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1955 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1955 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Yogi Berra 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
Yogi Berra New York Yankees † 218 0.649 (336) 7 541 84 147 27 108 1 60 20 0.272 0.349 0.470 Did not pitch
Al Kaline Detroit Tigers 201 0.598 (336) 4 588 121 200 27 102 6 82 57 0.340 0.421 0.546 Did not pitch
Al Smith Cleveland Indians 200 0.595 (336) 7 607 123 186 22 77 11 93 77 0.306 0.407 0.473 Did not pitch
Ted Williams Boston Red Sox 143 0.426 (336) 1 320 77 114 28 83 2 91 24 0.356 0.496 0.703 Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle New York Yankees † 113 0.336 (336) 0 517 121 158 37 99 8 113 97 0.306 0.431 0.611 Did not pitch
Ray Narleski Cleveland Indians 90 0.268 (336) 1 24 0 7 0 5 0 0 8 0.292 0.292 0.292 9 - 1 19 111.2 91 11 52 94 3.71
Nellie Fox Chicago White Sox 84 0.250 (336) 0 636 100 198 6 59 7 38 15 0.311 0.364 0.406 Did not pitch
Hank Bauer New York Yankees † 64 0.190 (336) 1 492 97 137 20 53 8 56 65 0.278 0.360 0.461 Did not pitch
Vic Power Kansas City Athletics 53 0.158 (336) 1 596 91 190 19 76 0 35 27 0.319 0.354 0.505 Did not pitch
Jackie Jensen Boston Red Sox 39 0.116 (336) 0 574 95 158 26 116 16 89 63 0.275 0.369 0.479 Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar Chicago White Sox 37 0.110 (336) 0 426 67 111 16 61 2 68 34 0.261 0.374 0.408 Did not pitch
Gil McDougald New York Yankees † 34 0.101 (336) 2 533 79 152 13 53 6 65 77 0.285 0.361 0.407 Did not pitch
Billy Klaus Boston Red Sox 27 0.080 (336) 0 541 83 153 7 60 6 60 44 0.283 0.351 0.377 Did not pitch
Tommy Byrne New York Yankees † 24 0.071 (336) 0 78 6 16 1 6 0 8 15 0.205 0.273 0.282 16 - 5 2 160.0 137 12 87 76 3.15
Whitey Ford New York Yankees † 21 0.063 (336) 0 86 9 14 1 7 0 11 16 0.163 0.258 0.198 18 - 7 2 253.2 188 20 113 137 2.63
Ray Boone Detroit Tigers 16 0.048 (336) 0 500 61 142 20 116 1 50 49 0.284 0.346 0.476 Did not pitch
Roy Sievers Washington Senators 9 0.027 (336) 0 509 74 138 25 106 1 73 66 0.271 0.364 0.489 Did not pitch
Billy Pierce Chicago White Sox 8 0.024 (336) 0 70 5 12 0 7 1 3 10 0.171 0.205 0.200 15 - 10 1 205.2 162 16 64 157 1.97
Harvey Kuenn Detroit Tigers 8 0.024 (336) 0 620 101 190 8 62 8 40 27 0.306 0.347 0.423 Did not pitch
Early Wynn Cleveland Indians 6 0.018 (336) 0 84 8 15 1 7 0 6 17 0.179 0.233 0.250 17 - 11 0 230.0 207 19 80 122 2.82
Dave Philley Baltimore Orioles 6 0.018 (336) 0 311 50 93 6 41 1 34 38 0.299 0.367 0.418 Did not pitch
Dave Philley Cleveland Indians 6 0.018 (336) 0 104 15 31 2 9 0 12 10 0.298 0.368 0.433 Did not pitch
Elmer Valo Kansas City Athletics 5 0.015 (336) 0 283 50 103 3 37 5 52 18 0.364 0.460 0.484 Did not pitch
Mickey Vernon Washington Senators 4 0.012 (336) 0 538 74 162 14 85 0 74 50 0.301 0.384 0.452 Did not pitch
Don Mossi Cleveland Indians 1 0.003 (336) 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0.111 0.273 0.111 4 - 3 9 81.2 81 4 18 69 2.42
Frank Sullivan Boston Red Sox 1 0.003 (336) 0 89 6 10 0 6 0 4 33 0.112 0.151 0.146 18 - 13 0 260.0 235 23 100 129 2.91
Billy Hoeft Detroit Tigers 1 0.003 (336) 0 82 9 17 0 4 0 10 25 0.207 0.293 0.232 16 - 7 0 220.0 187 17 75 133 2.99
Jose Valdivielso Washington Senators 1 0.003 (336) 0 294 32 65 2 28 1 21 38 0.221 0.277 0.316 Did not pitch
Sammy White Boston Red Sox 1 0.003 (336) 0 544 65 142 11 64 1 44 58 0.261 0.323 0.392 Did not pitch
Gus Triandos Baltimore Orioles 1 0.003 (336) 0 481 47 133 12 65 0 40 55 0.277 0.333 0.399 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1954 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
1955 		Succeeded by
1956
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