1978 Awards Voting

1977 1979

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	Jim Rice	BOS	352.0	20.0	90%	7.6	*163*	*677*	121	*213*	46	*139*	7	58	.315	.370	*.600*	.970
2	Ron Guidry	NYY	291.0	8.0	74%	9.6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0					25	3	*1.74*	*0.946*	35	35	0	273.2	187	13	72	248
3	Larry Hisle	MIL	201.0	0.0	51%	5.3	142	520	96	151	34	115	10	67	.290	.374	.533	.906
4	Amos Otis	KCR	90.0	0.0	23%	7.4	141	486	74	145	22	96	32	66	.298	.380	.525	.905
5	Rusty Staub	DET	88.0	0.0	22%	1.5	162	642	75	175	24	121	3	76	.273	.347	.435	.782
6	Graig Nettles	NYY	86.0	0.0	22%	5.7	159	587	81	162	27	93	1	59	.276	.343	.460	.803
7	Don Baylor	CAL	51.0	0.0	13%	1.6	158	591	103	151	34	99	22	56	.255	.332	.472	.804
8	Eddie Murray	BAL	50.0	0.0	13%	4.3	161	610	85	174	27	95	6	70	.285	.356	.480	.836
9	Carlton Fisk	BOS	49.0	0.0	13%	5.9	157	571	94	162	20	88	7	71	.284	.366	.475	.841
10	Darrell Porter	KCR	48.0	0.0	12%	4.2	150	520	77	138	18	78	0	75	.265	.358	.444	.802
11	Rod Carew	MIN	46.0	0.0	12%	5.0	152	564	85	188	5	70	27	78	.333	.411	.441	.853
12	Mike Caldwell	MIL	41.0	0.0	10%	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					22	9	2.36	1.064	37	34	1	293.1	258	14	54	131
13	Rich Gossage	NYY	39.0	0.0	10%	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					10	11	2.01	1.087	63	0	27	134.1	87	9	59	122
14	Al Oliver	TEX	26.0	0.0	7%	3.6	133	525	65	170	14	89	8	31	.324	.358	.490	.848
15	Jim Sundberg	TEX	24.0	0.0	6%	5.4	149	518	54	144	6	58	2	64	.278	.358	.380	.739
16	Ron LeFlore	DET	21.0	0.0	5%	4.1	155	666	*126*	198	12	62	68	65	.297	.361	.405	.766
17	Reggie Jackson	NYY	18.0	0.0	5%	3.5	139	511	82	140	27	97	14	58	.274	.356	.477	.834
18	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	17.0	0.0	4%	2.0	144	523	70	145	17	81	4	76	.277	.367	.423	.790
19	George Brett	KCR	14.0	0.0	4%	5.4	128	510	79	150	9	62	23	39	.294	.342	.467	.809
20	Andre Thornton	CLE	12.0	0.0	3%	5.3	145	508	97	133	33	105	4	93	.262	.377	.516	.893
21	Lou Piniella	NYY	11.0	0.0	3%	3.7	130	472	67	148	6	69	3	34	.314	.361	.445	.806
22	Thurman Munson	NYY	9.0	0.0	2%	3.3	154	617	73	183	6	71	2	35	.297	.332	.373	.705
23	Lyman Bostock	CAL	8.0	0.0	2%	2.8	147	568	74	168	5	71	15	59	.296	.362	.379	.740
23	Larry Gura	KCR	8.0	0.0	2%	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					16	4	2.72	1.096	35	26	0	221.2	183	13	60	81
25	Dave LaRoche	CAL	6.0	0.0	2%	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					10	9	2.82	1.265	59	0	25	95.2	73	7	48	70
25	Fred Lynn	BOS	6.0	0.0	2%	4.4	150	541	75	161	22	82	3	75	.298	.380	.492	.872
25	Mickey Rivers	NYY	6.0	0.0	2%	3.5	141	559	78	148	11	48	25	29	.265	.302	.397	.699
25	Bob Stanley	BOS	6.0	0.0	2%	4.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					15	2	2.60	1.242	52	3	10	141.2	142	5	34	38
29	Don Money	MIL	5.0	0.0	1%	4.8	137	518	88	152	14	54	3	48	.293	.361	.440	.801
29	Willie Randolph	NYY	5.0	0.0	1%	5.8	134	499	87	139	3	42	36	82	.279	.381	.357	.738
31	Dennis Eckersley	BOS	4.0	0.0	1%	7.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					20	8	2.99	1.226	35	35	0	268.1	258	30	71	162
31	Hal McRae	KCR	4.0	0.0	1%	1.1	156	623	90	170	16	72	17	51	.273	.329	.429	.757
33	Leon Roberts	SEA	3.0	0.0	1%	4.4	134	472	78	142	22	92	6	41	.301	.364	.515	.879
34	Rich Gale	KCR	2.0	0.0	1%	2.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					14	8	3.09	1.409	31	30	0	192.1	171	10	100	88
34	Ken Singleton	BAL	2.0	0.0	1%	4.7	149	502	67	147	20	81	0	98	.293	.409	.462	.871
36	Rick Burleson	BOS	1.0	0.0	0%	1.5	145	626	75	155	5	49	8	40	.248	.295	.339	.633
36	Frank Tanana	CAL	1.0	0.0	0%	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					18	12	3.65	1.251	33	33	0	239.0	239	26	60	137

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	Dave Parker	PIT	320.0	21.0	95%	7.0	148	581	102	194	30	117	20	57	*.334*	.394	.585	*.979*
2	Steve Garvey	LAD	194.0	0.0	58%	4.7	162	639	89	202	21	113	10	40	.316	.353	.499	.852
3	Larry Bowa	PHI	189.0	3.0	56%	5.8	156	654	78	192	3	43	27	24	.294	.319	.370	.689
4	Reggie Smith	LAD	164.0	0.0	49%	4.5	128	447	82	132	29	93	12	70	.295	.382	.559	.942
5	Jack Clark	SFG	107.0	0.0	32%	5.9	156	592	90	181	25	98	15	50	.306	.358	.537	.895
6	George Foster	CIN	104.0	0.0	31%	4.9	158	604	97	170	40	120	4	70	.281	.360	.546	.906
7	Greg Luzinski	PHI	48.0	0.0	14%	5.2	155	540	85	143	35	101	8	100	.265	.388	.526	.914
8	Gaylord Perry	SDP	45.0	0.0	13%	3.8	37	87	5	8	0	3	0	2	.092	.112	.115	.227	21	6	2.73	1.178	37	37	0	260.2	241	9	66	154
9	Willie Stargell	PIT	39.0	0.0	12%	3.1	122	390	60	115	28	97	3	50	.295	.382	.567	.949
10	Dave Winfield	SDP	37.0	0.0	11%	4.3	158	587	88	181	24	97	21	55	.308	.367	.499	.866
11	Pete Rose	CIN	35.0	0.0	10%	3.4	159	655	103	198	7	52	13	62	.302	.362	.421	.783
12	Vida Blue	SFG	33.0	0.0	10%	6.2	35	79	8	6	1	2	0	16	.076	.240	.127	.366	18	10	2.79	1.174	35	35	0	258.0	233	12	70	171
13	Kent Tekulve	PIT	23.0	0.0	7%	3.3	91	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	.095	.136	.095	.232	8	7	2.33	1.256	91	0	31	135.1	115	5	55	77
14	Rollie Fingers	SDP	16.0	0.0	5%	2.5	67	12	0	2	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	13	2.52	1.053	67	0	37	107.1	84	4	29	72
15	Burt Hooton	LAD	15.0	0.0	4%	5.3	32	67	4	10	0	2	0	7	.149	.230	.164	.394	19	10	2.71	1.089	32	32	0	236.0	196	17	61	104
16	Davey Lopes	LAD	12.0	0.0	4%	4.9	151	587	93	163	17	58	45	71	.278	.355	.421	.776
17	Bill Buckner	CHC	8.0	0.0	2%	0.9	117	446	47	144	5	74	7	18	.323	.345	.419	.765
17	Phil Niekro	ATL	8.0	0.0	2%	*10.4*	45	120	5	27	0	10	0	3	.225	.248	.258	.506	19	18	2.88	1.187	44	42	1	*334.1*	*295*	16	102	248
19	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	7.0	0.0	2%	4.6	153	488	72	147	23	77	1	*117*	.301	*.432*	.529	.961
20	Bruce Sutter	CHC	5.0	0.0	1%	1.1	64	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.200	.077	.277	8	10	3.19	1.176	64	0	27	98.2	82	10	34	106
21	Garry Maddox	PHI	4.0	0.0	1%	5.1	155	598	62	172	11	68	33	39	.288	.332	.410	.741
22	Enos Cabell	HOU	2.0	0.0	1%	2.8	162	660	92	195	7	71	33	22	.295	.321	.398	.720
23	Bob Boone	PHI	1.0	0.0	0%	3.6	132	435	48	123	12	62	2	46	.283	.347	.425	.772

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