Lefty Grove won the AL MVP award in 1931.

Interpreted as:

al mvps by a player by year

	NAME	ALMVP	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Lefty Grove L. Grove	1	1931	PHA	41	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	3	0	48	0	0	122	26	3	4				.200	.220	.226	.446	3	-12.6	.210	14	-14.1
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1	1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	58	169	116	0	96	3	7	701	438	100	0				.364	.469	.749	1.218	193	105.6	.522	198	95.8
3	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1	1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	48	163	96	1	93	2	2	670	403	94	0				.356	.449	.703	1.153	170	92.1	.510	189	79.8
4	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	1	1934	DET	129	437	74	140	32	1	2	75	78	4	26	8	4	524	180	35	5				.320	.428	.412	.840	89	23.6	.397	124	17.4
5	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	1	1935	DET	152	619	120	203	46	16	36	168	87	0	91	4	3	710	389	98	4				.328	.411	.628	1.039	155	66.7	.457	158	56.8
6	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	1	1936	NYY	155	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	130	7	46	3	4	719	403	93	3				.354	.478	.696	1.174	192	97.6	.512	178	85.8
7	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	1	1937	DET	144	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	90	1	25	11	4	660	293	55	5				.371	.458	.520	.978	139	56.2	.448	145	42.8
8	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	1	1938	BSA	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	119	0	76	5	4	685	398	92	1				.349	.462	.704	1.166	178	91.7	.508	173	74.2
9	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	1	1939	NYY	120	462	108	176	32	6	30	126	52	4	20	3	0	524	310	68	6			11	.381	.448	.671	1.119	129	64	.495	180	58.5
10	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	1	1940	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	93	1	75	6	3	670	384	99	3			15	.340	.433	.670	1.103	160	78.8	.482	168	62.8
11	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	1	1941	NYY	139	541	122	193	43	11	30	125	76	4	13	4	2	621	348	84	0			6	.357	.440	.643	1.083	144	72.3	.486	181	66.6
12	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	1	1942	NYY	147	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	79	1	95	12	6	625	264	51	7			22	.322	.409	.491	.900	111	44.7	.423	152	38.4
13	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	1	1943	NYY	30	97	9	25	5	0	2	7	1	3	22	0	0	104	36	7	3			4	.258	.287	.371	.658	10	-0.6	.314	89	-1.2
14	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1	1944	DET	47	120	10	29	4	0	0	5	6	0	12	1	0	132	33	4	6			5	.242	.278	.275	.553	8	-5.8	.265	51	-7.3
15	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1	1945	DET	40	109	8	28	5	1	0	17	7	0	10	0	1	124	35	6	8			1	.257	.302	.321	.623	11	-2.7	.299	74	-3.5
16	Ted Williams T. Williams	1	1946	BSA	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	2	44	0	0	672	343	83	0			12	.342	.497	.667	1.164	166	95.8	.525	214	87.5
17	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	1	1947	NYY	141	534	97	168	31	10	20	97	64	3	32	3	0	601	279	61	0			14	.315	.391	.522	.913	106	37.5	.417	152	36.5
18	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	1	1948	CLE	152	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	98	2	9	3	2	676	299	58	16			15	.355	.453	.534	.987	140	60	.455	166	57.5
19	Ted Williams T. Williams	1	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	2	48	1	1	730	368	85	0			22	.343	.490	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2
20	Phil Rizzuto P. Rizzuto	1	1950	NYY	155	617	125	200	36	7	7	66	92	7	39	12	8	735	271	50	19			6	.324	.418	.439	.857	123	31.7	.399	125	25.6
21	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	1	1951	NYY	141	547	92	161	19	4	27	88	44	3	20	5	4	594	269	50	0			16	.294	.350	.492	.842	91	21.1	.382	127	20.3
22	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	1	1952	PHA	34	96	13	19	4	1	0	12	5	2	9	0	2	116	25	5	13			0	.198	.252	.260	.513	6	-7.1	.244	38	-8.4
23	Al Rosen A. Rosen	1	1953	CLE	155	599	115	201	27	5	43	145	85	4	48	8	7	688	367	75	0			19	.336	.422	.613	1.034	148	65.9	.456	178	66.3
24	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	1	1954	NYY	151	584	88	179	28	6	22	125	56	4	29	0	1	652	285	56	1	7		9	.307	.367	.488	.855	100	26.4	.385	138	28.4
25	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	1	1955	NYY	147	541	84	147	20	3	27	108	60	7	20	1	0	615	254	50	2	5	6	13	.272	.349	.470	.819	89	17.2	.362	123	17.2