1927 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1927 American League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees.

[edit] 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
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	56	0.875 (64)	7	584	149	218	47	175	10	109	84	0.373	0.474	0.765	Did not pitch
Harry Heilmann	Detroit Tigers	35	0.547 (64)	0	505	106	201	14	120	11	72	16	0.398	0.475	0.616	Did not pitch
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	34	0.531 (64)	0	110	16	28	1	9	0	6	17	0.255	0.293	0.373	22 - 14	2	307.2	291	7	67	71	2.84
Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics	18	0.281 (64)	0	432	80	146	12	80	9	50	7	0.338	0.409	0.495	Did not pitch
Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	18	0.281 (64)	0	406	86	159	15	108	10	31	30	0.392	0.436	0.645	Did not pitch
Muddy Ruel	Washington Senators	15	0.234 (64)	0	428	61	132	1	52	9	63	18	0.308	0.403	0.376	Did not pitch
Goose Goslin	Washington Senators	15	0.234 (64)	0	581	96	194	13	120	21	50	28	0.334	0.392	0.516	Did not pitch
Jimmie Dykes	Philadelphia Athletics	14	0.219 (64)	0	417	61	135	3	60	2	44	23	0.324	0.394	0.453	0 - 0	1	2.0	2	0	1	0	4.50
Luke Sewell	Cleveland Indians	13	0.203 (64)	0	470	52	138	0	53	4	20	23	0.294	0.328	0.377	Did not pitch
Joe Sewell	Cleveland Indians	9	0.141 (64)	0	569	83	180	1	92	3	51	7	0.316	0.382	0.424	Did not pitch
Tony Lazzeri	New York Yankees †	8	0.125 (64)	1	570	92	176	18	102	22	69	82	0.309	0.383	0.482	Did not pitch
Bobby Reeves	Washington Senators	7	0.109 (64)	0	380	37	97	1	39	3	21	53	0.255	0.296	0.318	Did not pitch
Frank O'Rourke	St. Louis Browns	6	0.094 (64)	0	538	85	144	1	39	18	64	43	0.268	0.358	0.331	Did not pitch
Jackie Tavener	Detroit Tigers	6	0.094 (64)	0	419	60	115	5	59	19	36	38	0.274	0.333	0.406	Did not pitch
Hod Lisenbee	Washington Senators	5	0.078 (64)	0	83	4	11	0	5	0	4	25	0.133	0.182	0.169	18 - 9	0	242.0	221	6	78	105	3.57
Bing Miller	St. Louis Browns	5	0.078 (64)	0	492	83	160	5	75	8	30	26	0.325	0.375	0.449	Did not pitch
Alex Metzler	Chicago White Sox	4	0.063 (64)	0	543	87	173	3	61	15	61	39	0.319	0.396	0.429	Did not pitch
Charlie Jamieson	Cleveland Indians	3	0.047 (64)	0	489	73	151	0	36	7	64	14	0.309	0.394	0.380	Did not pitch
Ira Flagstead	Boston Red Sox	3	0.047 (64)	0	466	63	133	4	69	12	57	25	0.285	0.374	0.401	Did not pitch
Wally Schang	St. Louis Browns	3	0.047 (64)	0	264	40	84	5	42	3	41	33	0.318	0.414	0.447	Did not pitch
Fred Schulte	St. Louis Browns	3	0.047 (64)	0	189	32	60	3	34	5	20	14	0.317	0.383	0.503	Did not pitch
Willis Hudlin	Cleveland Indians	2	0.031 (64)	0	96	12	24	1	6	0	1	22	0.250	0.258	0.354	18 - 12	0	264.2	291	3	83	65	4.01
Jack Rothrock	Boston Red Sox	2	0.031 (64)	0	428	61	111	1	36	5	24	46	0.259	0.302	0.360	Did not pitch
Bill Regan	Boston Red Sox	2	0.031 (64)	0	468	43	128	2	66	10	26	51	0.274	0.315	0.408	Did not pitch
Slim Harriss	Boston Red Sox	1	0.016 (64)	0	66	1	8	0	3	0	2	17	0.121	0.159	0.136	14 - 21	1	217.2	253	8	66	77	4.18
Phil Todt	Boston Red Sox	1	0.016 (64)	0	516	55	122	6	52	6	28	23	0.236	0.280	0.337	Did not pitch