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1938 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1938 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] 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
Jimmie Foxx Boston Red Sox 305 0.908 (336) 19 565 139 197 50 175 5 119 76 0.349 0.462 0.704 Did not pitch
Bill Dickey New York Yankees † 196 0.583 (336) 3 454 84 142 27 115 3 75 22 0.313 0.412 0.568 Did not pitch
Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers 162 0.482 (336) Unk 556 144 175 58 146 7 119 92 0.315 0.438 0.683 Did not pitch
Red Ruffing New York Yankees † 146 0.435 (336) 2 107 12 24 3 17 0 17 21 0.224 0.331 0.364 21 - 7 0 247.1 246 16 82 127 3.31
Bobo Newsom St. Louis Browns 111 0.330 (336) Unk 124 9 31 0 16 0 1 21 0.250 0.256 0.282 20 - 16 1 329.2 334 30 192 226 5.08
Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees † 106 0.315 (336) Unk 599 129 194 32 140 6 59 21 0.324 0.386 0.581 Did not pitch
Joe Cronin Boston Red Sox 92 0.274 (336) Unk 530 98 172 17 94 7 91 60 0.325 0.428 0.536 Did not pitch
Earl Averill Cleveland Indians 34 0.101 (336) Unk 482 101 159 14 93 5 81 48 0.330 0.429 0.535 Did not pitch
Cecil Travis Washington Senators 33 0.098 (336) Unk 567 96 190 5 67 6 58 22 0.335 0.401 0.432 Did not pitch
Charlie Gehringer Detroit Tigers 27 0.080 (336) Unk 568 133 174 20 107 14 113 21 0.306 0.425 0.486 Did not pitch
Jeff Heath Cleveland Indians 24 0.071 (336) Unk 502 104 172 21 112 3 33 55 0.343 0.383 0.602 Did not pitch
Joe Gordon New York Yankees † 23 0.068 (336) Unk 458 83 117 25 97 11 56 72 0.255 0.340 0.502 Did not pitch
Hal Trosky Cleveland Indians 22 0.065 (336) Unk 554 106 185 19 110 5 67 40 0.334 0.407 0.542 Did not pitch
Ken Keltner Cleveland Indians 16 0.048 (336) Unk 576 86 159 26 113 4 33 75 0.276 0.319 0.497 Did not pitch
Monty Stratton Chicago White Sox 15 0.045 (336) Unk 79 17 21 2 10 0 2 9 0.266 0.293 0.405 15 - 9 2 186.1 186 18 56 82 4.01
Mel Harder Cleveland Indians 14 0.042 (336) Unk 88 3 10 0 6 0 4 31 0.114 0.152 0.136 17 - 10 4 240.0 257 16 62 102 3.83
Bob Johnson Philadelphia Athletics 13 0.039 (336) 0 563 114 176 30 113 9 87 73 0.313 0.406 0.552 Did not pitch
Harlond Clift St. Louis Browns 11 0.033 (336) 0 534 119 155 34 118 10 118 67 0.290 0.423 0.554 Did not pitch
Lou Gehrig New York Yankees † 10 0.030 (336) 0 576 115 170 29 114 6 107 75 0.295 0.410 0.523 Did not pitch
Pete Fox Detroit Tigers 9 0.027 (336) 0 634 91 186 7 96 16 31 39 0.293 0.328 0.413 Did not pitch
Lefty Grove Boston Red Sox 7 0.021 (336) 0 54 8 8 0 8 0 7 25 0.148 0.246 0.148 14 - 4 1 163.2 169 8 52 99 3.08
Joe Vosmik Boston Red Sox 7 0.021 (336) 0 621 121 201 9 86 0 59 26 0.324 0.384 0.446 Did not pitch
George McQuinn St. Louis Browns 7 0.021 (336) 0 602 100 195 12 82 4 58 49 0.324 0.384 0.477 Did not pitch
Buddy Lewis Washington Senators 5 0.015 (336) 0 656 122 194 12 91 17 58 35 0.296 0.354 0.431 Did not pitch
Red Rolfe New York Yankees † 5 0.015 (336) 0 631 132 196 10 80 13 74 44 0.311 0.386 0.441 Did not pitch
Buddy Myer Washington Senators 5 0.015 (336) 0 437 79 147 6 71 9 93 32 0.336 0.454 0.465 Did not pitch
Earle Brucker Philadelphia Athletics 5 0.015 (336) 0 171 26 64 3 35 1 19 16 0.374 0.437 0.561 Did not pitch
Johnny Allen Cleveland Indians 3 0.009 (336) 0 79 12 20 1 14 1 3 14 0.253 0.280 0.342 14 - 8 0 200.0 189 15 81 112 4.19
Frankie Crosetti New York Yankees † 2 0.006 (336) 0 631 113 166 9 55 27 106 97 0.263 0.382 0.371 Did not pitch
Lefty Gomez New York Yankees † 1 0.003 (336) 0 86 5 13 0 7 0 4 18 0.151 0.189 0.174 18 - 12 0 239.0 239 7 99 129 3.35
Doc Cramer Boston Red Sox 1 0.003 (336) 0 658 116 198 0 71 4 51 19 0.301 0.354 0.380 0 - 0 0 4.0 3 0 3 1 4.50
Preceded by
1937 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
1938 		Succeeded by
1939
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