1937 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1937 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers.

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
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	78	0.975 (80)	6		564	133	209	14	96	11	90	25	0.371	0.458	0.520		Did not pitch
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	74	0.925 (80)	2		621	151	215	46	167	3	64	37	0.346	0.412	0.673		Did not pitch
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	48	0.600 (80)	0		594	137	200	40	183	8	102	101	0.337	0.436	0.668		Did not pitch
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	42	0.525 (80)	0		569	138	200	37	159	4	127	49	0.351	0.473	0.643		Did not pitch
Luke Sewell	Chicago White Sox	22	0.275 (80)	0		412	51	111	1	61	4	46	18	0.269	0.343	0.357		Did not pitch
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	22	0.275 (80)	0		530	87	176	29	133	3	73	22	0.332	0.417	0.570		Did not pitch
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	19	0.238 (80)	0		570	102	175	18	110	5	84	73	0.307	0.402	0.486		Did not pitch
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees †	18	0.225 (80)	0		129	11	26	1	10	0	13	24	0.202	0.275	0.248		20 - 7	0	256.1	242	17	68	131	2.98
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees †	14	0.175 (80)	0		105	8	21	0	4	1	5	22	0.200	0.236	0.219		21 - 11	0	278.1	233	10	93	194	2.33
Mike Kreevich	Chicago White Sox	13	0.163 (80)	0		583	94	176	12	73	10	43	45	0.302	0.350	0.468		Did not pitch
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	12	0.150 (80)	0		526	72	181	3	66	3	39	34	0.344	0.395	0.439		Did not pitch
Wally Moses	Philadelphia Athletics	12	0.150 (80)	0		649	113	208	25	86	9	54	38	0.320	0.374	0.550		Did not pitch
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	11	0.138 (80)	0		67	5	6	0	6	0	1	15	0.090	0.103	0.090		15 - 1	0	173.0	157	4	60	87	2.55
Harlond Clift	St. Louis Browns	11	0.138 (80)	0		571	103	175	29	118	8	98	80	0.306	0.413	0.546		Did not pitch
Rip Radcliff	Chicago White Sox	10	0.125 (80)	0		584	105	190	4	79	6	53	25	0.325	0.383	0.445		Did not pitch
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	7	0.088 (80)	0		668	107	210	10	79	11	52	44	0.314	0.367	0.425		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	5	0.063 (80)	0		574	98	182	4	77	18	86	28	0.317	0.407	0.439		Did not pitch
Beau Bell	St. Louis Browns	5	0.063 (80)	0		642	82	218	14	117	2	53	54	0.340	0.391	0.509		Did not pitch
Roxie Lawson	Detroit Tigers	4	0.050 (80)	0		81	11	21	0	6	0	6	14	0.259	0.310	0.296		18 - 7	1	217.1	236	17	115	68	5.26
Lyn Lary	Cleveland Indians	4	0.050 (80)	0		644	110	187	8	77	18	88	64	0.290	0.378	0.421		Did not pitch
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	4	0.050 (80)	0		609	121	182	21	92	5	88	65	0.299	0.387	0.493		Did not pitch
Gee Walker	Detroit Tigers	3	0.038 (80)	0		635	105	213	18	113	23	41	74	0.335	0.380	0.499		Did not pitch
Pete Fox	Detroit Tigers	1	0.013 (80)	0		628	116	208	12	82	12	41	43	0.331	0.372	0.476		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1	0.013 (80)	0		375	72	115	35	103	3	41	52	0.307	0.375	0.651		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1936

Most Valuable Player Award National 1937

Succeeded by 1938