1937 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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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
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