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[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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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 |
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