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1946 American League Most Valuable Player Award
From BR Bullpen
The winner of the 1946 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Ted Williams 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox † | 224 | 0.667 (336) | 9 | 514 | 142 | 176 | 38 | 123 | 0 | 156 | 44 | 0.342 | 0.497 | 0.667 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Hal Newhouser | Detroit Tigers | 197 | 0.586 (336) | 3 | 103 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 0.126 | 0.174 | 0.214 | 26 - 9 | 1 | 292.2 | 215 | 10 | 98 | 275 | 1.94 | ||
| Bobby Doerr | Boston Red Sox † | 158 | 0.470 (336) | 5 | 583 | 95 | 158 | 18 | 116 | 5 | 66 | 67 | 0.271 | 0.346 | 0.453 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Johnny Pesky | Boston Red Sox † | 141 | 0.420 (336) | 2 | 621 | 115 | 208 | 2 | 55 | 9 | 65 | 29 | 0.335 | 0.401 | 0.427 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Mickey Vernon | Washington Senators | 134 | 0.399 (336) | 1 | 587 | 88 | 207 | 8 | 85 | 14 | 49 | 64 | 0.353 | 0.403 | 0.508 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Bob Feller | Cleveland Indians | 105 | 0.313 (336) | 1 | 124 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 0.129 | 0.188 | 0.153 | 26 - 15 | 4 | 371.1 | 277 | 11 | 153 | 348 | 2.18 | ||
| Dave Ferriss | Boston Red Sox † | 94 | 0.280 (336) | 1 | 115 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0.209 | 0.242 | 0.261 | 25 - 6 | 3 | 274.0 | 274 | 14 | 71 | 106 | 3.25 | ||
| Hank Greenberg | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 0.271 (336) | 2 | 523 | 91 | 145 | 44 | 127 | 5 | 80 | 88 | 0.277 | 0.373 | 0.604 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Dom DiMaggio | Boston Red Sox † | 56 | 0.167 (336) | 0 | 534 | 85 | 169 | 7 | 73 | 10 | 66 | 58 | 0.316 | 0.393 | 0.427 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Lou Boudreau | Cleveland Indians | 37 | 0.110 (336) | 0 | 515 | 51 | 151 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 40 | 14 | 0.293 | 0.345 | 0.410 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Rudy York | Boston Red Sox † | 28 | 0.083 (336) | 0 | 579 | 78 | 160 | 17 | 119 | 3 | 86 | 93 | 0.276 | 0.371 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Luke Appling | Chicago White Sox | 26 | 0.077 (336) | 0 | 582 | 59 | 180 | 1 | 55 | 6 | 71 | 41 | 0.309 | 0.384 | 0.378 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Tex Hughson | Boston Red Sox † | 19 | 0.057 (336) | 0 | 91 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0.132 | 0.202 | 0.143 | 20 - 11 | 3 | 278.0 | 252 | 15 | 51 | 172 | 2.75 | ||
| Earl Caldwell | Chicago White Sox | 18 | 0.054 (336) | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0.167 | 0.348 | 0.167 | 13 - 4 | 8 | 90.2 | 60 | 2 | 29 | 42 | 2.08 | ||
| Charlie Keller | New York Yankees | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 538 | 98 | 148 | 30 | 101 | 1 | 113 | 101 | 0.275 | 0.405 | 0.533 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Spud Chandler | New York Yankees | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 94 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0.149 | 0.167 | 0.245 | 20 - 8 | 2 | 257.1 | 200 | 7 | 90 | 138 | 2.10 | ||
| George Kell | Philadelphia Athletics | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 87 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0.299 | 0.378 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| George Kell | Detroit Tigers | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 434 | 67 | 142 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 0.327 | 0.371 | 0.440 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Aaron Robinson | New York Yankees | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 330 | 32 | 98 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 48 | 39 | 0.297 | 0.388 | 0.506 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Bobo Newsom | Washington Senators | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.161 | 0.161 | 0.161 | 11 - 8 | 1 | 178.0 | 163 | 5 | 60 | 82 | 2.78 | ||
| Bobo Newsom | Philadelphia Athletics | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.105 | 0.105 | 0.158 | 3 - 5 | 0 | 58.2 | 61 | 2 | 30 | 32 | 3.38 | ||
| Vern Stephens | St. Louis Browns | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 450 | 67 | 138 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 35 | 49 | 0.307 | 0.357 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Joe DiMaggio | New York Yankees | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 503 | 81 | 146 | 25 | 95 | 1 | 59 | 24 | 0.290 | 0.367 | 0.511 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Phil Marchildon | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0.067 | 0.091 | 0.080 | 13 - 16 | 1 | 226.2 | 197 | 14 | 114 | 95 | 3.49 | ||
| Buddy Rosar | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 424 | 34 | 120 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 0.283 | 0.339 | 0.358 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Stan Spence | Washington Senators | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 578 | 83 | 169 | 16 | 87 | 1 | 62 | 31 | 0.292 | 0.365 | 0.497 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Johnny Berardino | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 582 | 70 | 154 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 34 | 58 | 0.265 | 0.306 | 0.357 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Hal Wagner | Boston Red Sox † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 370 | 39 | 85 | 6 | 52 | 3 | 69 | 32 | 0.230 | 0.354 | 0.322 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Tommy Henrich | New York Yankees | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 565 | 92 | 142 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 87 | 63 | 0.251 | 0.358 | 0.411 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Preceded by 1945 |
Most Valuable Player Award National 1946 |
Succeeded by 1947 |
