1944 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1944 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Hal Newhouser 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
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	236	0.702 (336)	7		120	10	29	0	5	1	6	12	0.242	0.278	0.275		29 - 9	2	312.1	264	6	102	187	2.22
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	232	0.690 (336)	10		133	18	36	5	24	2	9	28	0.271	0.317	0.429		27 - 14	0	352.1	314	9	83	144	2.12
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns †	193	0.574 (336)	4		559	91	164	20	109	2	62	54	0.293	0.365	0.462		Did not pitch
Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	129	0.384 (336)	1		643	125	205	8	43	55	73	87	0.319	0.389	0.460		Did not pitch
Dick Wakefield	Detroit Tigers	128	0.381 (336)	2		276	53	98	12	53	2	55	29	0.355	0.464	0.576		Did not pitch
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	84	0.250 (336)	0		584	91	191	3	67	11	73	39	0.327	0.406	0.437		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	75	0.223 (336)	0		468	95	152	15	81	5	58	31	0.325	0.399	0.528		Did not pitch
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	56	0.167 (336)	0		592	83	187	18	100	3	69	28	0.316	0.391	0.486		Did not pitch
Nels Potter	St. Louis Browns †	52	0.155 (336)	0		82	4	13	0	5	0	4	4	0.159	0.207	0.171		19 - 7	0	232.0	211	6	70	91	2.83
Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	51	0.152 (336)	0		525	106	170	17	106	2	95	67	0.324	0.431	0.528		Did not pitch
Mark Christman	St. Louis Browns †	27	0.080 (336)	0		547	56	148	6	83	5	47	37	0.271	0.332	0.353		Did not pitch
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox	22	0.065 (336)	0		66	6	10	0	4	0	8	15	0.152	0.243	0.152		18 - 5	5	203.1	172	4	41	112	2.26
Doc Cramer	Detroit Tigers	14	0.042 (336)	0		578	69	169	2	42	6	37	21	0.292	0.337	0.369		Did not pitch
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	13	0.039 (336)	0		581	62	144	13	78	2	57	59	0.248	0.315	0.367		Did not pitch
Pete Fox	Boston Red Sox	12	0.036 (336)	0		496	70	156	1	64	10	27	34	0.315	0.354	0.419		Did not pitch
Jack Kramer	St. Louis Browns †	9	0.027 (336)	0		85	6	14	2	6	0	8	21	0.165	0.245	0.259		17 - 13	0	257.0	233	3	75	124	2.49
Paul Richards	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		300	24	71	3	37	8	35	30	0.237	0.318	0.310		Did not pitch
Johnny Lindell	New York Yankees	8	0.024 (336)	0		594	91	178	18	103	5	44	56	0.300	0.351	0.500		Did not pitch
Don Gutteridge	St. Louis Browns †	7	0.021 (336)	0		603	89	148	3	36	20	51	63	0.245	0.304	0.342		Did not pitch
George McQuinn	St. Louis Browns †	7	0.021 (336)	0		516	83	129	11	72	4	85	74	0.250	0.357	0.376		Did not pitch
Pinky Higgins	Detroit Tigers	7	0.021 (336)	0		543	79	161	7	76	4	81	34	0.297	0.392	0.409		Did not pitch
George Kell	Philadelphia Athletics	6	0.018 (336)	0		514	51	138	0	44	5	22	23	0.268	0.300	0.309		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	5	0.015 (336)	0		583	77	161	18	98	5	68	73	0.276	0.353	0.439		Did not pitch
Roy Cullenbine	Cleveland Indians	5	0.015 (336)	0		571	98	162	16	80	4	87	49	0.284	0.380	0.445		Did not pitch
Nick Etten	New York Yankees	5	0.015 (336)	0		573	88	168	22	91	4	97	29	0.293	0.399	0.466		Did not pitch
Rollie Hemsley	New York Yankees	4	0.012 (336)	0		284	23	76	2	26	0	9	13	0.268	0.290	0.366		Did not pitch
Wally Moses	Chicago White Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		535	82	150	3	34	21	52	22	0.280	0.345	0.379		Did not pitch
Mike Kreevich	St. Louis Browns †	4	0.012 (336)	0		402	55	121	5	44	3	27	24	0.301	0.348	0.405		Did not pitch
Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		607	76	151	5	63	9	57	23	0.249	0.317	0.313		Did not pitch
Dick Siebert	Philadelphia Athletics	3	0.009 (336)	0		468	52	143	6	52	2	62	17	0.306	0.387	0.423		Did not pitch
Hank Borowy	New York Yankees	2	0.006 (336)	0		90	5	12	0	7	0	3	17	0.133	0.161	0.189		17 - 12	2	252.2	224	15	88	107	2.64
Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees	2	0.006 (336)	0		197	20	47	5	30	3	11	21	0.239	0.299	0.355		Did not pitch
Ralph Hodgin	Chicago White Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		465	56	137	1	51	3	21	14	0.295	0.333	0.385		Did not pitch
Bob Muncrief	St. Louis Browns †	1	0.003 (336)	0		78	4	18	0	10	1	3	16	0.231	0.259	0.256		13 - 8	1	219.1	216	11	50	88	3.08

Preceded by 1943

Most Valuable Player Award National 1944

Succeeded by 1945