1940 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1940 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Hank Greenberg 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
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers †	292	0.869 (336)	16		573	129	195	41	150	6	93	75	0.340	0.433	0.670		Did not pitch
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	222	0.661 (336)	6		115	7	18	2	12	0	8	45	0.157	0.211	0.270		27 - 11	4	320.1	245	13	118	261	2.61
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	151	0.449 (336)	0		508	93	179	31	133	1	61	30	0.352	0.425	0.626		Did not pitch
Bobo Newsom	Detroit Tigers †	120	0.357 (336)	1		107	9	23	0	16	0	1	17	0.215	0.222	0.262		21 - 5	0	264.0	235	19	100	164	2.83
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	119	0.354 (336)	1		627	97	185	9	101	6	73	39	0.295	0.370	0.443		Did not pitch
Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	110	0.327 (336)	0		515	106	153	36	119	4	101	87	0.297	0.412	0.581		Did not pitch
Schoolboy Rowe	Detroit Tigers †	62	0.185 (336)	0		67	7	18	1	18	1	5	13	0.269	0.319	0.433		16 - 3	0	169.0	170	15	43	61	3.46
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers †	61	0.182 (336)	0		588	105	186	33	134	3	89	88	0.316	0.410	0.583		Did not pitch
Rip Radcliff	St. Louis Browns	55	0.164 (336)	0		584	83	200	7	81	6	47	20	0.342	0.392	0.466		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	54	0.161 (336)	0		566	96	197	0	79	3	69	35	0.348	0.420	0.442		Did not pitch
Roy Weatherly	Cleveland Indians	34	0.101 (336)	0		578	90	175	12	59	9	27	26	0.303	0.335	0.464		Did not pitch
Dick Bartell	Detroit Tigers †	26	0.077 (336)	0		528	76	123	7	53	12	76	53	0.233	0.335	0.330		Did not pitch
Joe Kuhel	Chicago White Sox	18	0.054 (336)	0		603	111	169	27	94	12	87	59	0.280	0.374	0.488		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	16	0.048 (336)	0		561	134	193	23	113	4	96	54	0.344	0.442	0.594		0 - 0	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	4.50
Sid Hudson	Washington Senators	16	0.048 (336)	0		93	8	22	0	10	0	1	6	0.237	0.245	0.280		17 - 16	1	252.0	272	20	81	96	4.57
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers †	11	0.033 (336)	0		589	123	200	4	57	13	67	41	0.340	0.408	0.491		Did not pitch
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees	8	0.024 (336)	0		37	3	7	0	2	0	2	6	0.189	0.231	0.216		9 - 3	0	99.1	83	4	13	37	1.90
Wally Judnich	St. Louis Browns	6	0.018 (336)	0		519	97	157	24	89	8	54	71	0.303	0.368	0.520		Did not pitch
Johnny Babich	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		86	4	10	0	1	0	2	24	0.116	0.146	0.128		14 - 13	0	229.1	222	16	80	94	3.73
Mike Tresh	Chicago White Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		480	62	135	1	64	3	49	40	0.281	0.349	0.340		Did not pitch
Ray Mack	Cleveland Indians	4	0.012 (336)	0		530	60	150	12	69	4	51	77	0.283	0.346	0.409		Did not pitch
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		465	73	143	16	70	9	61	59	0.308	0.389	0.477		Did not pitch
Bob Kennedy	Chicago White Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		606	74	153	3	52	3	42	58	0.252	0.301	0.315		Did not pitch
Cecil Travis	Washington Senators	3	0.009 (336)	0		528	60	170	2	76	0	48	23	0.322	0.381	0.445		Did not pitch
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	3	0.009 (336)	0		616	112	173	30	103	18	52	57	0.281	0.340	0.511		Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers †	3	0.009 (336)	0		515	108	161	10	81	10	101	17	0.313	0.428	0.447		Did not pitch
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		75	4	18	0	7	0	2	7	0.240	0.260	0.293		12 - 8	0	186.1	188	17	37	72	3.24
Rollie Hemsley	Cleveland Indians	2	0.006 (336)	0		416	46	111	4	42	1	22	25	0.267	0.304	0.368		Did not pitch
Elden Auker	St. Louis Browns	1	0.003 (336)	0		89	11	19	1	10	0	9	29	0.213	0.286	0.292		16 - 11	0	263.2	299	17	96	78	3.96
Lou Finney	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		534	73	171	5	73	5	33	13	0.320	0.360	0.463		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1939

Most Valuable Player Award National 1940

Succeeded by 1941