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1942 American League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1942 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees.

[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
Joe Gordon New York Yankees † 270 0.804 (336) 12 538 88 173 18 103 12 79 95 0.322 0.409 0.491 Did not pitch
Ted Williams Boston Red Sox 249 0.741 (336) 9 522 141 186 36 137 3 145 51 0.356 0.499 0.648 Did not pitch
Johnny Pesky Boston Red Sox 143 0.426 (336) 2 620 105 205 2 51 12 42 36 0.331 0.375 0.416 Did not pitch
Vern Stephens St. Louis Browns 140 0.417 (336) 1 575 84 169 14 92 1 41 53 0.294 0.341 0.433 Did not pitch
Tiny Bonham New York Yankees † 102 0.304 (336) 0 74 4 9 0 2 0 3 17 0.122 0.167 0.122 21 - 5 0 226.0 199 11 24 71 2.27
Tex Hughson Boston Red Sox 92 0.274 (336) 0 102 8 18 0 6 0 8 26 0.176 0.236 0.206 22 - 6 4 281.0 258 10 75 113 2.59
Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees † 86 0.256 (336) 0 610 123 186 21 114 4 68 36 0.305 0.376 0.498 Did not pitch
Stan Spence Washington Senators 65 0.193 (336) 0 629 94 203 4 79 5 62 16 0.323 0.384 0.432 Did not pitch
Phil Marchildon Philadelphia Athletics 39 0.116 (336) 0 84 3 20 0 7 0 4 13 0.238 0.273 0.262 17 - 14 1 244.0 215 14 140 110 4.20
Lou Boudreau Cleveland Indians 34 0.101 (336) 0 506 57 143 2 58 7 75 39 0.283 0.379 0.370 Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr Boston Red Sox 24 0.071 (336) 0 545 71 158 15 102 4 67 55 0.290 0.369 0.455 Did not pitch
Ted Lyons Chicago White Sox 23 0.068 (336) 0 67 10 16 0 10 0 3 7 0.239 0.282 0.299 14 - 6 0 180.1 167 11 26 50 2.10
George Case Washington Senators 17 0.051 (336) 0 513 101 164 5 43 44 44 30 0.320 0.377 0.407 Did not pitch
Ken Keltner Cleveland Indians 15 0.045 (336) 0 624 72 179 6 78 4 20 36 0.287 0.312 0.383 Did not pitch
Charlie Keller New York Yankees † 15 0.045 (336) 0 544 106 159 26 108 14 114 61 0.292 0.417 0.513 Did not pitch
Wally Judnich St. Louis Browns 14 0.042 (336) 0 457 78 143 17 82 3 74 41 0.313 0.413 0.499 Did not pitch
Don Gutteridge St. Louis Browns 12 0.036 (336) 0 616 90 157 1 50 16 59 54 0.255 0.320 0.339 Did not pitch
Bill Dickey New York Yankees † 12 0.036 (336) 0 268 28 79 2 37 2 26 11 0.295 0.359 0.373 Did not pitch
Phil Rizzuto New York Yankees † 9 0.027 (336) 0 553 79 157 4 68 22 44 40 0.284 0.343 0.374 Did not pitch
Chet Laabs St. Louis Browns 9 0.027 (336) 0 520 90 143 27 99 0 88 88 0.275 0.380 0.498 Did not pitch
Hank Borowy New York Yankees † 8 0.024 (336) 0 70 4 11 0 7 0 1 17 0.157 0.169 0.200 15 - 4 1 178.1 157 6 66 85 2.52
Rick Ferrell St. Louis Browns 8 0.024 (336) 0 273 20 61 0 26 0 33 13 0.223 0.307 0.253 Did not pitch
Jim Bagby Cleveland Indians 6 0.018 (336) 0 95 6 18 1 6 0 1 12 0.189 0.198 0.232 17 - 9 1 270.2 267 19 64 54 2.96
Taffy Wright Chicago White Sox 6 0.018 (336) 0 300 43 100 0 47 1 48 9 0.333 0.432 0.410 Did not pitch
Tony Lupien Boston Red Sox 4 0.012 (336) 0 463 63 130 3 70 10 50 20 0.281 0.351 0.384 Did not pitch
Les Fleming Cleveland Indians 4 0.012 (336) 0 548 71 160 14 82 6 106 57 0.292 0.412 0.432 Did not pitch
Spud Chandler New York Yankees † 3 0.009 (336) 0 71 6 15 0 5 0 8 14 0.211 0.291 0.239 16 - 5 0 200.2 176 13 74 74 2.38
Rudy York Detroit Tigers 3 0.009 (336) 0 577 81 150 21 90 3 73 71 0.260 0.343 0.428 Did not pitch
Barney McCosky Detroit Tigers 1 0.003 (336) 0 600 75 176 7 50 11 68 37 0.293 0.365 0.412 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1941 		Most Valuable Player Award
National
1942 		Succeeded by
1943
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