1949 AL Awards

October 13, 1949


 MLB announced the AL 1949 season Award winners today. Boston's Ted Williams (left) was named AL MVP.  William's #'s on the season: .363 BA, 48 HR, 159 RBI. New York's Vic Raschi (right) was named the AL Cy Young Award winner. Raschi's #'s on the season: 24-9, 3.00 ERA, 309 IP, 143 K. New York Yankee Casey Stengel was named AL Manager of the Year.
 Detroit's Hal Newhouser (22-13, 3.65 ERA, 286 IP, 129 K) was 5th in the Cy Young voting. George Kell was the AL Gold Glove award winner at 3b and was a 2nd team All-Star selection. Outfielder Vic Wertz was a 1st team All-Star selection.

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1949 American League                         Date: 10/13/1949
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
T.Williams(BOA) 442                     V.Raschi(NYA) 124
V.Stephens(BOA) 371                     M.Parnell(BOA) 93
E.Joost(PHA) 181                        B.Lemon(CLA) 47
B.Doerr(BOA) 117                        T.Byrne(NYA) 16
L.Doby(CLA) 86                          H.Newhouser(DEA) 7
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  Y.Berra(NYA) 938,824                 J.Hegan(CLA) 798,628
1B M.Vernon(CLA) 1,291,126              J.Graham(SLA) 1,034,239
2B B.Doerr(BOA) 1,365,005               J.Priddy(SLA) 1,200,869
3B J.Pesky(BOA) 1,090,491               G.Kell(DEA) 1,069,248
SS V.Stephens(BOA) 2,189,917            E.Joost(PHA) 1,729,761
LF T.Williams(BOA) 3,443,121            E.Valo(PHA) 1,063,805
CF L.Doby(CLA) 1,401,366                S.Chapman(PHA) 1,338,443
RF V.Wertz(DEA) 1,324,910               T.Henrich(NYA) 1,269,393
Pi V.Raschi(NYA) 3,305,396              B.Lemon(CLA) 2,737,667
   M.Parnell(BOA) 2,467,257             T.Byrne(NYA) 2,305,340
   H.Newhouser(DEA) 2,039,204           V.Trucks(DEA) 1,847,386
   E.Kinder(BOA) 1,745,062              J.Page(NYA) 1,656,383
   F.Hutchinson(DEA) 1,600,325          S.Paige(CLA) 1,438,239
   E.Lopat(NYA) 993,774                 L.Brissie(PHA) 949,590
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  P.Calvert(WAA)                       F.Hutchinson(DEA) 
C  B.Tebbetts(BOA)                      J.Hegan(CLA) 
1B M.Vernon(CLA)                        B.Goodman(BOA) 
2B J.Gordon(CLA)                        B.Doerr(BOA) 
3B G.Kell(DEA)                          F.Baker(CHA) 
SS E.Joost(PHA)                         P.Rizzuto(NYA) 
OF D.Dimaggio(BOA)                      A.Zarilla(BOA) 
OF B.Kennedy(CLA)                       D.Philley(CHA) 
OF E.Valo(PHA)                          L.Doby(CLA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  Y.Berra(NYA)                         J.Hegan(CLA) 
1B M.Vernon(CLA)                        J.Graham(SLA) 
2B B.Doerr(BOA)                         J.Gordon(CLA) 
3B B.Dillinger(SLA)                     G.Kell(DEA) 
SS V.Stephens(BOA)                      E.Joost(PHA) 
LF T.Williams(BOA)                      E.Valo(PHA) 
CF S.Chapman(PHA)                       L.Doby(CLA) 
RF T.Henrich(NYA)                       D.Kokos(SLA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
J.Page(NYA) 53                          Casey Stengel(NYA) 
T.Ferrick(SLA) 22                       Lou Boudreau(CLA) 
T.Hughson(BOA) 19                       Joe McCarthy(BOA) 
S.Paige(CLA) 18                         Red Rolfe(DEA) 
E.Johnson(BOA) 16                       Zack Taylor(SLA)