1939 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1939 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe DiMaggio 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
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	280	0.833 (336)	15		462	108	176	30	126	3	52	20	0.381	0.448	0.671		Did not pitch
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	170	0.506 (336)	1		467	130	168	35	105	4	89	72	0.360	0.464	0.694		0 - 0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	155	0.461 (336)	3		99	14	21	0	7	0	14	35	0.212	0.316	0.283		24 - 9	1	296.2	227	13	142	246	2.85
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	126	0.375 (336)	0		565	131	185	31	145	2	107	64	0.327	0.436	0.609		Did not pitch
Red Ruffing	New York Yankees †	116	0.345 (336)	0		114	12	35	1	20	1	7	18	0.307	0.347	0.342		21 - 7	0	233.1	211	15	75	95	2.93
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	110	0.327 (336)	3		480	98	145	24	105	5	77	37	0.302	0.403	0.513		Did not pitch
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	71	0.211 (336)	1		95	2	21	0	2	0	1	12	0.221	0.229	0.253		20 - 8	0	269.1	273	16	59	88	3.54
Bob Johnson	Philadelphia Athletics	52	0.155 (336)	0		544	115	184	23	114	15	99	59	0.338	0.440	0.553		Did not pitch
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees †	43	0.128 (336)	0		567	92	161	28	111	11	75	57	0.284	0.370	0.506		Did not pitch
Mike Kreevich	Chicago White Sox	38	0.113 (336)	1		541	85	175	5	77	23	59	40	0.323	0.390	0.436		Did not pitch
Clint Brown	Chicago White Sox	34	0.101 (336)	0		19	0	4	0	3	0	4	3	0.211	0.348	0.211		11 - 10	18	118.1	127	8	27	41	3.88
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	26	0.077 (336)	0		587	84	191	13	97	6	51	41	0.325	0.379	0.489		Did not pitch
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns	24	0.071 (336)	0		617	101	195	20	94	6	65	42	0.316	0.383	0.515		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	21	0.063 (336)	0		406	86	132	16	86	4	68	16	0.325	0.423	0.544		Did not pitch
Lefty Grove	Boston Red Sox	17	0.051 (336)	0		67	3	9	1	5	0	9	26	0.134	0.237	0.179		15 - 4	0	191.0	180	8	58	81	2.54
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	15	0.045 (336)	0		520	97	160	19	107	6	87	48	0.308	0.407	0.492		Did not pitch
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	13	0.039 (336)	0		61	5	18	0	8	0	5	7	0.295	0.348	0.344		14 - 6	0	172.2	162	7	26	65	2.76
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	12	0.036 (336)	0		500	112	156	33	112	8	91	95	0.312	0.420	0.622		Did not pitch
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers	11	0.033 (336)	0		97	6	18	0	7	0	1	16	0.186	0.194	0.206		17 - 10	2	246.0	222	14	104	164	3.37
Bobo Newsom	St. Louis Browns	11	0.033 (336)	0		18	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0.222	0.222	0.278		3 - 1	0	45.2	50	5	22	28	4.73
Johnny Rigney	Chicago White Sox	9	0.027 (336)	0		80	4	16	0	7	0	2	18	0.200	0.220	0.250		15 - 8	0	218.2	208	10	84	119	3.70
Joe Kuhel	Chicago White Sox	8	0.024 (336)	0		546	107	164	15	56	18	64	51	0.300	0.376	0.460		Did not pitch
Tommy Bridges	Detroit Tigers	7	0.021 (336)	0		71	11	14	0	6	0	8	24	0.197	0.278	0.225		17 - 7	2	198.0	186	11	61	129	3.50
Gee Walker	Chicago White Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		598	95	174	13	111	17	28	43	0.291	0.330	0.443		Did not pitch
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	7	0.021 (336)	0		431	64	126	14	69	8	41	64	0.292	0.354	0.494		Did not pitch
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	7	0.021 (336)	0		431	66	122	20	83	4	40	55	0.283	0.348	0.510		Did not pitch
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees †	7	0.021 (336)	0		398	87	133	11	83	6	81	49	0.334	0.447	0.500		Did not pitch
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	6	0.018 (336)	0		611	120	190	4	58	20	70	45	0.311	0.384	0.430		Did not pitch
Red Rolfe	New York Yankees †	6	0.018 (336)	0		648	139	213	14	80	7	81	41	0.329	0.404	0.495		Did not pitch
Eric McNair	Chicago White Sox	5	0.015 (336)	0		479	62	155	7	82	17	38	41	0.324	0.375	0.426		Did not pitch
Hal Trosky	Cleveland Indians	4	0.012 (336)	0		448	89	150	25	104	2	52	28	0.335	0.405	0.589		Did not pitch
Myril Hoag	St. Louis Browns	3	0.009 (336)	0		482	58	142	10	75	9	24	35	0.295	0.329	0.421		0 - 0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
George Case	Washington Senators	3	0.009 (336)	0		530	103	160	2	35	51	56	36	0.302	0.369	0.377		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		516	82	162	0	56	16	105	37	0.314	0.430	0.368		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	1	0.003 (336)	0		329	66	101	20	68	5	41	50	0.307	0.387	0.544		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1938

Most Valuable Player Award National 1939

Succeeded by 1940