1997 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1997 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners.

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
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners †^	392	1.000 (392)	28		608	125	185	56	147	15	76	121	0.304	0.382	0.646		Did not pitch
Tino Martinez	New York Yankees †	248	0.633 (392)	0		594	96	176	44	141	3	75	75	0.296	0.371	0.577		Did not pitch
Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	172	0.439 (392)	0		530	110	184	35	125	1	109	69	0.347	0.456	0.611		Did not pitch
Randy Myers	Baltimore Orioles †	128	0.327 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		2 - 3	45	59.2	47	2	22	56	1.51
David Justice	Cleveland Indians †	90	0.230 (392)	0		495	84	163	33	101	3	80	79	0.329	0.418	0.596		Did not pitch
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians †	89	0.227 (392)	0		496	104	142	40	102	1	120	146	0.286	0.423	0.579		Did not pitch
Tim Salmon	Anaheim Angels	84	0.214 (392)	0		582	95	172	33	129	9	95	142	0.296	0.394	0.517		Did not pitch
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	83	0.212 (392)	0		684	122	209	30	98	22	35	92	0.306	0.342	0.534		Did not pitch
Juan Gonzalez	Texas Rangers	66	0.168 (392)	0		533	87	158	42	131	0	33	107	0.296	0.335	0.589		Did not pitch
Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	56	0.143 (392)	0		2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.500	0.667	1.000		21 - 7	0	264.0	204	9	68	292	2.05
Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners †	42	0.107 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		20 - 4	0	213.0	147	20	77	291	2.28
Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees †	37	0.094 (392)	0		553	89	179	21	117	10	75	92	0.324	0.399	0.514		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles †	36	0.092 (392)	0		614	95	156	38	110	5	67	109	0.254	0.329	0.485		Did not pitch
Sandy Alomar	Cleveland Indians †	22	0.056 (392)	0		451	63	146	21	83	0	19	48	0.324	0.354	0.545		Did not pitch
Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners †	22	0.056 (392)	0		542	104	179	28	108	2	119	86	0.330	0.456	0.554		Did not pitch
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	16	0.041 (392)	0		597	98	187	20	77	7	38	89	0.313	0.360	0.484		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	14	0.036 (392)	0		509	107	167	21	100	15	73	80	0.328	0.408	0.544		Did not pitch
Tony Clark	Detroit Tigers	13	0.033 (392)	0		580	105	160	32	117	1	93	144	0.276	0.376	0.500		Did not pitch
Jay Buhner	Seattle Mariners †	12	0.031 (392)	0		540	104	131	40	109	0	119	175	0.243	0.383	0.506		Did not pitch
Doug Jones	Milwaukee Brewers	5	0.013 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		6 - 6	36	80.1	62	4	9	82	2.02
Arthur Rhodes	Baltimore Orioles †	5	0.013 (392)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		10 - 3	1	95.1	75	9	26	102	3.02
Roberto Alomar	Baltimore Orioles †	4	0.010 (392)	0		412	64	137	14	60	9	40	43	0.333	0.390	0.500		Did not pitch
Rusty Greer	Texas Rangers	4	0.010 (392)	0		601	112	193	26	87	9	83	87	0.321	0.405	0.531		Did not pitch
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees †	3	0.008 (392)	0		654	116	190	10	70	23	74	125	0.291	0.370	0.405		Did not pitch
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees †	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		6 - 4	43	71.2	65	5	20	68	1.88
Brad Radke	Minnesota Twins	2	0.005 (392)	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		20 - 10	0	239.2	238	28	48	174	3.87
Deivi Cruz	Detroit Tigers	2	0.005 (392)	0		436	35	105	2	40	3	14	55	0.241	0.263	0.314		Did not pitch
Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	2	0.005 (392)	0		527	91	166	35	96	2	86	154	0.315	0.420	0.560		Did not pitch
Jeromy Burnitz	Milwaukee Brewers	1	0.003 (392)	0		494	85	139	27	85	20	75	111	0.281	0.382	0.553		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1996

Most Valuable Player Award National 1997

Succeeded by 1998