1936 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1936 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees.

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
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	73	0.913 (80)	Unk		579	167	205	49	152	3	130	46	0.354	0.478	0.696		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	65	0.813 (80)	Unk		526	111	204	6	128	10	85	25	0.388	0.474	0.508		Did not pitch
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	48	0.600 (80)	Unk		614	136	232	28	126	3	65	35	0.378	0.438	0.627		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	39	0.488 (80)	Unk		641	144	227	15	116	4	83	13	0.354	0.431	0.555		Did not pitch
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	29	0.363 (80)	Unk		423	99	153	22	107	0	46	16	0.362	0.428	0.617		Did not pitch
Vern Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	27	0.338 (80)	Unk		113	12	32	0	11	0	1	13	0.283	0.289	0.354		21 - 9	0	274.1	282	13	147	99	4.63
Joe Kuhel	Washington Senators	27	0.338 (80)	Unk		588	107	189	16	118	15	64	30	0.321	0.392	0.502		Did not pitch
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	26	0.325 (80)	Unk		637	132	206	29	125	4	24	39	0.323	0.352	0.576		Did not pitch
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	25	0.313 (80)	Unk		118	10	25	0	15	0	3	26	0.212	0.231	0.263		23 - 11	0	294.2	289	21	115	175	3.60
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	19	0.238 (80)	Unk		629	124	216	42	162	6	36	58	0.343	0.382	0.644		Did not pitch
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	16	0.200 (80)	Unk		585	130	198	41	143	13	105	119	0.338	0.440	0.631		Did not pitch
Gee Walker	Detroit Tigers	14	0.175 (80)	Unk		550	105	194	12	93	17	23	30	0.353	0.387	0.536		Did not pitch
Beau Bell	St. Louis Browns	10	0.125 (80)	Unk		616	100	212	11	123	4	60	55	0.344	0.403	0.502		Did not pitch
Wally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	7	0.088 (80)	0		585	98	202	7	66	12	62	32	0.345	0.410	0.479		Did not pitch
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	5	0.063 (80)	0		80	5	11	0	5	0	6	34	0.138	0.207	0.188		17 - 12	2	253.1	237	14	65	130	2.81
Jimmie Dykes	Chicago White Sox	3	0.038 (80)	0		435	62	116	7	60	1	61	36	0.267	0.362	0.366		Did not pitch
Rip Radcliff	Chicago White Sox	3	0.038 (80)	0		618	120	207	8	82	6	44	12	0.335	0.381	0.447		Did not pitch
Sam West	St. Louis Browns	2	0.025 (80)	0		533	78	148	7	70	2	94	70	0.278	0.386	0.381		Did not pitch
Eric McNair	Boston Red Sox	1	0.013 (80)	0		494	68	141	4	74	3	27	34	0.285	0.329	0.391		Did not pitch
Zeke Bonura	Chicago White Sox	1	0.013 (80)	0		587	120	194	12	138	4	94	29	0.330	0.426	0.482		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1935

Most Valuable Player Award National 1936

Succeeded by 1937