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Ted Williams Named AL's Best Player Thursday, October 21st , 1954 What a way to finish off the year -- being honored with the 1954 Most Valuable Batter Award in the AL. It had already been a very special season for Boston's Ted Williams, but today's announcement really put the icing on his cake. All season long Ted Williams gave opposing pitchers fits by hitting .351 as he collected 186 hits, 33 doubles, 1 triple, 39 home runs and 128 RBIs. He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 16. Ted Kluszewski of the Detroit Tigers finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while Al Rosen of the Boston Red Sox finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox - 12 - 204 Ted Kluszewski - Detroit Tigers - 4 - 164 Al Rosen - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 115 Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees - 0 - 108 Hank Sauer - Baltimore Orioles - 0 - 96 Yogi Berra - New York Yankees - 0 - 79 Carl Furillo - Detroit Tigers - 0 - 68 Hank Bauer - New York Yankees - 0 - 38 Larry Doby - Cleveland Indians - 0 - 36 Irv Noren - Washington Senators - 0 - 14 Luke Easter - Baltimore Orioles - 0 - 10 Gil McDougald - New York Yankees - 0 - 8 Jim Piersall - Boston Red Sox - 0 - 2 Dusty Rhodes - Kansas City Athletics - 0 - 2 |
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