1965 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1965 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Zoilo Versalles of the Minnesota Twins.

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
Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins †	275	0.982 (280)	19		666	126	182	19	77	27	41	122	0.273	0.319	0.462		Did not pitch
Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins †	174	0.621 (280)	1		576	107	185	16	98	19	55	64	0.321	0.378	0.491		Did not pitch
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	150	0.536 (280)	0		559	81	166	18	80	3	47	47	0.297	0.351	0.445		Did not pitch
Eddie Fisher	Chicago White Sox	122	0.436 (280)	0		29	3	4	0	1	0	1	12	0.138	0.167	0.172		15 - 7	24	165.1	118	13	43	90	2.40
Rocky Colavito	Cleveland Indians	89	0.318 (280)	0		592	92	170	26	108	1	93	63	0.287	0.383	0.468		Did not pitch
Mudcat Grant	Minnesota Twins †	74	0.264 (280)	0		97	13	15	0	8	0	7	27	0.155	0.212	0.227		21 - 7	0	270.1	252	34	61	142	3.30
Stu Miller	Baltimore Orioles	45	0.161 (280)	0		16	1	1	0	2	0	1	5	0.063	0.118	0.125		14 - 7	24	119.1	87	5	32	104	1.89
Willie Horton	Detroit Tigers	24	0.086 (280)	0		512	69	140	29	104	5	48	101	0.273	0.340	0.490		Did not pitch
Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	23	0.082 (280)	0		602	94	168	26	74	5	59	92	0.279	0.348	0.477		Did not pitch
Don Wert	Detroit Tigers	22	0.079 (280)	0		609	81	159	12	54	5	73	71	0.261	0.341	0.363		Did not pitch
Earl Battey	Minnesota Twins †	22	0.079 (280)	0		394	36	117	6	60	0	50	23	0.297	0.375	0.409		Did not pitch
Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	22	0.079 (280)	0		494	78	154	20	72	7	70	58	0.312	0.395	0.536		Did not pitch
Jimmie Hall	Minnesota Twins †	19	0.068 (280)	0		522	81	149	20	86	14	51	79	0.285	0.347	0.464		Did not pitch
Mel Stottlemyre	New York Yankees	17	0.061 (280)	0		99	8	13	2	8	0	1	43	0.131	0.140	0.232		20 - 9	0	291.0	250	18	88	155	2.63
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins †	15	0.054 (280)	0		401	78	108	25	75	0	72	69	0.269	0.384	0.501		Did not pitch
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	9	0.032 (280)	0		399	72	112	18	72	6	72	49	0.281	0.388	0.471		Did not pitch
Sam McDowell	Cleveland Indians	7	0.025 (280)	0		95	5	12	0	4	0	1	35	0.126	0.135	0.137		17 - 11	4	273.0	178	9	132	325	2.18
Ron Hansen	Chicago White Sox	7	0.025 (280)	0		587	61	138	11	66	1	60	73	0.235	0.304	0.344		Did not pitch
Jerry Adair	Baltimore Orioles	7	0.025 (280)	0		582	51	151	7	66	6	35	65	0.259	0.303	0.351		Did not pitch
Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	6	0.021 (280)	0		664	76	164	6	47	7	37	39	0.247	0.287	0.322		Did not pitch
Vic Davalillo	Cleveland Indians	5	0.018 (280)	0		505	67	152	5	40	26	35	50	0.301	0.344	0.372		Did not pitch
Jim Fregosi	California Angels	5	0.018 (280)	0		602	66	167	15	64	13	54	107	0.277	0.337	0.407		Did not pitch
Fred Whitfield	Cleveland Indians	5	0.018 (280)	0		468	49	137	26	90	2	16	42	0.293	0.316	0.513		Did not pitch
Bobby Knoop	California Angels	4	0.014 (280)	0		465	47	125	7	43	3	31	101	0.269	0.313	0.383		Did not pitch
Pete Richert	Washington Senators	3	0.011 (280)	0		64	2	10	0	6	0	3	27	0.156	0.194	0.156		15 - 12	0	194.0	146	18	84	161	2.60
Floyd Robinson	Chicago White Sox	3	0.011 (280)	0		577	70	153	14	66	4	76	51	0.265	0.352	0.385		Did not pitch
Don Buford	Chicago White Sox	3	0.011 (280)	0		586	93	166	10	47	17	67	76	0.283	0.358	0.389		Did not pitch
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	3	0.011 (280)	0		361	44	92	19	46	4	73	76	0.255	0.379	0.452		Did not pitch
Ron Kline	Washington Senators	2	0.007 (280)	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000		7 - 6	29	99.1	106	7	32	52	2.63
Bert Campaneris	Kansas City Athletics	2	0.007 (280)	0		578	67	156	6	42	51	41	71	0.270	0.326	0.382		0 - 0	0	1.0	1	0	2	1	9.00
Felix Mantilla	Boston Red Sox	2	0.007 (280)	0		534	60	147	18	92	7	79	84	0.275	0.374	0.416		Did not pitch
Frank Howard	Washington Senators	2	0.007 (280)	0		516	53	149	21	84	0	55	112	0.289	0.358	0.477		Did not pitch
Tony Conigliaro	Boston Red Sox	1	0.004 (280)	0		521	82	140	32	82	4	51	116	0.269	0.338	0.512		Did not pitch
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers	1	0.004 (280)	0		467	79	124	30	82	6	77	62	0.266	0.371	0.512		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1964

Most Valuable Player Award National 1965

Succeeded by 1966