1941 American League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1941 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees.
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 DiMaggio | New York Yankees † | 291 | 0.866 (336) | 15 | 541 | 122 | 193 | 30 | 125 | 4 | 76 | 13 | 0.357 | 0.440 | 0.643 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox | 254 | 0.756 (336) | 8 | 456 | 135 | 185 | 37 | 120 | 2 | 147 | 27 | 0.406 | 0.553 | 0.735 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Feller | Cleveland Indians | 174 | 0.518 (336) | 0 | 120 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 0.150 | 0.209 | 0.250 | 25 - 13 | 2 | 343.0 | 284 | 15 | 194 | 260 | 3.15 | ||
Thornton Lee | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 0.429 (336) | 1 | 114 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0.254 | 0.280 | 0.298 | 22 - 11 | 1 | 300.1 | 258 | 18 | 92 | 130 | 2.37 | ||
Charlie Keller | New York Yankees † | 126 | 0.375 (336) | 0 | 507 | 102 | 151 | 33 | 122 | 6 | 102 | 65 | 0.298 | 0.416 | 0.580 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cecil Travis | Washington Senators | 101 | 0.301 (336) | 0 | 608 | 106 | 218 | 7 | 101 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 0.359 | 0.410 | 0.520 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Gordon | New York Yankees † | 60 | 0.179 (336) | 0 | 588 | 104 | 162 | 24 | 87 | 10 | 72 | 80 | 0.276 | 0.358 | 0.466 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jeff Heath | Cleveland Indians | 37 | 0.110 (336) | 0 | 585 | 89 | 199 | 24 | 123 | 18 | 50 | 69 | 0.340 | 0.396 | 0.586 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Newsome | Boston Red Sox | 32 | 0.095 (336) | 0 | 78 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0.244 | 0.263 | 0.282 | 19 - 10 | 0 | 213.2 | 235 | 13 | 79 | 58 | 4.13 | ||
Roy Cullenbine | St. Louis Browns | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 0 | 501 | 82 | 159 | 9 | 98 | 6 | 121 | 43 | 0.317 | 0.452 | 0.465 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Cronin | Boston Red Sox | 26 | 0.077 (336) | 0 | 518 | 98 | 161 | 16 | 95 | 1 | 82 | 55 | 0.311 | 0.406 | 0.508 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sam Chapman | Philadelphia Athletics | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 552 | 97 | 178 | 25 | 106 | 6 | 47 | 49 | 0.322 | 0.378 | 0.543 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Dickey | New York Yankees † | 18 | 0.054 (336) | 0 | 348 | 35 | 99 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 0.284 | 0.371 | 0.417 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommy Henrich | New York Yankees † | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 538 | 106 | 149 | 31 | 85 | 3 | 81 | 40 | 0.277 | 0.377 | 0.519 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Lyons | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 74 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.270 | 0.289 | 0.297 | 12 - 10 | 0 | 187.1 | 199 | 9 | 37 | 63 | 3.70 | ||
Barney McCosky | Detroit Tigers | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 494 | 80 | 160 | 3 | 55 | 8 | 61 | 33 | 0.324 | 0.401 | 0.425 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Boudreau | Cleveland Indians | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 579 | 95 | 149 | 10 | 56 | 9 | 85 | 57 | 0.257 | 0.355 | 0.415 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Siebert | Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 467 | 63 | 156 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 37 | 22 | 0.334 | 0.385 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Benton | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.060 | 0.060 | 0.080 | 15 - 6 | 7 | 157.2 | 130 | 11 | 65 | 63 | 2.97 | ||
Dutch Leonard | Washington Senators | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 88 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.102 | 0.112 | 0.125 | 18 - 13 | 0 | 256.0 | 271 | 6 | 54 | 91 | 3.45 | ||
Phil Rizzuto | New York Yankees † | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 515 | 65 | 158 | 3 | 46 | 14 | 27 | 36 | 0.307 | 0.343 | 0.398 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bruce Campbell | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 512 | 72 | 141 | 15 | 93 | 3 | 68 | 67 | 0.275 | 0.364 | 0.457 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frankie Hayes | Philadelphia Athletics | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 439 | 66 | 123 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 62 | 56 | 0.280 | 0.369 | 0.442 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rudy York | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 590 | 91 | 153 | 27 | 111 | 3 | 92 | 88 | 0.259 | 0.360 | 0.456 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Ruffing | New York Yankees † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 89 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0.303 | 0.333 | 0.483 | 15 - 6 | 0 | 185.2 | 177 | 13 | 54 | 60 | 3.54 | ||
Taffy Wright | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 513 | 71 | 165 | 10 | 97 | 5 | 60 | 27 | 0.322 | 0.399 | 0.468 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Elden Auker | St. Louis Browns | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 80 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0.125 | 0.157 | 0.163 | 14 - 15 | 0 | 216.0 | 268 | 20 | 85 | 60 | 5.50 | ||
Dom DiMaggio | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 584 | 117 | 165 | 8 | 58 | 13 | 90 | 57 | 0.283 | 0.385 | 0.408 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pinky Higgins | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 540 | 79 | 161 | 11 | 73 | 5 | 67 | 45 | 0.298 | 0.378 | 0.422 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1940 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1941 |
Succeeded by 1942 |
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