2017 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2017 American League Most Valuable Player Award was José Altuve of the Houston Astros.

Award Voting[edit]

† 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
Jose Altuve Houston Astros † 405 .346 .410 .547 24 81 Did not pitch 27 3 - - - - - - - -
Aaron Judge New York Yankees † 279 .284 .422 .627 52 114 Did not pitch 2 27 1 - - - - - - -
Jose Ramirez Cleveland Indians † 237 .318 .374 .583 29 83 Did not pitch 1 - 22 6 - 1 - - - -
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels 197 .306 .442 .629 33 72 Did not pitch - - 6 18 3 - - - 2 1
Francisco Lindor Cleveland Indians † 143 .273 .337 .505 33 89 Did not pitch - - - 4 12 4 4 1 2 -
Mookie Betts Boston Red Sox † 110 .264 .344 .459 24 102 Did not pitch - - - 2 6 7 1 6 1 1
Corey Kluber Cleveland Indians † 101 .500 .500 .500 0 0 18 - 4 0 265 2.25 - - 1 - 4 7 5 3 2 1
Andrelton Simmons Los Angeles Angels 60 .278 .331 .421 14 69 Did not pitch - - - - 1 3 3 3 8 2
Chris Sale Chicago White Sox 56 .333 .333 .667 0 0 17 - 8 0 308 2.90 - - - - 1 3 5 3 3 -
Nelson Cruz Seattle Mariners 44 .288 .375 .549 39 119 Did not pitch - - - - 2 1 3 1 4 4
Brian Dozier Minnesota Twins † 25 .271 .359 .498 34 93 Did not pitch - - - - 1 1 1 3 - 1
Jonathan Schoop Baltimore Orioles 19 .293 .338 .503 32 105 Did not pitch - - - - - 2 - 2 - 3
George Springer Houston Astros † 17 .283 .367 .522 34 85 Did not pitch - - - - - - 2 2 1 1
Jose Abreu Chicago White Sox 16 .304 .354 .552 33 102 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2
Eric Hosmer Kansas City Royals 16 .318 .385 .498 25 94 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 2 1 4
Justin Upton Detroit/Los Angeles 12 .273 .361 .540 35 109 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 2 1 -
Carlos Correa Houston Astros † 9 .315 .391 .550 24 84 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - 1 3
Byron Buxton Minnesota Twins † 7 .253 .314 .413 16 51 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - 1 1
Marwin Gonzalez Houston Astros † 6 .303 .377 .530 23 90 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 2 2
Edwin Encarnacion Cleveland Indians † 4 .258 .377 .504 38 107 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - - -
Didi Gregorius New York Yankees † 4 .287 .318 .478 25 87 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Khris Davis Oakland Athletics 1 .247 .336 .528 43 110 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Josh Donaldson Toronto Blue Jays 1 .270 .385 .559 33 78 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Gary Sanchez New York Yankees † 1 .278 .345 .531 33 90 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1

Further Reading[edit]

  • Gabe Lacques: "Why Jose Altuve should win the American League MVP award", USA Today Sports, November 16, 2017. [1]
  • Brian McTaggart: "November reign: Altuve wins AL MVP Award: Astros standout adds big honor to hardware-filled month", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [2]
  • Jose L. Ortiz: "Jose Altuve? Mike Trout? Jose Ramirez? AL MVP race only gets more complicated", USA Today Sports, September 12, 2017. [3]
  • Jose L. Ortiz: "Jose Altuve tops Aaron Judge for American League MVP Award", USA Today Sports, November 16, 2017. [4]
  • Joe Posnanski: "Voters get it right in competitive MVP races: NL's razor-thin result, AL's runaway both fascinating", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [5]
  • Andrew Simon and Matt Kelly: "DYK: Altuve, Stanton cap impressive seasons", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [6]

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Preceded by
2016 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
2017 		Succeeded by
2018
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