1938 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1938 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox.

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
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	305	0.908 (336)	19		565	139	197	50	175	5	119	76	0.349	0.462	0.704		Did not pitch
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	196	0.583 (336)	3		454	84	142	27	115	3	75	22	0.313	0.412	0.568		Did not pitch
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	162	0.482 (336)	Unk		556	144	175	58	146	7	119	92	0.315	0.438	0.683		Did not pitch
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees †	146	0.435 (336)	2		107	12	24	3	17	0	17	21	0.224	0.331	0.364		21 - 7	0	247.1	246	16	82	127	3.31
Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	111	0.330 (336)	Unk		124	9	31	0	16	0	1	21	0.250	0.256	0.282		20 - 16	1	329.2	334	30	192	226	5.08
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	106	0.315 (336)	Unk		599	129	194	32	140	6	59	21	0.324	0.386	0.581		Did not pitch
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	92	0.274 (336)	Unk		530	98	172	17	94	7	91	60	0.325	0.428	0.536		Did not pitch
Earl Averill	Cleveland Indians	34	0.101 (336)	Unk		482	101	159	14	93	5	81	48	0.330	0.429	0.535		Did not pitch
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	33	0.098 (336)	Unk		567	96	190	5	67	6	58	22	0.335	0.401	0.432		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	27	0.080 (336)	Unk		568	133	174	20	107	14	113	21	0.306	0.425	0.486		Did not pitch
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	24	0.071 (336)	Unk		502	104	172	21	112	3	33	55	0.343	0.383	0.602		Did not pitch
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees †	23	0.068 (336)	Unk		458	83	117	25	97	11	56	72	0.255	0.340	0.502		Did not pitch
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	22	0.065 (336)	Unk		554	106	185	19	110	5	67	40	0.334	0.407	0.542		Did not pitch
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	16	0.048 (336)	Unk		576	86	159	26	113	4	33	75	0.276	0.319	0.497		Did not pitch
Monty Stratton	Chicago White Sox	15	0.045 (336)	Unk		79	17	21	2	10	0	2	9	0.266	0.293	0.405		15 - 9	2	186.1	186	18	56	82	4.01
Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	14	0.042 (336)	Unk		88	3	10	0	6	0	4	31	0.114	0.152	0.136		17 - 10	4	240.0	257	16	62	102	3.83
Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	13	0.039 (336)	0		563	114	176	30	113	9	87	73	0.313	0.406	0.552		Did not pitch
Harlond Clift	St. Louis Browns	11	0.033 (336)	0		534	119	155	34	118	10	118	67	0.290	0.423	0.554		Did not pitch
Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees †	10	0.030 (336)	0		576	115	170	29	114	6	107	75	0.295	0.410	0.523		Did not pitch
Pete Fox	Detroit Tigers	9	0.027 (336)	0		634	91	186	7	96	16	31	39	0.293	0.328	0.413		Did not pitch
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		54	8	8	0	8	0	7	25	0.148	0.246	0.148		14 - 4	1	163.2	169	8	52	99	3.08
Joe Vosmik	Boston Red Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		621	121	201	9	86	0	59	26	0.324	0.384	0.446		Did not pitch
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	7	0.021 (336)	0		602	100	195	12	82	4	58	49	0.324	0.384	0.477		Did not pitch
Buddy Lewis	Washington Senators	5	0.015 (336)	0		656	122	194	12	91	17	58	35	0.296	0.354	0.431		Did not pitch
Red Rolfe	New York Yankees †	5	0.015 (336)	0		631	132	196	10	80	13	74	44	0.311	0.386	0.441		Did not pitch
Buddy Myer	Washington Senators	5	0.015 (336)	0		437	79	147	6	71	9	93	32	0.336	0.454	0.465		Did not pitch
Earle Brucker	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		171	26	64	3	35	1	19	16	0.374	0.437	0.561		Did not pitch
Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	3	0.009 (336)	0		79	12	20	1	14	1	3	14	0.253	0.280	0.342		14 - 8	0	200.0	189	15	81	112	4.19
Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		631	113	166	9	55	27	106	97	0.263	0.382	0.371		Did not pitch
Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees †	1	0.003 (336)	0		86	5	13	0	7	0	4	18	0.151	0.189	0.174		18 - 12	0	239.0	239	7	99	129	3.35
Doc Cramer	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		658	116	198	0	71	4	51	19	0.301	0.354	0.380		0 - 0	0	4.0	3	0	3	1	4.50

Preceded by 1937

Most Valuable Player Award National 1938

Succeeded by 1939