1947 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1947 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe DiMaggio 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 DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	202	0.601 (336)	8		534	97	168	20	97	3	64	32	0.315	0.391	0.522		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	201	0.598 (336)	3		528	125	181	32	114	0	162	47	0.343	0.499	0.634		Did not pitch
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	168	0.500 (336)	1		538	79	165	4	67	1	67	10	0.307	0.388	0.424		Did not pitch
Joe Page	New York Yankees †	167	0.497 (336)	7		46	1	10	1	5	0	2	16	0.217	0.250	0.283		14 - 8	17	141.1	105	5	72	116	2.48
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	132	0.393 (336)	0		588	75	188	5	93	9	61	16	0.320	0.387	0.412		Did not pitch
George McQuinn	New York Yankees †	77	0.229 (336)	3		517	84	157	13	80	0	78	66	0.304	0.395	0.437		Did not pitch
Joe Gordon	Cleveland Indians	59	0.176 (336)	0		562	89	153	29	93	7	62	49	0.272	0.346	0.496		Did not pitch
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	58	0.173 (336)	0		98	8	18	0	7	0	8	38	0.184	0.245	0.255		20 - 11	3	299.0	230	17	127	196	2.68
Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	47	0.140 (336)	0		98	8	15	1	9	0	4	25	0.153	0.194	0.214		19 - 9	0	276.2	228	15	141	128	3.22
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	43	0.128 (336)	0		503	67	154	8	49	8	64	28	0.306	0.386	0.412		Did not pitch
Eddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	35	0.104 (336)	2		540	76	111	13	64	6	114	110	0.206	0.348	0.330		Did not pitch
Barney McCosky	Philadelphia Athletics	35	0.104 (336)	0		546	77	179	1	52	1	57	29	0.328	0.395	0.399		Did not pitch
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees †	33	0.098 (336)	0		550	109	158	16	98	3	71	54	0.287	0.372	0.485		Did not pitch
Spec Shea	New York Yankees †	23	0.068 (336)	0		56	8	11	0	1	0	5	9	0.196	0.262	0.268		14 - 5	1	178.2	127	10	89	89	3.07
Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees †	18	0.054 (336)	0		89	7	13	0	5	0	7	26	0.146	0.208	0.157		19 - 8	2	241.2	207	23	123	129	3.20
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	18	0.054 (336)	0		293	41	82	11	54	0	13	12	0.280	0.310	0.464		Did not pitch
Bob Dillinger	St. Louis Browns	13	0.039 (336)	0		571	70	168	3	37	34	56	38	0.294	0.361	0.371		Did not pitch
Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	11	0.033 (336)	0		638	106	207	0	39	12	72	22	0.324	0.393	0.392		Did not pitch
Billy Johnson	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		494	67	141	10	95	1	44	43	0.285	0.351	0.417		Did not pitch
Stan Spence	Washington Senators	9	0.027 (336)	0		506	62	141	16	73	2	81	41	0.279	0.378	0.441		Did not pitch
Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	9	0.027 (336)	0		461	70	134	7	71	4	95	34	0.291	0.414	0.423		Did not pitch
Fred Hutchinson	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		106	8	32	2	15	2	6	6	0.302	0.339	0.443		18 - 10	2	219.2	211	14	61	113	3.03
Early Wynn	Washington Senators	7	0.021 (336)	0		120	6	33	2	13	0	1	19	0.275	0.281	0.375		17 - 15	0	247.0	251	13	90	73	3.64
Buddy Rosar	Philadelphia Athletics	6	0.018 (336)	0		359	40	93	1	33	1	40	13	0.259	0.335	0.334		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		561	79	145	17	95	3	59	47	0.258	0.329	0.426		Did not pitch
Bill McCahan	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		55	8	9	0	1	0	3	5	0.164	0.207	0.200		10 - 5	0	165.1	160	7	62	47	3.32
Mark Christman	Washington Senators	4	0.012 (336)	0		374	27	83	1	33	4	32	16	0.222	0.287	0.281		Did not pitch
Dale Mitchell	Cleveland Indians	4	0.012 (336)	0		493	69	156	1	34	2	23	14	0.316	0.347	0.396		Did not pitch
Joe Dobson	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		77	4	16	0	3	0	7	22	0.208	0.274	0.234		18 - 8	1	228.2	203	15	73	110	2.95
Roy Cullenbine	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		464	82	104	24	78	3	137	51	0.224	0.401	0.422		Did not pitch
Ed Lopat	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		96	5	19	0	11	0	4	6	0.198	0.230	0.229		16 - 13	0	252.2	241	17	73	109	2.81
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	1	0.003 (336)	0		562	74	157	15	83	8	70	61	0.279	0.359	0.406		Did not pitch
Taffy Wright	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		401	48	130	4	54	8	48	17	0.324	0.398	0.387		Did not pitch
Jeff Heath	St. Louis Browns	1	0.003 (336)	0		491	81	123	27	85	2	88	87	0.251	0.366	0.485		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1946

Most Valuable Player Award National 1947

Succeeded by 1948