1935 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The unanimous winner of the 1935 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers.
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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Hank Greenberg | Detroit Tigers †^ | 80 | 1.000 (80) | 8 | 619 | 121 | 203 | 36 | 170 | 4 | 87 | 91 | 0.328 | 0.411 | 0.628 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Wes Ferrell | Boston Red Sox | 62 | 0.775 (80) | 0 | 150 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 0.347 | 0.427 | 0.533 | 25 - 14 | 0 | 322.1 | 336 | 16 | 108 | 110 | 3.52 | ||
Joe Vosmik | Cleveland Indians | 39 | 0.488 (80) | 0 | 620 | 93 | 216 | 10 | 110 | 2 | 59 | 30 | 0.348 | 0.408 | 0.537 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Buddy Myer | Washington Senators | 36 | 0.450 (80) | 0 | 616 | 115 | 215 | 5 | 100 | 7 | 96 | 40 | 0.349 | 0.440 | 0.468 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Gehrig | New York Yankees | 29 | 0.363 (80) | 0 | 535 | 125 | 176 | 30 | 119 | 8 | 132 | 38 | 0.329 | 0.466 | 0.583 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Charlie Gehringer | Detroit Tigers † | 26 | 0.325 (80) | 0 | 610 | 123 | 201 | 19 | 108 | 11 | 79 | 16 | 0.330 | 0.409 | 0.502 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mickey Cochrane | Detroit Tigers † | 24 | 0.300 (80) | 0 | 411 | 93 | 131 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 96 | 15 | 0.319 | 0.452 | 0.450 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Doc Cramer | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 0.225 (80) | 0 | 644 | 96 | 214 | 3 | 70 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 0.332 | 0.373 | 0.416 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Moose Solters | Boston Red Sox | 16 | 0.200 (80) | 0 | 79 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0.241 | 0.268 | 0.342 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rollie Hemsley | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 0.200 (80) | 0 | 504 | 57 | 146 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 44 | 41 | 0.290 | 0.349 | 0.381 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Moose Solters | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 0.200 (80) | 0 | 552 | 79 | 182 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 0.330 | 0.369 | 0.520 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommy Bridges | Detroit Tigers † | 11 | 0.138 (80) | 0 | 109 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0.239 | 0.278 | 0.303 | 21 - 10 | 1 | 274.1 | 277 | 22 | 113 | 163 | 3.51 | ||
Jimmie Foxx | Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 0.138 (80) | 0 | 535 | 118 | 185 | 36 | 115 | 6 | 114 | 99 | 0.346 | 0.461 | 0.636 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Lyons | Chicago White Sox | 10 | 0.125 (80) | 0 | 82 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.220 | 0.256 | 0.268 | 15 - 8 | 0 | 190.2 | 194 | 15 | 56 | 54 | 3.02 | ||
Lefty Grove | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 0.100 (80) | 0 | 89 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 0.079 | 0.196 | 0.146 | 20 - 12 | 1 | 273.0 | 269 | 6 | 65 | 121 | 2.70 | ||
Luke Sewell | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 0.088 (80) | 0 | 421 | 52 | 120 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 0.285 | 0.336 | 0.359 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Luke Appling | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 0.088 (80) | 0 | 525 | 94 | 161 | 1 | 71 | 12 | 122 | 40 | 0.307 | 0.437 | 0.389 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Zeke Bonura | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 0.088 (80) | 0 | 550 | 107 | 162 | 21 | 92 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 0.295 | 0.364 | 0.485 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Allen | New York Yankees | 5 | 0.063 (80) | 0 | 67 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0.224 | 0.257 | 0.284 | 13 - 6 | 0 | 167.0 | 149 | 11 | 58 | 113 | 3.61 | ||
John Whitehead | Chicago White Sox | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 82 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0.146 | 0.186 | 0.146 | 13 - 13 | 0 | 222.1 | 209 | 17 | 101 | 72 | 3.72 | ||
Johnny Marcum | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | 0.038 (80) | 0 | 119 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0.311 | 0.359 | 0.395 | 17 - 12 | 3 | 242.2 | 256 | 9 | 83 | 99 | 4.08 | ||
Pinky Higgins | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | 0.038 (80) | 0 | 524 | 69 | 155 | 23 | 94 | 6 | 42 | 62 | 0.296 | 0.350 | 0.504 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mel Harder | Cleveland Indians | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0.206 | 0.221 | 0.275 | 22 - 11 | 2 | 287.1 | 313 | 6 | 53 | 95 | 3.29 | ||
Elden Auker | Detroit Tigers † | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 74 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0.216 | 0.237 | 0.311 | 18 - 7 | 0 | 195.0 | 213 | 13 | 61 | 63 | 3.83 | ||
Lyn Lary | Washington Senators | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 103 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0.194 | 0.278 | 0.233 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lyn Lary | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 371 | 78 | 107 | 2 | 35 | 25 | 64 | 43 | 0.288 | 0.396 | 0.410 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1934 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1935 |
Succeeded by 1936 |
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