1949 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1949 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	272	0.810 (336)	13		566	150	194	43	159	1	162	48	0.343	0.490	0.650		Did not pitch
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees †	175	0.521 (336)	5		614	110	169	5	65	18	72	34	0.275	0.352	0.358		Did not pitch
Joe Page	New York Yankees †	166	0.494 (336)	3		40	2	7	0	5	0	1	14	0.175	0.195	0.175		13 - 8	27	135.1	103	8	75	99	2.59
Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	151	0.449 (336)	1		114	9	29	0	13	0	3	10	0.254	0.274	0.281		25 - 7	2	295.1	258	8	134	122	2.77
Ellis Kinder	Boston Red Sox	122	0.363 (336)	0		92	11	12	0	7	0	6	24	0.130	0.184	0.152		23 - 6	4	252.0	251	21	99	138	3.36
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees †	121	0.360 (336)	1		411	90	118	24	85	2	86	34	0.287	0.416	0.526		Did not pitch
Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	100	0.298 (336)	1		610	113	177	39	159	2	101	73	0.290	0.391	0.539		Did not pitch
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	80	0.238 (336)	0		522	97	179	3	59	7	71	13	0.343	0.424	0.467		Did not pitch
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	57	0.170 (336)	0		108	17	29	7	19	0	10	20	0.269	0.331	0.556		22 - 10	1	279.2	211	19	137	138	2.99
Vic Wertz	Detroit Tigers	51	0.152 (336)	0		608	96	185	20	133	2	80	61	0.304	0.385	0.465		Did not pitch
Vic Raschi	New York Yankees †	19	0.057 (336)	0		83	7	13	0	6	0	13	19	0.157	0.271	0.193		21 - 10	0	274.2	247	16	138	124	3.34
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	18	0.054 (336)	0		272	58	94	14	67	0	55	18	0.346	0.459	0.596		Did not pitch
Eddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	11	0.033 (336)	0		525	128	138	23	81	2	149	80	0.263	0.429	0.453		Did not pitch
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	10	0.030 (336)	0		475	53	135	4	60	0	70	10	0.284	0.381	0.364		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	9	0.027 (336)	0		415	59	115	20	91	2	22	25	0.277	0.323	0.480		Did not pitch
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		605	126	186	8	60	9	96	55	0.307	0.404	0.420		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	7	0.021 (336)	0		541	91	167	18	109	2	75	33	0.309	0.393	0.497		Did not pitch
Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	6	0.018 (336)	0		92	7	20	0	10	0	7	15	0.217	0.273	0.228		20 - 12	1	245.0	243	18	129	94	3.75
Birdie Tebbetts	Boston Red Sox	6	0.018 (336)	0		403	42	109	5	48	8	62	22	0.270	0.369	0.342		Did not pitch
Eddie Robinson	Washington Senators	6	0.018 (336)	0		527	66	155	18	78	3	67	30	0.294	0.381	0.459		Did not pitch
Roy Sievers	St. Louis Browns	6	0.018 (336)	0		471	84	144	16	91	1	70	75	0.306	0.398	0.471		Did not pitch
Virgil Trucks	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		100	6	12	0	3	0	1	15	0.120	0.137	0.140		19 - 11	4	275.0	209	16	124	153	2.81
Art Houtteman	Detroit Tigers	3	0.009 (336)	0		78	8	19	0	7	0	1	14	0.244	0.253	0.269		15 - 10	0	203.2	227	19	59	85	3.71
Jerry Priddy	St. Louis Browns	3	0.009 (336)	0		544	83	158	11	63	5	80	81	0.290	0.382	0.414		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		492	82	148	5	58	7	121	24	0.301	0.439	0.394		Did not pitch
Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		78	8	17	0	10	0	13	15	0.218	0.330	0.308		17 - 6	1	213.2	200	15	123	105	4.00
Dale Mitchell	Cleveland Indians	2	0.006 (336)	0		640	81	203	3	56	10	43	11	0.317	0.360	0.428		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1948

Most Valuable Player Award National 1949

Succeeded by 1950