1943 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1943 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Spud Chandler 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
Spud Chandler	New York Yankees †	246	0.732 (336)	12		97	9	25	2	7	0	1	22	0.258	0.287	0.371		20 - 4	0	253.0	197	5	54	134	1.64
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	215	0.640 (336)	5		585	63	192	3	80	27	90	29	0.328	0.419	0.407		Did not pitch
Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	152	0.452 (336)	1		571	90	155	34	118	5	84	88	0.271	0.366	0.527		Did not pitch
Billy Johnson	New York Yankees †	135	0.402 (336)	3		592	70	166	5	94	3	53	30	0.280	0.344	0.367		Did not pitch
Bob Johnson	Washington Senators	116	0.345 (336)	1		438	65	116	7	63	11	64	50	0.265	0.362	0.400		Did not pitch
Dick Wakefield	Detroit Tigers	72	0.214 (336)	0		633	91	200	7	79	4	62	60	0.316	0.377	0.434		Did not pitch
Nick Etten	New York Yankees †	61	0.182 (336)	0		583	78	158	14	107	3	76	31	0.271	0.355	0.420		Did not pitch
Bill Dickey	New York Yankees †	58	0.173 (336)	2		242	29	85	4	33	2	41	12	0.351	0.445	0.492		Did not pitch
Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	49	0.146 (336)	0		512	75	148	22	91	3	54	73	0.289	0.357	0.482		Did not pitch
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	40	0.119 (336)	0		539	69	154	3	67	4	90	31	0.286	0.388	0.388		Did not pitch
Dizzy Trout	Detroit Tigers	38	0.113 (336)	0		91	9	20	1	6	2	2	8	0.220	0.237	0.308		20 - 12	6	246.2	204	6	101	111	2.48
George Case	Washington Senators	37	0.110 (336)	0		613	102	180	1	52	61	41	27	0.294	0.341	0.374		Did not pitch
Charlie Keller	New York Yankees †	31	0.092 (336)	0		512	97	139	31	86	7	106	60	0.271	0.396	0.525		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	21	0.063 (336)	0		604	78	163	16	75	8	62	59	0.270	0.339	0.412		Did not pitch
Al Smith	Cleveland Indians	19	0.057 (336)	0		68	3	14	0	5	0	9	14	0.206	0.299	0.250		17 - 7	1	208.1	186	7	72	72	2.55
Jerry Priddy	Washington Senators	17	0.051 (336)	0		560	68	152	4	62	5	67	76	0.271	0.350	0.359		Did not pitch
Oris Hockett	Cleveland Indians	14	0.042 (336)	0		601	70	166	2	51	13	45	45	0.276	0.331	0.354		Did not pitch
Early Wynn	Washington Senators	13	0.039 (336)	0		98	6	29	1	11	0	1	11	0.296	0.303	0.378		18 - 12	0	256.2	232	15	83	89	2.91
Don Gutteridge	St. Louis Browns	13	0.039 (336)	0		538	77	147	1	36	10	50	46	0.273	0.335	0.366		Did not pitch
Jim Bagby	Cleveland Indians	11	0.033 (336)	0		112	7	30	0	11	1	1	10	0.268	0.274	0.295		17 - 14	1	273.0	248	15	80	70	3.10
Doc Cramer	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		606	79	182	1	43	4	31	13	0.300	0.335	0.348		Did not pitch
Pinky Higgins	Detroit Tigers	8	0.024 (336)	0		523	62	145	10	84	2	57	31	0.277	0.349	0.377		Did not pitch
Jake Early	Washington Senators	6	0.018 (336)	0		423	37	109	5	60	5	53	43	0.258	0.346	0.362		Did not pitch
Chet Laabs	St. Louis Browns	6	0.018 (336)	0		580	83	145	17	85	5	73	105	0.250	0.338	0.409		Did not pitch
Roger Wolff	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		74	4	9	0	3	0	4	17	0.122	0.167	0.122		10 - 15	6	221.0	232	11	72	91	3.54
Joe Gordon	New York Yankees †	4	0.012 (336)	0		543	82	135	17	69	4	98	75	0.249	0.365	0.413		Did not pitch
Gordon Maltzberger	Chicago White Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		25	0	3	0	1	0	6	14	0.120	0.290	0.120		7 - 4	14	98.2	86	8	24	48	2.46
Jesse Flores	Philadelphia Athletics	3	0.009 (336)	0		80	5	14	0	5	0	3	8	0.175	0.205	0.238		12 - 14	0	231.1	208	13	70	113	3.11
Skeeter Newsome	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		449	48	119	1	22	5	21	21	0.265	0.301	0.327		Did not pitch
Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		77	8	24	5	29	0	11	4	0.312	0.398	0.558		Did not pitch
Frankie Crosetti	New York Yankees †	2	0.006 (336)	0		348	36	81	2	20	4	36	47	0.233	0.317	0.279		Did not pitch
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians	2	0.006 (336)	0		427	47	111	4	39	2	36	20	0.260	0.317	0.375		Did not pitch
Johnny Murphy	New York Yankees †	1	0.003 (336)	0		19	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.053	0.053	0.053		12 - 4	8	68.0	44	2	30	31	2.51
Dick Siebert	Philadelphia Athletics	1	0.003 (336)	0		558	50	140	1	72	6	33	21	0.251	0.295	0.328		Did not pitch
Hal Wagner	Philadelphia Athletics	1	0.003 (336)	0		289	22	69	1	26	3	36	17	0.239	0.327	0.315		Did not pitch
Jim Tabor	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		537	57	130	13	85	7	43	54	0.242	0.299	0.374		Did not pitch
Pete Fox	Boston Red Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		489	54	141	2	44	22	34	40	0.288	0.337	0.366		Did not pitch
Ralph Hodgin	Chicago White Sox	1	0.003 (336)	0		407	52	128	1	50	3	20	24	0.314	0.356	0.415		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1942

Most Valuable Player Award National 1943

Succeeded by 1944