2018 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2018 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox.

Award Voting[edit]

† indicates playoff team

Player Team Points AVG OBP SLG HR RBI W - L SV SO ERA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Mookie Betts Boston Red Sox † 410 .346 .438 .640 32 80 Did not pitch 28 2 - - - - - - - -
Mike Trout Los Angeles Angels 265 .312 .460 .628 39 79 Did not pitch 1 24 2 1 2 - - - - -
Jose Ramirez Cleveland Indians † 208 .270 .387 .552 39 105 Did not pitch - 1 10 11 3 4 1 - - -
J.D. Martinez Boston Red Sox † 198 .330 .402 .629 43 130 Did not pitch 1 2 8 5 5 2 6 1 - -
Alex Bregman Houston Astros † 192 .286 .394 .532 31 103 Did not pitch - 1 4 10 9 3 3 - - -
Francisco Lindor Cleveland Indians † 169 .277 .352 .519 38 92 Did not pitch - - 4 3 7 11 4 1 - -
Matt Chapman Oakland Athletics † 141 .278 .356 .508 24 68 Did not pitch - - 2 - 4 9 12 2 1 -
Khris Davis Oakland Athletics † 41 .247 .326 .549 48 123 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 9 4 2
Blake Snell Tampa Bay Rays 38 .000 .667 .000 0 0 21 - 5 0 221 1.89 - - - - - - 1 7 6 1
Justin Verlander Houston Astros † 26 .200 .200 .200 0 0 16 - 9 0 290 2.52 - - - - - 1 - 4 3 3
Mitch Haniger Seattle Mariners 16 .285 .366 .493 26 93 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 2 3 4
Aaron Judge New York Yankees † 10 .278 .392 .528 27 67 Did not pitch - - - - - - 2 - - 2
Xander Bogaerts Boston Red Sox † 9 .288 .360 .522 23 103 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 2 1 1
Jose Altuve Houston Astros † 9 .316 .386 .451 13 61 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 4 1
Blake Treinen Oakland Athletics † 7 Did not bat 9 - 2 38 100 0.78 - - - - - - - 1 - 4
Andrelton Simmons Los Angeles Angels 7 .292 .337 .417 11 75 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 2 3
Whit Merrifield Kansas City Royals 6 .304 .367 .438 12 60 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 2 2
Edwin Diaz Seattle Mariners 5 Did not bat 0 - 4 57 124 1.96 - - - - - - - - 2 1
Giancarlo Stanton New York Yankees † 4 .266 .343 .509 38 100 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Didi Gregorius New York Yankees † 3 .268 .335 .494 27 86 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 1 1
Jed Lowrie Oakland Athletics † 3 .267 .353 .448 23 99 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 1 1
Trevor Bauer Cleveland Indians † 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 12 - 6 1 221 2.21 - - - - - - - - - 1
Aaron Hicks New York Yankees † 1 .248 .366 .467 27 79 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Chris Sale Boston Red Sox † 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 12 - 4 0 237 2.11 - - - - - - - - - 1

Further Reading[edit]

  • Richard Justice: "Betts, Yelich win first career MVP Awards", mlb.com, November 15, 2018. [1]
  • Gabe Lacques: "Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts caps historic season with AL Most Valuable Player award", USA Today, November 15, 2018. [2]

Related Sites[edit]


Preceded by
2017 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
2018 		Succeeded by
2019
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