1998 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1998 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 †	357	0.911 (392)	21		606	110	193	45	157	2	46	126	0.318	0.366	0.630		Did not pitch
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox †	232	0.592 (392)	5		604	111	195	35	122	12	33	62	0.323	0.362	0.584		Did not pitch
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees †	180	0.459 (392)	2		626	127	203	19	84	30	57	119	0.324	0.384	0.481		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Seattle Mariners	135	0.344 (392)	0		633	120	180	56	146	20	76	121	0.284	0.365	0.611		Did not pitch
Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox †	135	0.344 (392)	0		609	107	205	40	115	0	61	144	0.337	0.402	0.591		Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez	Cleveland Indians †	127	0.324 (392)	0		571	108	168	45	145	5	76	121	0.294	0.377	0.599		Did not pitch
Bernie Williams	New York Yankees †	103	0.263 (392)	0		499	101	169	26	97	15	74	81	0.339	0.422	0.575		Did not pitch
Albert Belle	Chicago White Sox	98	0.250 (392)	0		609	113	200	49	152	6	81	84	0.328	0.399	0.655		Did not pitch
Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	92	0.235 (392)	0		686	123	213	42	124	46	45	121	0.310	0.360	0.560		Did not pitch
Ivan Rodriguez	Texas Rangers †	50	0.128 (392)	0		579	88	186	21	91	9	32	88	0.321	0.358	0.513		Did not pitch
Roger Clemens	Toronto Blue Jays	49	0.125 (392)	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.200	0.000		20 - 6	0	234.2	169	11	88	271	2.65
Paul O'Neill	New York Yankees †	36	0.092 (392)	0		602	95	191	24	116	15	57	103	0.317	0.372	0.510		Did not pitch
Tom Gordon	Boston Red Sox †	27	0.069 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		7 - 4	46	79.1	55	2	25	78	2.72
Darin Erstad	Anaheim Angels	7	0.018 (392)	0		537	84	159	19	82	20	43	77	0.296	0.353	0.486		Did not pitch
Tim Salmon	Anaheim Angels	7	0.018 (392)	0		463	84	139	26	88	0	90	100	0.300	0.410	0.533		Did not pitch
John Wetteland	Texas Rangers †	3	0.008 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		3 - 1	42	62.0	47	6	14	72	2.03
David Wells	New York Yankees †	3	0.008 (392)	0		4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250		18 - 4	0	214.1	195	29	29	163	3.49
Travis Fryman	Cleveland Indians †	2	0.005 (392)	0		557	74	160	28	96	10	44	125	0.287	0.340	0.504		Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro	Baltimore Orioles	2	0.005 (392)	0		619	98	183	43	121	11	79	91	0.296	0.379	0.565		Did not pitch
Eric Davis	Baltimore Orioles	2	0.005 (392)	0		452	81	148	28	89	7	44	108	0.327	0.388	0.582		Did not pitch
Mike Jackson	Cleveland Indians †	1	0.003 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		1 - 1	40	64.0	43	4	13	55	1.55
Pedro Martinez	Boston Red Sox †	1	0.003 (392)	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000		19 - 7	0	233.2	188	26	67	251	2.89
Rick Helling	Texas Rangers †	1	0.003 (392)	0		5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.200		20 - 7	0	216.1	209	27	78	164	4.41
Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	1	0.003 (392)	0		530	94	155	38	115	3	73	139	0.292	0.385	0.592		Did not pitch
Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians †	1	0.003 (392)	0		440	89	129	30	85	1	89	141	0.293	0.413	0.584		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1997

Most Valuable Player Award National 1998

Succeeded by 1999