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[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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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 |
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