1946 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1946 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox.

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
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox †	224	0.667 (336)	9		514	142	176	38	123	0	156	44	0.342	0.497	0.667		Did not pitch
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	197	0.586 (336)	3		103	6	13	2	11	1	6	27	0.126	0.174	0.214		26 - 9	1	292.2	215	10	98	275	1.94
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox †	158	0.470 (336)	5		583	95	158	18	116	5	66	67	0.271	0.346	0.453		Did not pitch
Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox †	141	0.420 (336)	2		621	115	208	2	55	9	65	29	0.335	0.401	0.427		Did not pitch
Mickey Vernon	Washington Senators	134	0.399 (336)	1		587	88	207	8	85	14	49	64	0.353	0.403	0.508		Did not pitch
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	105	0.313 (336)	1		124	9	16	0	7	0	9	49	0.129	0.188	0.153		26 - 15	4	371.1	277	11	153	348	2.18
Dave Ferriss	Boston Red Sox †	94	0.280 (336)	1		115	12	24	0	7	0	5	19	0.209	0.242	0.261		25 - 6	3	274.0	274	14	71	106	3.25
Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	91	0.271 (336)	2		523	91	145	44	127	5	80	88	0.277	0.373	0.604		Did not pitch
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox †	56	0.167 (336)	0		534	85	169	7	73	10	66	58	0.316	0.393	0.427		Did not pitch
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	37	0.110 (336)	0		515	51	151	6	62	6	40	14	0.293	0.345	0.410		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Boston Red Sox †	28	0.083 (336)	0		579	78	160	17	119	3	86	93	0.276	0.371	0.437		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	26	0.077 (336)	0		582	59	180	1	55	6	71	41	0.309	0.384	0.378		Did not pitch
Tex Hughson	Boston Red Sox †	19	0.057 (336)	0		91	5	12	0	4	0	8	28	0.132	0.202	0.143		20 - 11	3	278.0	252	15	51	172	2.75
Earl Caldwell	Chicago White Sox	18	0.054 (336)	0		18	2	3	0	2	0	5	4	0.167	0.348	0.167		13 - 4	8	90.2	60	2	29	42	2.08
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees	17	0.051 (336)	0		538	98	148	30	101	1	113	101	0.275	0.405	0.533		Did not pitch
Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	12	0.036 (336)	0		94	9	14	0	3	0	2	27	0.149	0.167	0.245		20 - 8	2	257.1	200	7	90	138	2.10
George Kell	Philadelphia Athletics	12	0.036 (336)	0		87	3	26	0	11	0	10	6	0.299	0.378	0.391		Did not pitch
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	12	0.036 (336)	0		434	67	142	4	41	3	30	14	0.327	0.371	0.440		Did not pitch
Aaron Robinson	New York Yankees	12	0.036 (336)	0		330	32	98	16	64	0	48	39	0.297	0.388	0.506		Did not pitch
Bobo Newsom	Washington Senators	6	0.018 (336)	0		62	5	10	0	2	0	0	15	0.161	0.161	0.161		11 - 8	1	178.0	163	5	60	82	2.78
Bobo Newsom	Philadelphia Athletics	6	0.018 (336)	0		19	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	0.105	0.105	0.158		3 - 5	0	58.2	61	2	30	32	3.38
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	6	0.018 (336)	0		450	67	138	14	64	0	35	49	0.307	0.357	0.460		Did not pitch
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	6	0.018 (336)	0		503	81	146	25	95	1	59	24	0.290	0.367	0.511		Did not pitch
Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		75	3	5	0	3	0	2	21	0.067	0.091	0.080		13 - 16	1	226.2	197	14	114	95	3.49
Buddy Rosar	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		424	34	120	2	47	1	36	17	0.283	0.339	0.358		Did not pitch
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	4	0.012 (336)	0		578	83	169	16	87	1	62	31	0.292	0.365	0.497		Did not pitch
Johnny Berardino	St. Louis Browns	2	0.006 (336)	0		582	70	154	5	68	2	34	58	0.265	0.306	0.357		Did not pitch
Hal Wagner	Boston Red Sox †	1	0.003 (336)	0		370	39	85	6	52	3	69	32	0.230	0.354	0.322		Did not pitch
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	1	0.003 (336)	0		565	92	142	19	83	5	87	63	0.251	0.358	0.411		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1945

Most Valuable Player Award National 1946

Succeeded by 1947