1942 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1942 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe Gordon 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 Gordon	New York Yankees †	270	0.804 (336)	12		538	88	173	18	103	12	79	95	0.322	0.409	0.491		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	249	0.741 (336)	9		522	141	186	36	137	3	145	51	0.356	0.499	0.648		Did not pitch
Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	143	0.426 (336)	2		620	105	205	2	51	12	42	36	0.331	0.375	0.416		Did not pitch
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	140	0.417 (336)	1		575	84	169	14	92	1	41	53	0.294	0.341	0.433		Did not pitch
Tiny Bonham	New York Yankees †	102	0.304 (336)	0		74	4	9	0	2	0	3	17	0.122	0.167	0.122		21 - 5	0	226.0	199	11	24	71	2.27
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	92	0.274 (336)	0		102	8	18	0	6	0	8	26	0.176	0.236	0.206		22 - 6	4	281.0	258	10	75	113	2.59
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	86	0.256 (336)	0		610	123	186	21	114	4	68	36	0.305	0.376	0.498		Did not pitch
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	65	0.193 (336)	0		629	94	203	4	79	5	62	16	0.323	0.384	0.432		Did not pitch
Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	39	0.116 (336)	0		84	3	20	0	7	0	4	13	0.238	0.273	0.262		17 - 14	1	244.0	215	14	140	110	4.20
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	34	0.101 (336)	0		506	57	143	2	58	7	75	39	0.283	0.379	0.370		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	24	0.071 (336)	0		545	71	158	15	102	4	67	55	0.290	0.369	0.455		Did not pitch
Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	23	0.068 (336)	0		67	10	16	0	10	0	3	7	0.239	0.282	0.299		14 - 6	0	180.1	167	11	26	50	2.10
George Case	Washington Senators	17	0.051 (336)	0		513	101	164	5	43	44	44	30	0.320	0.377	0.407		Did not pitch
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	15	0.045 (336)	0		624	72	179	6	78	4	20	36	0.287	0.312	0.383		Did not pitch
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees †	15	0.045 (336)	0		544	106	159	26	108	14	114	61	0.292	0.417	0.513		Did not pitch
Wally Judnich	St. Louis Browns	14	0.042 (336)	0		457	78	143	17	82	3	74	41	0.313	0.413	0.499		Did not pitch
Don Gutteridge	St. Louis Browns	12	0.036 (336)	0		616	90	157	1	50	16	59	54	0.255	0.320	0.339		Did not pitch
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	12	0.036 (336)	0		268	28	79	2	37	2	26	11	0.295	0.359	0.373		Did not pitch
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		553	79	157	4	68	22	44	40	0.284	0.343	0.374		Did not pitch
Chet Laabs	St. Louis Browns	9	0.027 (336)	0		520	90	143	27	99	0	88	88	0.275	0.380	0.498		Did not pitch
Hank Borowy	New York Yankees †	8	0.024 (336)	0		70	4	11	0	7	0	1	17	0.157	0.169	0.200		15 - 4	1	178.1	157	6	66	85	2.52
Rick Ferrell	St. Louis Browns	8	0.024 (336)	0		273	20	61	0	26	0	33	13	0.223	0.307	0.253		Did not pitch
Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	6	0.018 (336)	0		95	6	18	1	6	0	1	12	0.189	0.198	0.232		17 - 9	1	270.2	267	19	64	54	2.96
Taffy Wright	Chicago White Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		300	43	100	0	47	1	48	9	0.333	0.432	0.410		Did not pitch
Tony Lupien	Boston Red Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		463	63	130	3	70	10	50	20	0.281	0.351	0.384		Did not pitch
Les Fleming	Cleveland Indians	4	0.012 (336)	0		548	71	160	14	82	6	106	57	0.292	0.412	0.432		Did not pitch
Spud Chandler	New York Yankees †	3	0.009 (336)	0		71	6	15	0	5	0	8	14	0.211	0.291	0.239		16 - 5	0	200.2	176	13	74	74	2.38
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		577	81	150	21	90	3	73	71	0.260	0.343	0.428		Did not pitch
Barney McCosky	Detroit Tigers	1	0.003 (336)	0		600	75	176	7	50	11	68	37	0.293	0.365	0.412		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1941

Most Valuable Player Award National 1942

Succeeded by 1943