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1958 American League Most Valuable Player Award
From BR Bullpen
The winner of the 1958 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jackie Jensen of the Boston Red Sox.
[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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Jensen | Boston Red Sox | 233 | 0.693 (336) | 9 | 548 | 83 | 157 | 35 | 122 | 9 | 99 | 65 | 0.286 | 0.396 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Bob Turley | New York Yankees † | 191 | 0.568 (336) | 7 | 88 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0.136 | 0.174 | 0.205 | 21 - 7 | 1 | 245.1 | 178 | 24 | 128 | 168 | 2.97 | ||
| Rocky Colavito | Cleveland Indians | 181 | 0.539 (336) | 4 | 489 | 80 | 148 | 41 | 113 | 0 | 84 | 89 | 0.303 | 0.405 | 0.620 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Bob Cerv | Kansas City Athletics | 164 | 0.488 (336) | 3 | 515 | 93 | 157 | 38 | 104 | 3 | 50 | 82 | 0.305 | 0.371 | 0.592 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Mickey Mantle | New York Yankees † | 127 | 0.378 (336) | 0 | 519 | 127 | 158 | 42 | 97 | 18 | 129 | 120 | 0.304 | 0.443 | 0.592 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Roy Sievers | Washington Senators | 95 | 0.283 (336) | 0 | 550 | 85 | 162 | 39 | 108 | 3 | 53 | 63 | 0.295 | 0.357 | 0.544 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox | 89 | 0.265 (336) | 0 | 411 | 81 | 135 | 26 | 85 | 1 | 98 | 49 | 0.328 | 0.458 | 0.584 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Nellie Fox | Chicago White Sox | 88 | 0.262 (336) | 1 | 623 | 82 | 187 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 47 | 11 | 0.300 | 0.357 | 0.353 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Sherm Lollar | Chicago White Sox | 57 | 0.170 (336) | 0 | 421 | 53 | 115 | 20 | 84 | 2 | 57 | 37 | 0.273 | 0.367 | 0.454 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Pete Runnels | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 0 | 568 | 103 | 183 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 87 | 49 | 0.322 | 0.416 | 0.438 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Gus Triandos | Baltimore Orioles | 27 | 0.080 (336) | 0 | 474 | 59 | 116 | 30 | 79 | 1 | 60 | 65 | 0.245 | 0.327 | 0.456 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Dick Hyde | Washington Senators | 26 | 0.077 (336) | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 10 - 3 | 18 | 103.0 | 82 | 1 | 35 | 49 | 1.75 | ||
| Harvey Kuenn | Detroit Tigers | 24 | 0.071 (336) | 0 | 561 | 73 | 179 | 8 | 54 | 5 | 51 | 34 | 0.319 | 0.373 | 0.442 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Cal McLish | Cleveland Indians | 18 | 0.054 (336) | 0 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0.094 | 0.244 | 0.094 | 16 - 8 | 1 | 225.2 | 214 | 25 | 70 | 97 | 2.99 | ||
| Vic Power | Kansas City Athletics | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 205 | 35 | 62 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0.302 | 0.325 | 0.463 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Vic Power | Cleveland Indians | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 385 | 63 | 122 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0.317 | 0.336 | 0.504 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Frank Bolling | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 610 | 91 | 164 | 14 | 75 | 6 | 54 | 54 | 0.269 | 0.328 | 0.392 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Elston Howard | New York Yankees † | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 376 | 45 | 118 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 22 | 60 | 0.314 | 0.348 | 0.479 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Yogi Berra | New York Yankees † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 433 | 60 | 115 | 22 | 90 | 3 | 35 | 35 | 0.266 | 0.319 | 0.471 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Minnie Minoso | Cleveland Indians | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 556 | 94 | 168 | 24 | 80 | 14 | 59 | 53 | 0.302 | 0.383 | 0.484 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Gil McDougald | New York Yankees † | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 503 | 69 | 126 | 14 | 65 | 6 | 59 | 75 | 0.250 | 0.329 | 0.376 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Al Kaline | Detroit Tigers | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 543 | 84 | 170 | 16 | 85 | 7 | 54 | 47 | 0.313 | 0.374 | 0.490 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Ryne Duren | New York Yankees † | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.077 | 0.294 | 0.077 | 6 - 4 | 20 | 75.2 | 40 | 4 | 43 | 87 | 2.02 | ||
| Frank Lary | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 88 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0.170 | 0.198 | 0.239 | 16 - 15 | 1 | 260.1 | 249 | 20 | 68 | 131 | 2.90 | ||
| Jack Harshman | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 82 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0.195 | 0.330 | 0.427 | 12 - 15 | 4 | 236.1 | 204 | 20 | 75 | 161 | 2.89 | ||
| Dick Donovan | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 80 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 0.113 | 0.228 | 0.113 | 15 - 14 | 0 | 248.0 | 240 | 23 | 53 | 127 | 3.01 | ||
| Frank Malzone | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 627 | 76 | 185 | 15 | 87 | 1 | 33 | 53 | 0.295 | 0.333 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Preceded by 1957 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1958 |
Succeeded by 1959 |
