1931 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1931 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia Athletics.

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
Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics †	78	0.975 (80)	6		115	8	23	0	12	0	3	48	0.200	0.220	0.226		31 - 4	5	288.2	249	10	62	175	2.06
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	59	0.738 (80)	1		619	163	211	46	184	17	117	56	0.341	0.446	0.662		Did not pitch
Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics †	51	0.638 (80)	1		513	105	200	22	128	3	47	45	0.390	0.444	0.641		Did not pitch
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	43	0.538 (80)	0		627	140	209	32	143	9	68	38	0.333	0.404	0.576		Did not pitch
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	40	0.500 (80)	0		534	149	199	46	163	5	128	51	0.373	0.495	0.700		Did not pitch
Earl Webb	Boston Red Sox	22	0.275 (80)	0		589	96	196	14	103	2	70	51	0.333	0.404	0.528		Did not pitch
Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	18	0.225 (80)	0		611	103	187	12	126	10	81	52	0.306	0.391	0.480		Did not pitch
Ski Melillo	St. Louis Browns	17	0.213 (80)	0		617	88	189	2	75	7	37	29	0.306	0.346	0.407		Did not pitch
Sam West	Washington Senators	16	0.200 (80)	0		526	77	175	3	91	6	30	37	0.333	0.369	0.481		Did not pitch
Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics †	16	0.200 (80)	0		459	87	160	17	89	2	56	21	0.349	0.423	0.553		Did not pitch
George Earnshaw	Philadelphia Athletics †	12	0.150 (80)	0		114	12	30	2	13	0	5	23	0.263	0.294	0.395		21 - 7	6	281.2	255	16	75	152	3.67
Wes Ferrell	Cleveland Indians	12	0.150 (80)	0		116	24	37	9	30	0	10	21	0.319	0.373	0.621		22 - 12	3	276.1	276	9	130	123	3.75
Firpo Marberry	Washington Senators	11	0.138 (80)	0		82	7	19	1	8	1	1	16	0.232	0.241	0.305		16 - 4	7	219.0	211	13	63	88	3.45
Hal Rhyne	Boston Red Sox	10	0.125 (80)	0		565	75	154	0	51	3	57	41	0.273	0.341	0.343		Did not pitch
Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	7	0.088 (80)	0		600	120	189	17	122	61	75	77	0.315	0.396	0.483		Did not pitch
John Stone	Detroit Tigers	6	0.075 (80)	0		584	86	191	10	76	13	56	48	0.327	0.388	0.464		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	4	0.050 (80)	0		383	67	119	4	53	13	29	15	0.311	0.359	0.431		Did not pitch
Lu Blue	Chicago White Sox	4	0.050 (80)	0		589	119	179	1	62	13	127	60	0.304	0.430	0.399		Did not pitch
Red Kress	St. Louis Browns	3	0.038 (80)	0		605	87	188	16	114	3	46	48	0.311	0.360	0.493		Did not pitch
Danny MacFayden	Boston Red Sox	2	0.025 (80)	0		81	4	10	0	1	0	3	28	0.123	0.155	0.148		16 - 12	0	230.2	263	4	79	74	4.02
Lefty Stewart	St. Louis Browns	2	0.025 (80)	0		88	10	22	0	8	1	13	10	0.250	0.347	0.364		14 - 17	0	258.0	287	17	85	89	4.40
Tom Oliver	Boston Red Sox	2	0.025 (80)	0		586	52	162	0	70	4	25	17	0.276	0.307	0.353		Did not pitch
Carl Reynolds	Chicago White Sox	2	0.025 (80)	0		462	71	134	6	77	17	24	26	0.290	0.333	0.442		Did not pitch
Goose Goslin	St. Louis Browns	2	0.025 (80)	0		591	114	194	24	105	9	80	41	0.328	0.412	0.555		Did not pitch
Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics †	1	0.013 (80)	0		515	93	150	30	120	4	73	84	0.291	0.380	0.567		Did not pitch

Preceded by Not awarded in 1930

Most Valuable Player Award National 1931

Succeeded by 1932