1956 Awards Voting

1955 1957

source Bill Deane's Award Voting
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Bold season totals indicate player led league. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues.

AL MVP Voting

AL MVP Voting Table
			Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Mickey Mantle	NYY	336.0	24.0	100%	*11.2*	150	533	*132*	188	52	*130*	10	112	*.353*	.464	*.705*	*1.169*
2	Yogi Berra	NYY	186.0	0.0	55%	6.2	140	521	93	155	30	105	3	65	.298	.378	.534	.911
3	Al Kaline	DET	142.0	0.0	42%	6.5	153	617	96	194	27	128	7	70	.314	.383	.530	.913
4	Harvey Kuenn	DET	80.0	0.0	24%	4.6	146	591	96	196	12	88	9	55	.332	.387	.470	.857
5	Billy Pierce	CHW	75.0	0.0	22%	4.6	39	102	6	16	0	3	0	3	.157	.189	.157	.346	20	9	3.32	1.306	35	33	1	276.1	261	24	100	192
6	Ted Williams	BOS	70.0	0.0	21%	6.1	136	400	71	138	24	82	0	102	.345	*.479*	.605	1.084
7	Gil McDougald	NYY	55.0	0.0	16%	5.1	120	438	79	136	13	56	3	68	.311	.405	.443	.848
7	Bob Nieman	TOT	55.0	0.0	16%	4.2	128	428	63	137	14	68	1	90	.320	.436	.495	.931
9	Vic Wertz	CLE	45.0	0.0	13%	2.2	136	481	65	127	32	106	0	75	.264	.364	.509	.874
10	Bob Lemon	CLE	40.0	0.0	12%	5.9	43	93	8	18	5	12	0	9	.194	.272	.355	.627	20	14	3.03	1.249	39	35	3	255.1	230	23	89	94
11	Harry Simpson	KCA	37.0	0.0	11%	0.7	141	543	76	159	21	105	2	47	.293	.347	.490	.837
12	Whitey Ford	NYY	33.0	0.0	10%	5.6	31	78	9	17	0	4	0	9	.218	.299	.244	.542	19	6	*2.47*	1.201	31	30	1	225.2	187	13	84	141
13	Early Wynn	CLE	32.0	0.0	10%	8.4	38	101	5	23	1	15	1	7	.228	.278	.307	.585	20	9	2.72	1.167	38	35	2	277.2	233	19	91	158
14	Nellie Fox	CHW	28.0	0.0	8%	1.9	154	*649*	109	192	4	52	8	44	.296	.347	.376	.723
14	Jim Piersall	BOS	28.0	0.0	8%	4.8	155	601	91	176	14	87	7	58	.293	.350	.449	.799
16	Sherm Lollar	CHW	27.0	0.0	8%	3.7	136	450	55	132	11	75	2	53	.293	.383	.438	.821
17	Frank Lary	DET	24.0	0.0	7%	6.7	41	103	14	19	1	12	0	8	.184	.239	.233	.472	21	13	3.15	1.378	41	38	1	294.0	289	20	116	165
17	Pete Runnels	WSH	24.0	0.0	7%	2.7	147	578	72	179	8	76	5	58	.310	.372	.433	.805
19	Herb Score	CLE	18.0	0.0	5%	7.5	35	87	11	16	1	8	0	9	.184	.260	.253	.513	20	9	2.53	1.167	35	33	0	249.1	162	18	129	*263*
20	Jackie Jensen	BOS	15.0	0.0	4%	3.8	151	578	80	182	20	97	11	89	.315	.405	.497	.901
21	Mickey Vernon	BOS	14.0	0.0	4%	2.4	119	403	67	125	15	84	1	57	.310	.403	.511	.914
22	Tom Brewer	BOS	11.0	0.0	3%	5.7	38	94	14	28	1	13	0	5	.298	.330	.351	.681	19	9	3.50	1.277	32	32	0	244.1	200	14	112	127
23	Hank Bauer	NYY	8.0	0.0	2%	1.6	147	539	96	130	26	84	4	59	.241	.316	.445	.761
23	Charlie Maxwell	DET	8.0	0.0	2%	5.9	141	500	97	163	28	87	1	79	.326	.414	.534	.948
25	Luis Aparicio	CHW	7.0	0.0	2%	1.5	152	533	69	142	3	56	21	34	.266	.311	.341	.653
26	Gus Triandos	BAL	6.0	0.0	2%	3.1	131	452	47	126	21	88	0	48	.279	.348	.462	.810
27	Frank Bolling	DET	3.0	0.0	1%	2.0	102	366	53	103	7	45	6	42	.281	.354	.434	.789
27	Minnie Miñoso	CHW	3.0	0.0	1%	6.2	151	545	106	172	21	88	12	86	.316	.425	.525	.950
27	Vic Power	KCA	3.0	0.0	1%	1.6	127	530	77	164	14	63	2	24	.309	.340	.447	.787
30	Johnny Kucks	NYY	2.0	0.0	1%	0.0	34	77	7	11	0	1	0	7	.143	.224	.156	.379	18	9	3.85	1.315	34	31	0	224.1	223	19	72	67
31	Roy Sievers	WSH	1.0	0.0	0%	2.3	152	550	92	139	29	95	0	100	.253	.370	.467	.838

NL MVP Voting

NL MVP Voting Table
			Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Don Newcombe	BRO	223.0	8.0	66%	5.3	52	111	13	26	2	16	1	12	.234	.312	.342	.654	27	7	3.06	*0.989*	38	36	0	268.0	219	33	46	139
2	Sal Maglie	BRO	183.0	4.0	54%	4.3	28	70	1	9	0	2	0	1	.129	.141	.129	.269	13	5	2.87	1.079	28	26	0	191.0	154	21	52	108
3	Henry Aaron	MLN	146.0	0.0	43%	7.2	153	609	106	*200*	26	92	2	37	.328	.365	.558	.923
4	Warren Spahn	MLN	126.0	1.0	38%	6.0	39	105	8	22	3	10	1	4	.210	.239	.324	.562	20	11	2.78	1.070	39	35	3	281.1	249	25	52	128
5	Jim Gilliam	BRO	103.0	4.0	31%	6.2	153	594	102	178	6	43	21	95	.300	.399	.396	.794
6	Roy McMillan	CIN	96.0	3.0	29%	4.4	150	479	51	126	3	62	4	76	.263	.366	.344	.710
7	Frank Robinson	CIN	79.0	0.0	24%	6.5	152	572	122	166	38	83	8	64	.290	.379	.558	.936
8	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	71.0	3.0	21%	2.6	147	572	85	147	9	46	13	56	.257	.322	.344	.667
9	Stan Musial	STL	62.0	0.0	18%	5.5	156	594	87	184	27	109	2	75	.310	.386	.522	.908
10	Duke Snider	BRO	55.0	1.0	16%	7.6	151	542	112	158	43	101	3	99	.292	.399	.598	.997
11	Joe Adcock	MLN	54.0	0.0	16%	4.8	137	454	76	132	38	103	1	32	.291	.337	.597	.934
12	Bob Friend	PIT	38.0	0.0	11%	5.2	49	97	7	16	1	8	0	1	.165	.173	.216	.390	17	17	3.46	1.257	49	42	3	*314.1*	310	25	85	166
13	Hersh Freeman	CIN	25.0	0.0	7%	2.5	64	18	0	1	0	2	0	3	.056	.190	.111	.302	14	5	3.40	1.344	64	0	17	108.2	112	2	34	50
14	Johnny Antonelli	NYG	18.0	0.0	5%	6.4	49	89	7	14	3	4	0	2	.157	.176	.292	.468	20	13	2.86	1.161	41	36	1	258.1	225	20	75	145
14	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	18.0	0.0	5%	3.1	138	517	91	156	35	102	1	49	.302	.362	.536	.898
16	Jackie Robinson	BRO	17.0	0.0	5%	4.5	117	357	61	98	10	43	12	60	.275	.382	.412	.793
17	Willie Mays	NYG	14.0	0.0	4%	7.6	152	578	101	171	36	84	40	68	.296	.369	.557	.926
18	Ed Bailey	CIN	13.0	0.0	4%	4.8	118	383	59	115	28	75	2	52	.300	.385	.551	.936
18	Bill Virdon	TOT	13.0	0.0	4%	2.7	*157*	580	77	185	10	46	6	38	.319	.361	.445	.806
20	Stan Lopata	PHI	11.0	0.0	3%	4.3	146	535	96	143	32	95	5	75	.267	.353	.535	.888
21	Carl Furillo	BRO	9.0	0.0	3%	2.3	149	523	66	151	21	83	1	57	.289	.357	.467	.824
22	Lew Burdette	MLN	8.0	0.0	2%	4.1	45	86	9	16	0	8	0	2	.186	.209	.198	.406	19	10	2.70	1.116	39	35	1	256.1	234	22	52	110
23	Bob Buhl	MLN	7.0	0.0	2%	0.8	38	73	1	7	0	3	0	1	.096	.108	.123	.231	18	8	3.32	1.362	38	33	0	216.2	190	18	105	86
23	Robin Roberts	PHI	7.0	0.0	2%	2.9	43	100	8	20	1	8	0	6	.200	.248	.270	.518	19	18	4.45	1.238	43	37	3	297.1	*328*	46	40	157
25	Brooks Lawrence	CIN	6.0	0.0	2%	2.0	49	70	4	11	0	4	0	2	.157	.187	.214	.401	19	10	3.99	1.285	49	30	0	218.2	210	26	71	96
26	Dale Long	PIT	4.0	0.0	1%	2.1	148	517	64	136	27	91	1	54	.263	.326	.485	.812
27	Wally Moon	STL	3.0	0.0	1%	3.7	149	540	86	161	16	68	12	80	.298	.390	.469	.858
28	Ernie Banks	CHC	2.0	0.0	1%	5.3	139	538	82	160	28	85	6	52	.297	.358	.530	.887
28	Ken Boyer	STL	2.0	0.0	1%	6.4	150	595	91	182	26	98	8	38	.306	.347	.494	.841
30	Richie Ashburn	PHI	1.0	0.0	0%	5.6	154	628	94	190	3	50	10	79	.303	.384	.384	.768
30	Clem Labine	BRO	1.0	0.0	0%	1.7	62	23	0	2	0	1	0	1	.087	.160	.087	.247	10	6	3.35	1.297	62	3	19	115.2	111	11	39	75
30	Johnny Logan	MLN	1.0	0.0	0%	5.6	148	545	69	153	15	46	3	46	.281	.340	.431	.771

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