1932 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1932 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jimmie Foxx 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
Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	75	0.938 (80)	5		585	151	213	58	169	3	116	96	0.364	0.469	0.749		Did not pitch
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	55	0.688 (80)	Unk		596	138	208	34	151	4	108	38	0.349	0.451	0.621		Did not pitch
Heinie Manush	Washington Senators	41	0.513 (80)	Unk		625	121	214	14	116	7	36	29	0.342	0.383	0.520		Did not pitch
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	37	0.463 (80)	Unk		631	116	198	32	124	5	75	40	0.314	0.392	0.569		Did not pitch
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees †	27	0.338 (80)	Unk		104	9	18	0	15	0	6	36	0.173	0.218	0.192		24 - 7	1	265.1	266	23	105	176	4.21
Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	26	0.325 (80)	Unk		557	95	177	6	116	7	66	45	0.318	0.393	0.492		Did not pitch
Babe Ruth	New York Yankees †	26	0.325 (80)	Unk		457	120	156	41	137	2	130	62	0.341	0.489	0.661		Did not pitch
Tony Lazzeri	New York Yankees †	21	0.263 (80)	Unk		510	79	153	15	113	11	82	64	0.300	0.399	0.506		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	13	0.163 (80)	Unk		618	112	184	19	107	9	68	34	0.298	0.370	0.497		Did not pitch
Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	13	0.163 (80)	Unk		670	144	216	35	151	4	47	76	0.322	0.368	0.548		Did not pitch
Bill Cissell	Chicago White Sox	10	0.125 (80)	Unk		43	7	11	1	5	0	1	0	0.256	0.273	0.395		Did not pitch
Dale Alexander	Detroit Tigers	10	0.125 (80)	Unk		16	0	4	0	4	0	6	2	0.250	0.455	0.250		Did not pitch
Bill Cissell	Cleveland Indians	10	0.125 (80)	Unk		541	78	173	6	93	18	28	25	0.320	0.354	0.440		Did not pitch
Dale Alexander	Boston Red Sox	10	0.125 (80)	Unk		376	58	140	8	56	4	55	19	0.372	0.454	0.524		Did not pitch
Rick Ferrell	St. Louis Browns	9	0.113 (80)	0		438	67	138	2	65	5	66	18	0.315	0.406	0.420		Did not pitch
Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	8	0.100 (80)	0		107	10	18	4	12	0	5	51	0.168	0.205	0.290		25 - 10	7	291.2	269	13	79	188	2.84
Johnny Allen	New York Yankees †	8	0.100 (80)	0		73	5	9	1	5	0	4	22	0.123	0.169	0.219		17 - 4	4	192.0	162	10	76	109	3.70
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	8	0.100 (80)	0		423	66	131	15	84	2	34	13	0.310	0.361	0.482		Did not pitch
Goose Goslin	St. Louis Browns	7	0.088 (80)	0		572	88	171	17	104	12	92	35	0.299	0.398	0.469		Did not pitch
Monte Weaver	Washington Senators	6	0.075 (80)	0		94	13	27	0	13	0	0	18	0.287	0.302	0.372		22 - 10	2	234.0	236	9	112	83	4.08
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	5	0.063 (80)	0		73	11	19	1	10	0	4	10	0.260	0.308	0.356		10 - 15	2	230.2	243	10	71	58	3.28
Wes Ferrell	Cleveland Indians	5	0.063 (80)	0		128	14	31	2	18	0	6	21	0.242	0.276	0.359		23 - 13	1	287.2	299	17	104	105	3.66
Jim Levey	St. Louis Browns	5	0.063 (80)	0		568	59	159	4	63	6	21	48	0.280	0.310	0.382		Did not pitch
Harry Davis	Detroit Tigers	5	0.063 (80)	0		590	92	159	4	74	12	60	53	0.269	0.339	0.388		Did not pitch
Dave Harris	Washington Senators	5	0.063 (80)	0		156	26	51	6	29	4	19	34	0.327	0.400	0.538		Did not pitch
Billy Sullivan	Chicago White Sox	3	0.038 (80)	0		307	31	97	1	45	1	20	9	0.316	0.358	0.384		Did not pitch
Eric McNair	Philadelphia Athletics	3	0.038 (80)	0		554	87	158	18	95	8	28	29	0.285	0.323	0.478		Did not pitch
Smead Jolley	Boston Red Sox	3	0.038 (80)	0		531	57	164	18	99	0	27	29	0.309	0.345	0.480		Did not pitch
Smead Jolley	Chicago White Sox	3	0.038 (80)	0		42	3	15	0	7	1	3	0	0.357	0.413	0.429		Did not pitch
Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	2	0.025 (80)	0		122	11	27	0	9	0	4	10	0.221	0.246	0.270		26 - 13	1	327.0	319	17	77	103	3.33
Marty McManus	Boston Red Sox	2	0.025 (80)	0		302	39	71	5	24	1	36	30	0.235	0.317	0.374		Did not pitch
Joe Sewell	New York Yankees †	1	0.013 (80)	0		503	95	137	11	68	0	56	3	0.272	0.349	0.392		Did not pitch
Gee Walker	Detroit Tigers	1	0.013 (80)	0		480	71	155	8	78	30	13	38	0.323	0.345	0.465		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1931

Most Valuable Player Award National 1932

Succeeded by 1933