 (392)	11		541	89	170	47	144	2	45	82	0.314	0.368	0.643		Did not pitch
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	287	0.732 (392)	10		601	141	215	36	123	15	59	104	0.358	0.414	0.631		Did not pitch
Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians †	228	0.582 (392)	2		602	124	187	48	148	11	99	87	0.311	0.410	0.623		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	188	0.480 (392)	4		545	125	165	49	140	16	78	104	0.303	0.392	0.628		Did not pitch
Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	134	0.342 (392)	0		635	118	207	44	143	2	95	154	0.326	0.420	0.583		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles †	104	0.265 (392)	0		626	110	181	39	142	8	95	96	0.289	0.381	0.546		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	100	0.255 (392)	0		423	104	132	52	113	0	116	112	0.312	0.467	0.730		Did not pitch
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	88	0.224 (392)	0		527	110	184	40	134	1	109	70	0.349	0.459	0.626		Did not pitch
Brady Anderson	Baltimore Orioles †	53	0.135 (392)	0		579	117	172	50	110	21	76	106	0.297	0.396	0.637		Did not pitch
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers †	52	0.133 (392)	1		639	116	192	19	86	5	38	55	0.300	0.342	0.473		Did not pitch
Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians †	34	0.087 (392)	0		662	132	210	14	67	75	61	82	0.317	0.372	0.446		Did not pitch
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees †	27	0.069 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		8 - 3	5	107.2	73	1	34	130	2.09
Paul Molitor	Minnesota Twins	19	0.048 (392)	0		660	99	225	9	113	18	56	72	0.341	0.390	0.468		Did not pitch
Andy Pettitte	New York Yankees †	11	0.028 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		21 - 8	0	221.0	229	23	72	162	3.87
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians †	9	0.023 (392)	0		505	122	157	38	116	2	123	141	0.311	0.450	0.612		Did not pitch
Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	8	0.020 (392)	0		578	140	197	13	72	45	98	74	0.341	0.448	0.517		Did not pitch
Jay Buhner	Seattle Mariners	6	0.015 (392)	0		564	107	153	44	138	0	84	159	0.271	0.369	0.557		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	6	0.015 (392)	0		551	108	168	29	102	17	82	72	0.305	0.391	0.535		Did not pitch
John Wetteland	New York Yankees †	4	0.010 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		2 - 3	43	63.2	54	9	21	69	2.83
Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles †	3	0.008 (392)	0		588	132	193	22	94	17	90	65	0.328	0.411	0.527		Did not pitch
Terry Steinbach	Oakland Athletics	1	0.003 (392)	0		514	79	140	35	100	0	49	115	0.272	0.342	0.529		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1995

Most Valuable Player Award National 1996

Succeeded by 1997