1933 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1933 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jimmie Foxx 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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Jimmie Foxx | Philadelphia Athletics | 74 | 0.925 (80) | 4 | 573 | 125 | 204 | 48 | 163 | 2 | 96 | 93 | 0.356 | 0.449 | 0.703 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Cronin | Washington Senators † | 62 | 0.775 (80) | 2 | 602 | 89 | 186 | 5 | 118 | 5 | 87 | 49 | 0.309 | 0.398 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Heinie Manush | Washington Senators † | 54 | 0.675 (80) | 2 | 658 | 115 | 221 | 5 | 95 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 0.336 | 0.372 | 0.459 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Gehrig | New York Yankees | 39 | 0.488 (80) | 0 | 593 | 138 | 198 | 32 | 139 | 9 | 92 | 42 | 0.334 | 0.424 | 0.605 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lefty Grove | Philadelphia Athletics | 35 | 0.438 (80) | 0 | 105 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0.086 | 0.119 | 0.152 | 24 - 8 | 6 | 275.1 | 280 | 12 | 83 | 114 | 3.20 | ||
Charlie Gehringer | Detroit Tigers | 32 | 0.400 (80) | 0 | 628 | 103 | 204 | 12 | 105 | 5 | 68 | 27 | 0.325 | 0.393 | 0.468 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alvin Crowder | Washington Senators † | 28 | 0.350 (80) | 0 | 102 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0.186 | 0.252 | 0.216 | 24 - 15 | 4 | 299.1 | 311 | 14 | 81 | 110 | 3.97 | ||
Al Simmons | Chicago White Sox | 19 | 0.238 (80) | 0 | 605 | 85 | 200 | 14 | 119 | 5 | 39 | 49 | 0.331 | 0.373 | 0.481 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Earl Whitehill | Washington Senators † | 18 | 0.225 (80) | 0 | 108 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0.222 | 0.263 | 0.259 | 22 - 8 | 1 | 270.0 | 271 | 9 | 100 | 96 | 3.33 | ||
Ski Melillo | St. Louis Browns | 12 | 0.150 (80) | 0 | 496 | 50 | 145 | 3 | 79 | 12 | 29 | 18 | 0.292 | 0.333 | 0.381 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sam West | St. Louis Browns | 11 | 0.138 (80) | 0 | 517 | 93 | 155 | 11 | 48 | 10 | 59 | 49 | 0.300 | 0.373 | 0.458 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rick Ferrell | St. Louis Browns | 9 | 0.113 (80) | 0 | 72 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.357 | 0.319 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rick Ferrell | Boston Red Sox | 9 | 0.113 (80) | 0 | 421 | 50 | 125 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 0.297 | 0.385 | 0.382 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Dickey | New York Yankees | 9 | 0.113 (80) | 0 | 478 | 58 | 152 | 14 | 97 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 0.318 | 0.381 | 0.490 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Lazzeri | New York Yankees | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 523 | 94 | 154 | 18 | 104 | 15 | 73 | 62 | 0.294 | 0.383 | 0.486 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Buddy Myer | Washington Senators † | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 530 | 95 | 160 | 4 | 61 | 6 | 60 | 29 | 0.302 | 0.374 | 0.436 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Earl Averill | Cleveland Indians | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 599 | 83 | 180 | 11 | 92 | 3 | 54 | 29 | 0.301 | 0.363 | 0.474 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Kuhel | Washington Senators † | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 602 | 89 | 194 | 11 | 107 | 17 | 59 | 48 | 0.322 | 0.385 | 0.467 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Johnson | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 535 | 103 | 155 | 21 | 93 | 8 | 85 | 74 | 0.290 | 0.387 | 0.505 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Cochrane | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 429 | 104 | 138 | 15 | 60 | 8 | 106 | 22 | 0.322 | 0.459 | 0.515 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ben Chapman | New York Yankees | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 565 | 112 | 176 | 9 | 98 | 27 | 72 | 45 | 0.312 | 0.393 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Kamm | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 447 | 59 | 126 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 54 | 27 | 0.282 | 0.359 | 0.336 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Luke Appling | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 612 | 90 | 197 | 6 | 85 | 6 | 56 | 29 | 0.322 | 0.379 | 0.443 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Max Bishop | Philadelphia Athletics | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 391 | 80 | 115 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 106 | 46 | 0.294 | 0.446 | 0.399 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1932 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1933 |
Succeeded by 1934 |
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