1950 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1950 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Phil Rizzuto 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
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees †	284	0.882 (322)	16		617	125	200	7	66	12	92	39	0.324	0.418	0.439		Did not pitch
Billy Goodman	Boston Red Sox	180	0.559 (322)	4		424	91	150	4	68	2	52	25	0.354	0.427	0.455		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees †	146	0.453 (322)	3		597	116	192	28	124	4	55	12	0.322	0.383	0.533		Did not pitch
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	127	0.394 (322)	0		641	114	218	8	101	3	66	18	0.340	0.403	0.484		Did not pitch
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	102	0.317 (322)	0		136	21	37	6	26	0	13	25	0.272	0.340	0.485		23 - 11	3	288.0	281	28	146	170	3.84
Walt Dropo	Boston Red Sox	75	0.233 (322)	0		559	101	180	34	144	0	45	75	0.322	0.378	0.583		Did not pitch
Vic Raschi	New York Yankees †	63	0.196 (322)	0		86	6	17	1	8	0	7	14	0.198	0.258	0.256		21 - 8	1	256.2	232	19	116	155	4.00
Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	57	0.177 (322)	0		503	110	164	25	102	8	98	71	0.326	0.442	0.545		Did not pitch
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees †	54	0.168 (322)	0		525	114	158	32	122	0	80	33	0.301	0.394	0.585		Did not pitch
Vic Wertz	Detroit Tigers	50	0.155 (322)	0		559	99	172	27	123	0	91	55	0.308	0.408	0.533		Did not pitch
Hoot Evers	Detroit Tigers	38	0.118 (322)	0		526	100	170	21	103	5	71	40	0.323	0.408	0.551		Did not pitch
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	21	0.065 (322)	0		63	6	12	1	10	0	6	20	0.190	0.261	0.286		13 - 5	4	184.2	190	13	64	88	3.75
Chico Carrasquel	Chicago White Sox	21	0.065 (322)	0		524	72	148	4	46	0	66	46	0.282	0.368	0.365		Did not pitch
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	17	0.053 (322)	0		588	131	193	7	70	15	82	68	0.328	0.414	0.452		Did not pitch
Irv Noren	Washington Senators	16	0.050 (322)	0		542	80	160	14	98	5	67	77	0.295	0.375	0.459		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	15	0.047 (322)	0		586	103	172	27	120	3	67	42	0.294	0.367	0.519		Did not pitch
Jerry Priddy	Detroit Tigers	11	0.034 (322)	0		618	104	171	13	75	2	95	95	0.277	0.376	0.401		Did not pitch
Johnny Mize	New York Yankees †	11	0.034 (322)	0		274	43	76	25	72	0	29	24	0.277	0.351	0.595		Did not pitch
Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	11	0.034 (322)	0		554	100	159	37	116	5	100	72	0.287	0.405	0.543		Did not pitch
Eddie Yost	Washington Senators	8	0.025 (322)	0		573	114	169	11	58	6	141	63	0.295	0.440	0.405		Did not pitch
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees †	7	0.022 (322)	0		36	2	7	0	3	0	4	4	0.194	0.275	0.194		9 - 1	1	112.0	87	7	52	59	2.81
Mel Parnell	Boston Red Sox	7	0.022 (322)	0		98	7	19	0	7	0	5	13	0.194	0.240	0.245		18 - 10	3	249.0	244	17	106	93	3.61
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	7	0.022 (322)	0		334	82	106	28	97	3	82	21	0.317	0.452	0.647		Did not pitch
Ned Garver	St. Louis Browns	6	0.019 (322)	0		91	13	26	1	10	0	8	9	0.286	0.343	0.363		13 - 18	0	260.0	264	18	108	85	3.39
Art Houtteman	Detroit Tigers	6	0.019 (322)	0		93	5	14	0	3	0	5	20	0.151	0.194	0.215		19 - 12	4	274.2	257	29	99	88	3.54
Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	6	0.019 (322)	0		628	125	185	30	144	1	65	43	0.295	0.361	0.511		Did not pitch
Sherm Lollar	St. Louis Browns	4	0.012 (322)	0		396	55	111	13	65	2	64	25	0.280	0.391	0.449		Did not pitch
Ed Lopat	New York Yankees †	3	0.009 (322)	0		82	14	19	0	7	0	17	9	0.232	0.364	0.329		18 - 8	1	236.1	244	19	65	72	3.47
Ken Wood	St. Louis Browns	2	0.006 (322)	0		369	42	83	13	62	0	38	58	0.225	0.299	0.396		Did not pitch
Sam Dente	Washington Senators	1	0.003 (322)	0		603	56	144	2	59	1	39	19	0.239	0.286	0.299		Did not pitch
Dave Philley	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (322)	0		619	69	150	14	80	6	52	57	0.242	0.302	0.360		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1949

Most Valuable Player Award National 1950

Succeeded by 1951