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1979 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1979 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Don Baylor of the California Angels.

[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
Don Baylor California Angels † 347 0.885 (392) 20 628 120 186 36 139 22 71 51 0.296 0.371 0.530 Did not pitch
Ken Singleton Baltimore Orioles † 241 0.615 (392) 3 570 93 168 35 111 3 109 118 0.295 0.405 0.533 Did not pitch
George Brett Kansas City Royals 226 0.577 (392) 2 645 119 212 23 107 17 51 36 0.329 0.376 0.563 Did not pitch
Fred Lynn Boston Red Sox 160.5 0.409 (392) 0 531 116 177 39 122 2 82 79 0.333 0.423 0.637 Did not pitch
Jim Rice Boston Red Sox 124 0.316 (392) 0 619 117 201 39 130 9 57 97 0.325 0.381 0.596 Did not pitch
Mike Flanagan Baltimore Orioles † 100 0.255 (392) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 23 - 9 0 265.2 245 23 70 190 3.08
Gorman Thomas Milwaukee Brewers 87 0.222 (392) 0 557 97 136 45 123 1 98 175 0.244 0.356 0.539 Did not pitch
Bobby Grich California Angels † 58 0.148 (392) 0 534 78 157 30 101 1 59 84 0.294 0.365 0.537 Did not pitch
Darrell Porter Kansas City Royals 52 0.133 (392) 0 533 101 155 20 112 3 121 65 0.291 0.421 0.484 Did not pitch
Buddy Bell Texas Rangers 48 0.122 (392) 0 670 89 200 18 101 5 30 45 0.299 0.327 0.451 Did not pitch
Eddie Murray Baltimore Orioles † 25.5 0.065 (392) 0 606 90 179 25 99 10 72 78 0.295 0.369 0.475 Did not pitch
Jim Kern Texas Rangers 25 0.064 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 13 - 5 29 143.0 99 5 62 136 1.57
Mike Marshall Minnesota Twins 25 0.064 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 10 - 15 32 142.2 132 8 48 81 2.65
Brian Downing California Angels † 24 0.061 (392) 0 509 87 166 12 75 3 77 57 0.326 0.418 0.462 Did not pitch
Sixto Lezcano Milwaukee Brewers 18 0.046 (392) 0 473 84 152 28 101 4 77 74 0.321 0.414 0.573 Did not pitch
Roy Smalley Minnesota Twins 16 0.041 (392) 0 621 94 168 24 95 2 80 80 0.271 0.353 0.441 Did not pitch
Willie Wilson Kansas City Royals 15 0.038 (392) 0 588 113 185 6 49 83 28 92 0.315 0.351 0.420 Did not pitch
Steve Kemp Detroit Tigers 15 0.038 (392) 0 490 88 156 26 105 5 68 70 0.318 0.398 0.543 Did not pitch
Mark Clear California Angels † 12 0.031 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 11 - 5 14 109.0 87 6 68 98 3.63
Paul Molitor Milwaukee Brewers 8 0.020 (392) 0 584 88 188 9 62 33 48 48 0.322 0.372 0.469 Did not pitch
Rick Burleson Boston Red Sox 7 0.018 (392) 0 627 93 174 5 60 9 35 54 0.278 0.315 0.368 Did not pitch
Tommy John New York Yankees 5 0.013 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 21 - 9 0 276.1 268 9 65 111 2.96
Cecil Cooper Milwaukee Brewers 4 0.010 (392) 0 590 83 182 24 106 15 56 77 0.308 0.364 0.508 Did not pitch
Willie Horton Seattle Mariners 3 0.008 (392) 0 646 77 180 29 106 1 42 112 0.279 0.326 0.458 Did not pitch
Reggie Jackson New York Yankees 3 0.008 (392) 0 465 78 138 29 89 9 65 107 0.297 0.382 0.544 Did not pitch
Ron Guidry New York Yankees 1 0.003 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 18 - 8 2 236.1 203 20 71 201 2.78
Mike Hargrove San Diego Padres 1 0.003 (392) 0 125 15 24 0 8 0 25 15 0.192 0.325 0.232 Did not pitch
Dan Ford California Angels † 1 0.003 (392) 0 569 100 165 21 101 8 40 86 0.290 0.333 0.464 Did not pitch
Mike Hargrove Cleveland Indians 1 0.003 (392) 0 338 60 110 10 56 2 63 40 0.325 0.433 0.500 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1978 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
1979 		Succeeded by
1980
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