1941 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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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
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