1985 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1985 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Don Mattingly 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
Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	367	0.936 (392)	23	652	107	211	35	145	2	56	41	0.324	0.371	0.567	Did not pitch
George Brett	Kansas City Royals †	274	0.699 (392)	5	550	108	184	30	112	9	103	49	0.335	0.436	0.585	Did not pitch
Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees	174	0.444 (392)	0	547	146	172	24	72	80	99	65	0.314	0.419	0.516	Did not pitch
Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox	159	0.406 (392)	0	653	107	240	8	78	2	96	61	0.368	0.450	0.478	Did not pitch
Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	130	0.332 (392)	0	583	111	173	31	124	5	84	68	0.297	0.383	0.523	Did not pitch
Donnie Moore	California Angels	96	0.245 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	8 - 8	31	103.0	91	9	21	72	1.92
Jesse Barfield	Toronto Blue Jays †	88	0.224 (392)	0	539	94	156	27	84	22	66	143	0.289	0.369	0.536	Did not pitch
George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays †	84	0.214 (392)	0	607	87	167	28	95	21	43	90	0.275	0.327	0.479	Did not pitch
Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	49	0.125 (392)	0	640	86	198	22	113	1	42	89	0.309	0.348	0.467	Did not pitch
Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals †	45	0.115 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	20 - 6	0	235.1	211	19	38	158	2.87
Dan Quisenberry	Kansas City Royals †	39	0.099 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	8 - 9	37	129.0	142	8	16	54	2.37
Dave Winfield	New York Yankees	35	0.089 (392)	0	633	105	174	26	114	19	52	96	0.275	0.328	0.471	Did not pitch
Carlton Fisk	Chicago White Sox	29	0.074 (392)	0	543	85	129	37	107	17	52	81	0.238	0.320	0.488	Did not pitch
Darrell Evans	Detroit Tigers	17	0.043 (392)	0	505	81	125	40	94	0	85	85	0.248	0.356	0.519	Did not pitch
Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	15	0.038 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	22 - 6	0	259.0	243	28	42	143	3.27
Phil Bradley	Seattle Mariners	12	0.031 (392)	0	641	100	192	26	88	22	55	129	0.300	0.365	0.498	Did not pitch
Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	9	0.023 (392)	0	642	116	181	26	110	2	67	68	0.282	0.347	0.469	Did not pitch
Kirk Gibson	Detroit Tigers	7	0.018 (392)	0	581	96	167	29	97	30	71	137	0.287	0.364	0.518	Did not pitch
Steve Balboni	Kansas City Royals †	6	0.015 (392)	0	600	74	146	36	88	1	52	166	0.243	0.307	0.477	Did not pitch
Tom Henke	Toronto Blue Jays †	5	0.013 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	3 - 3	13	40.0	29	4	8	42	2.03
Dennis Lamp	Toronto Blue Jays †	3	0.008 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	11 - 0	2	105.2	96	7	27	68	3.32
Doyle Alexander	Toronto Blue Jays †	3	0.008 (392)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---	17 - 10	0	260.2	268	28	67	142	3.45
Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins	3	0.008 (392)	0	691	80	199	4	74	21	41	87	0.288	0.330	0.385	Did not pitch
Damaso Garcia	Toronto Blue Jays †	2	0.005 (392)	0	600	70	169	8	65	28	15	41	0.282	0.302	0.377	Did not pitch
Rich Gedman	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (392)	0	498	66	147	18	80	2	50	79	0.295	0.362	0.484	Did not pitch