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[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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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 |
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