Who was the last switch-hitter to win the American League MVP award?

[kairos12]

Vida Blue.

[GP6971]

1. Really?

Had to be for his pitching as he had to bat until 1973. Didn't know he was a switch hitter.

[Codifer]

2. If I recall

(probably not), Vida Blue was a pitcher. Being a switch hitter was incidental to being named MVP.

I wonder who the last switch hitter won the MVP for hitting.

[rsdsharp]

3. I'd say Mickey Mantle in 1962.

[AZ8theist]

4. You are correct.

Blue was TECHNICALLY the last one to do it, but it was the Mick before that.
And they were the only two:

https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/vida_blue_was_the_last_american_league_player_to_accomplish_this_rare_feat/s1_13132_38787438

[PAMod]

5. At least two in the NL since then

Off the top of my head, Chipper Jones & Pete Rose

[ProfessorGAC]

6. I Knew That

Only because one of the guys at the golf course asked it the day after Vida died.
I wouldn't have known it otherwise.
He went 24-8 that year with a 1.82 ERA. He had 24 complete games. His strikeout/walk ratio was over 3.4.
BTW: As a switchhitter, he only batter .118 that year which was below his career .133. Obviously, the MVP was about his great pitching.