1937 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1937 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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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Joe Medwick | St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 0.875 (80) | 2 | 633 | 111 | 237 | 31 | 154 | 4 | 41 | 50 | 0.374 | 0.414 | 0.641 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gabby Hartnett | Chicago Cubs | 68 | 0.850 (80) | 3 | 356 | 47 | 126 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 43 | 19 | 0.354 | 0.424 | 0.548 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Hubbell | New York Giants † | 52 | 0.650 (80) | 1 | 97 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.216 | 0.216 | 0.258 | 22 - 8 | 4 | 261.2 | 261 | 18 | 55 | 159 | 3.20 | ||
Jim Turner | Boston Bees | 30 | 0.375 (80) | 0 | 96 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.250 | 0.273 | 0.281 | 20 - 11 | 1 | 256.2 | 228 | 13 | 52 | 69 | 2.38 | ||
Lou Fette | Boston Bees | 29 | 0.363 (80) | 0 | 92 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0.239 | 0.271 | 0.250 | 20 - 10 | 0 | 259.0 | 243 | 5 | 81 | 70 | 2.88 | ||
Dick Bartell | New York Giants † | 26 | 0.325 (80) | 1 | 516 | 91 | 158 | 14 | 62 | 5 | 40 | 38 | 0.306 | 0.367 | 0.469 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mel Ott | New York Giants † | 24 | 0.300 (80) | 0 | 545 | 99 | 160 | 31 | 95 | 7 | 102 | 69 | 0.294 | 0.408 | 0.523 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Paul Waner | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 0.263 (80) | 0 | 619 | 94 | 219 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 63 | 34 | 0.354 | 0.413 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Billy Herman | Chicago Cubs | 19 | 0.238 (80) | 0 | 564 | 106 | 189 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 56 | 22 | 0.335 | 0.396 | 0.479 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Mize | St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 0.225 (80) | 0 | 560 | 103 | 204 | 25 | 113 | 2 | 56 | 57 | 0.364 | 0.427 | 0.595 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cliff Melton | New York Giants † | 17 | 0.213 (80) | 0 | 82 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.122 | 0.133 | 0.122 | 20 - 9 | 7 | 248.0 | 216 | 9 | 55 | 142 | 2.61 | ||
Charley Root | Chicago Cubs | 15 | 0.188 (80) | 0 | 67 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.179 | 0.203 | 0.254 | 13 - 5 | 5 | 178.2 | 173 | 18 | 32 | 74 | 3.38 | ||
Pinky Whitney | Philadelphia Phillies | 13 | 0.163 (80) | 0 | 487 | 56 | 166 | 8 | 79 | 6 | 43 | 44 | 0.341 | 0.395 | 0.446 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Harry Danning | New York Giants † | 10 | 0.125 (80) | 1 | 292 | 30 | 84 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0.288 | 0.331 | 0.438 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Demaree | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 0.113 (80) | 0 | 615 | 104 | 199 | 17 | 115 | 6 | 57 | 31 | 0.324 | 0.382 | 0.485 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lon Warneke | St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 80 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0.263 | 0.322 | 0.300 | 18 - 11 | 0 | 238.2 | 280 | 32 | 69 | 87 | 4.53 | ||
Johnny Cooney | Brooklyn Dodgers | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 430 | 61 | 126 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 0.293 | 0.327 | 0.358 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Billy Jurges | Chicago Cubs | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 450 | 53 | 134 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 42 | 41 | 0.298 | 0.365 | 0.389 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lee Grissom | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0.109 | 0.162 | 0.109 | 12 - 17 | 6 | 223.2 | 193 | 7 | 93 | 149 | 3.26 | ||
Billy Myers | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 335 | 35 | 84 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 44 | 57 | 0.251 | 0.339 | 0.370 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Heinie Manush | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 466 | 57 | 155 | 4 | 73 | 6 | 40 | 24 | 0.333 | 0.389 | 0.442 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1936 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1937 |
Succeeded by 1938 |
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