1948 American League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1948 American League Most Valuable Player Award was Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians.

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
Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians †	324	0.964 (336)	22		560	116	199	18	106	3	98	9	0.355	0.453	0.534		Did not pitch
Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	213	0.634 (336)	2		594	110	190	39	155	1	67	30	0.320	0.396	0.598		Did not pitch
Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	171	0.509 (336)	0		509	124	188	25	127	4	126	41	0.369	0.497	0.615		Did not pitch
Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox	121	0.360 (336)	0		635	114	171	29	137	1	77	56	0.269	0.350	0.471		Did not pitch
Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians †	101	0.301 (336)	0		119	20	34	5	21	0	8	23	0.286	0.331	0.487		20 - 14	2	293.2	231	12	129	147	2.82
Joe Gordon	Cleveland Indians †	63	0.188 (336)	0		550	96	154	32	124	5	77	68	0.280	0.371	0.507		Did not pitch
Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	63	0.188 (336)	0		588	138	181	25	100	2	76	42	0.308	0.391	0.554		Did not pitch
Gene Bearden	Cleveland Indians †	52	0.155 (336)	0		90	14	23	2	14	0	5	9	0.256	0.295	0.356		20 - 7	1	229.2	187	9	106	80	2.43
Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	48	0.143 (336)	0		92	6	19	0	6	0	10	14	0.207	0.284	0.228		21 - 12	1	272.1	249	10	99	143	3.01
Eddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	39	0.116 (336)	0		509	99	127	16	55	2	119	87	0.250	0.393	0.395		Did not pitch
Vic Raschi	New York Yankees	23	0.068 (336)	0		81	10	19	0	11	0	5	11	0.235	0.279	0.284		19 - 8	1	222.2	208	15	74	124	3.84
Birdie Tebbetts	Boston Red Sox	23	0.068 (336)	0		446	54	125	5	68	5	62	32	0.280	0.371	0.381		Did not pitch
Hank Majeski	Philadelphia Athletics	23	0.068 (336)	0		590	88	183	12	120	2	48	43	0.310	0.368	0.454		Did not pitch
Ken Keltner	Cleveland Indians †	18	0.054 (336)	0		558	91	166	31	119	2	89	52	0.297	0.395	0.522		Did not pitch
Jerry Priddy	St. Louis Browns	16	0.048 (336)	0		560	96	166	8	79	6	86	71	0.296	0.391	0.443		Did not pitch
George Kell	Detroit Tigers	14	0.042 (336)	0		368	47	112	2	44	2	33	15	0.304	0.369	0.402		Did not pitch
Hoot Evers	Detroit Tigers	13	0.039 (336)	0		538	81	169	10	103	3	51	31	0.314	0.378	0.454		Did not pitch
Al Zarilla	St. Louis Browns	11	0.033 (336)	0		529	77	174	12	74	11	48	48	0.329	0.389	0.482		Did not pitch
Jim Hegan	Cleveland Indians †	10	0.030 (336)	0		472	60	117	14	61	6	48	74	0.248	0.317	0.407		Did not pitch
Bob Dillinger	St. Louis Browns	10	0.030 (336)	0		644	110	207	2	44	28	65	34	0.321	0.385	0.415		Did not pitch
Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	10	0.030 (336)	0		527	94	150	27	111	3	83	49	0.285	0.386	0.505		Did not pitch
Luke Appling	Chicago White Sox	8	0.024 (336)	0		497	63	156	0	47	10	94	35	0.314	0.423	0.354		Did not pitch
Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians †	6	0.018 (336)	0		95	1	9	0	3	0	1	39	0.095	0.113	0.116		19 - 15	3	280.1	255	20	116	164	3.56
Joe Dobson	Boston Red Sox	5	0.015 (336)	0		84	9	17	1	4	0	6	27	0.202	0.280	0.262		16 - 10	2	245.1	237	14	92	116	3.56
Lou Brissie	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		76	3	18	0	10	0	2	8	0.237	0.256	0.250		14 - 10	5	194.0	202	6	95	127	4.13
Ferris Fain	Philadelphia Athletics	5	0.015 (336)	0		520	81	146	7	88	10	113	37	0.281	0.412	0.396		Did not pitch
Barney McCosky	Philadelphia Athletics	4	0.012 (336)	0		515	95	168	0	46	1	68	22	0.326	0.405	0.386		Did not pitch
Billy Goodman	Boston Red Sox	4	0.012 (336)	0		445	65	138	1	66	5	74	44	0.310	0.414	0.387		Did not pitch
Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	3	0.009 (336)	0		648	127	185	9	87	10	101	58	0.285	0.383	0.401		Did not pitch
Yogi Berra	New York Yankees	3	0.009 (336)	0		469	70	143	14	98	3	25	24	0.305	0.341	0.488		Did not pitch
Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians †	3	0.009 (336)	0		439	83	132	14	66	9	54	77	0.301	0.384	0.490		Did not pitch
Cliff Fannin	St. Louis Browns	2	0.006 (336)	0		65	12	11	0	2	0	11	4	0.169	0.299	0.169		10 - 14	1	213.2	198	14	104	102	4.17
Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	1	0.003 (336)	0		464	65	117	6	50	6	60	24	0.252	0.340	0.328		Did not pitch
Pat Mullin	Detroit Tigers	1	0.003 (336)	0		496	91	143	23	80	1	77	57	0.288	0.385	0.504		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1947

Most Valuable Player Award National 1948

Succeeded by 1949