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[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 | ||
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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 |
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