1945 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1945 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)	9		109	9	28	0	17	0	7	10	0.257	0.302	0.321		25 - 9	2	313.1	239	5	110	212	1.81
Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers †	164	0.488 (336)	7		501	71	143	10	54	7	47	29	0.285	0.347	0.405		Did not pitch
Snuffy Stirnweiss	New York Yankees	161	0.479 (336)	4		632	107	195	10	64	33	78	62	0.309	0.385	0.476		Did not pitch
Dave Ferriss	Boston Red Sox	148	0.440 (336)	2		120	16	32	1	19	0	19	11	0.267	0.367	0.367		21 - 10	2	264.2	263	6	85	94	2.96
George Myatt	Washington Senators	98	0.292 (336)	1		490	81	145	1	39	30	63	43	0.296	0.378	0.365		Did not pitch
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	94	0.280 (336)	0		571	90	165	24	89	2	55	70	0.289	0.352	0.473		Did not pitch
Roger Wolff	Washington Senators	78	0.232 (336)	0		84	2	9	0	6	0	6	20	0.107	0.167	0.119		20 - 10	2	250.0	200	7	53	108	2.12
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	70	0.208 (336)	0		345	50	106	3	48	0	35	20	0.307	0.374	0.409		Did not pitch
George Case	Washington Senators	60	0.179 (336)	0		504	72	148	1	31	30	49	27	0.294	0.360	0.357		Did not pitch
Paul Richards	Detroit Tigers †	35	0.104 (336)	0		234	26	60	3	32	4	19	31	0.256	0.315	0.355		Did not pitch
Mike Tresh	Chicago White Sox	33	0.098 (336)	0		458	50	114	0	47	6	65	37	0.249	0.342	0.275		Did not pitch
Joe Kuhel	Washington Senators	29	0.086 (336)	1		533	73	152	2	75	10	79	31	0.285	0.378	0.400		Did not pitch
Roy Cullenbine	Cleveland Indians	26	0.077 (336)	0		13	3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0.077	0.500	0.154		Did not pitch
Roy Cullenbine	Detroit Tigers †	26	0.077 (336)	0		523	80	145	18	93	2	102	36	0.277	0.398	0.451		Did not pitch
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers †	25	0.074 (336)	0		270	47	84	13	60	3	42	40	0.311	0.404	0.544		Did not pitch
Nick Etten	New York Yankees	21	0.063 (336)	0		565	77	161	18	111	2	90	23	0.285	0.387	0.437		Did not pitch
Tony Cuccinello	Chicago White Sox	18	0.054 (336)	0		402	50	124	2	49	6	45	19	0.308	0.379	0.400		Did not pitch
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers †	17	0.051 (336)	0		102	11	25	2	11	1	2	23	0.245	0.260	0.373		18 - 15	2	246.1	252	8	79	97	3.14
Dutch Leonard	Washington Senators	16	0.048 (336)	0		78	9	18	0	9	0	1	5	0.231	0.241	0.256		17 - 7	1	216.0	208	5	35	96	2.13
Roy Schalk	Chicago White Sox	13	0.039 (336)	0		513	50	127	1	65	3	32	41	0.248	0.293	0.302		Did not pitch
Jeff Heath	Cleveland Indians	10	0.030 (336)	0		370	60	113	15	61	3	56	39	0.305	0.398	0.508		Did not pitch
George Binks	Washington Senators	9	0.027 (336)	0		550	62	153	6	81	11	34	52	0.278	0.324	0.391		Did not pitch
Bob Muncrief	St. Louis Browns	8	0.024 (336)	0		45	4	3	0	0	0	1	6	0.067	0.087	0.133		13 - 4	1	145.2	132	8	44	54	2.72
Al Benton	Detroit Tigers †	6	0.018 (336)	0		63	2	4	0	3	0	2	21	0.063	0.092	0.095		13 - 8	3	191.2	175	7	63	76	2.02
Rick Ferrell	Washington Senators	6	0.018 (336)	0		286	33	76	1	38	2	43	13	0.266	0.366	0.325		Did not pitch
Bob Johnson	Boston Red Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		529	71	148	12	74	5	63	56	0.280	0.358	0.425		Did not pitch
Frankie Hayes	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		110	12	25	3	14	1	18	14	0.227	0.336	0.345		Did not pitch
Frankie Hayes	Cleveland Indians	5	0.015 (336)	0		385	39	91	6	43	1	53	52	0.236	0.335	0.353		Did not pitch
Mark Christman	St. Louis Browns	5	0.015 (336)	0		289	32	80	4	34	1	19	19	0.277	0.328	0.370		Did not pitch
Bobby Estalella	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		451	45	135	8	52	1	74	46	0.299	0.399	0.435		Did not pitch
Doc Cramer	Detroit Tigers †	4	0.012 (336)	0		541	62	149	6	58	2	36	21	0.275	0.324	0.379		Did not pitch
Wally Moses	Chicago White Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		569	79	168	2	50	11	69	33	0.295	0.373	0.420		Did not pitch
Eddie Lake	Boston Red Sox	2	0.006 (336)	0		473	81	132	11	51	9	106	37	0.279	0.412	0.410		Did not pitch
Russ Christopher	Philadelphia Athletics	1	0.003 (336)	0		76	5	13	1	4	0	6	28	0.171	0.232	0.224		13 - 13	2	227.1	213	9	75	100	3.17
Skeeter Newsome	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		438	45	127	1	48	6	20	15	0.290	0.322	0.370		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers †	1	0.003 (336)	0		595	71	157	18	87	6	60	85	0.264	0.331	0.413		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1944

Most Valuable Player Award National 1945

Succeeded by 1946