2016 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2016 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points		AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI		W - L	SV	SO	ERA		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	356		.315	.441	.550	29	100		Did not pitch					19	8	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Mookie Betts	Boston Red Sox †	311		.318	.363	.534	31	113		Did not pitch					9	17	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jose Altuve	Houston Astros	227		.338	.396	.531	24	96		Did not pitch					-	2	15	11	2	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays †	200		.284	.404	.549	37	99		Did not pitch					-	2	9	7	6	4	-	1	1	-
Manny Machado	Baltimore Orioles †	150		.294	.343	.533	37	96		Did not pitch					-	-	-	5	7	9	4	3	1	1
David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox †	147		.315	.401	.620	38	127		Did not pitch					1	1	-	3	4	8	5	4	3	1
Adrian Beltre	Texas Rangers †	135		.300	.358	.521	32	104		Did not pitch					1	-	1	3	6	2	7	5	1	1
Robinson Cano	Seattle Mariners	79		.298	.350	.533	39	103		Did not pitch					-	-	-	1	2	3	4	5	4	6
Francisco Lindor	Cleveland Indians †	56		.301	.358	.435	15	78		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	2	-	4	5	4	5
Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	56		.316	.393	.563	38	108		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	9	2
Zach Britton	Baltimore Orioles †	11			Did not bat					2 - 1	47	74	0.54		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2
Kyle Seager	Seattle Mariners	10		.278	.359	.499	30	99	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
Brian Dozier	Minnesota Twins	9		.268	.340	.546	42	99	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4
Edwin Encarnacion	Toronto Blue Jays †	7		.263	.357	.529	42	127	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Nelson Cruz	Seattle Mariners	6		.287	.360	.555	43	105	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Chris Sale	Chicago White Sox	3		.167	.167	.167	0	0	17 - 10	0	233	3.34	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Jose Ramirez	Cleveland Indians †	2		.312	.363	.462	11	76	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	2		.200	.200	.200	0	0	16 - 9	0	254	3.04	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Adam Eaton	Chicago White Sox	1		.284	.362	.428	14	59	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians †	1		.250	.250	.500	0	0	18 - 9	0	227	3.14	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	1		.273	.318	.521	36	98	Did not pitch				-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Further Reading

• Austin Laymance: "Trout claims 'surreal' second AL MVP Award", mlb.com, November 17, 2016. [1]
• Jorge L. Ortiz: "Angels' Mike Trout wins second AL MVP, outpoints Red Sox's Mookie Betts", USA Today Sports, November 17, 2016. [2]

Related Sites

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Preceded by 2015

Most Valuable Player Award National 2016

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