1995 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1995 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Mo Vaughn of the Boston Red Sox.

It was an extremely tight vote, with Vaughn receiving 12 first-place votes and OF Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians 11. Overall, Vaughn had 308 points to 300 for Belle. It was the closest vote in the American League since 1961, when Roger Maris edged out teammate Mickey Mantle by 4 points. In retrospect, Belle's numbers were much better than Vaughn's, but his divisive personality likely held down his vote total.

Award Voting[edit]

† 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
Mo Vaughn Boston Red Sox 308 0.786 (392) 12 550 98 165 39 126 11 68 150 0.300 0.388 0.575 Did not pitch
Albert Belle Cleveland Indians 300 0.765 (392) 11 546 121 173 50 126 5 73 80 0.317 0.401 0.690 Did not pitch
Edgar Martinez Seattle Mariners 244 0.622 (392) 4 511 121 182 29 113 4 116 87 0.356 0.479 0.628 Did not pitch
Jose Mesa Cleveland Indians 130 0.332 (392) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 3 - 0 46 64.0 49 3 17 58 1.13
Jay Buhner Seattle Mariners 120 0.306 (392) 0 470 86 123 40 121 0 60 120 0.262 0.343 0.566 Did not pitch
Randy Johnson Seattle Mariners 111 0.283 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 18 - 2 0 214.1 159 12 65 294 2.48
Tim Salmon California Angels 110 0.281 (392) 0 537 111 177 34 105 5 91 111 0.330 0.429 0.594 Did not pitch
Frank Thomas Chicago White Sox 86 0.219 (392) 0 493 102 152 40 111 3 136 74 0.308 0.454 0.606 Did not pitch
John Valentin Boston Red Sox 57 0.145 (392) 0 520 108 155 27 102 20 81 67 0.298 0.399 0.533 Did not pitch
Gary Gaetti Kansas City Royals 45 0.115 (392) 0 514 76 134 35 96 3 47 91 0.261 0.329 0.518 Did not pitch
Rafael Palmeiro Baltimore Orioles 34 0.087 (392) 0 554 89 172 39 104 3 62 65 0.310 0.380 0.583 Did not pitch
Manny Ramirez Cleveland Indians 30 0.077 (392) 0 484 85 149 31 107 6 75 112 0.308 0.402 0.558 Did not pitch
Tim Wakefield Boston Red Sox 20 0.051 (392) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 16 - 8 0 195.1 163 22 68 119 2.95
Jim Edmonds California Angels 18 0.046 (392) 0 558 120 162 33 107 1 51 130 0.290 0.352 0.536 Did not pitch
Paul O'Neill New York Yankees 14 0.036 (392) 0 460 82 138 22 96 1 71 76 0.300 0.387 0.526 Did not pitch
Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics 7 0.018 (392) 0 317 75 87 39 90 1 88 77 0.274 0.441 0.685 Did not pitch
Wade Boggs New York Yankees 5 0.013 (392) 0 460 76 149 5 63 1 74 50 0.324 0.412 0.422 Did not pitch
Chuck Knoblauch Minnesota Twins 5 0.013 (392) 0 538 107 179 11 63 46 78 95 0.333 0.424 0.487 Did not pitch
Cal Ripken Baltimore Orioles 3 0.008 (392) 0 550 71 144 17 88 0 52 59 0.262 0.324 0.422 Did not pitch
Gary DiSarcina California Angels 3 0.008 (392) 0 362 61 111 5 41 7 20 25 0.307 0.344 0.459 Did not pitch
Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins 2 0.005 (392) 0 538 83 169 23 99 3 56 89 0.314 0.379 0.515 Did not pitch

Further Reading[edit]

  • Mark Feinsand: "This was a divisive MVP choice, so we re-voted ...", mlb.com, April 2, 2020. [1]


Preceded by
1994
Most Valuable Player Award
National

1995
Succeeded by
1996