1979 Awards Voting

1978 1980

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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	Don Baylor	CAL	347.0	20.0	89%	3.7	162	628	*120*	186	36	*139*	22	71	.296	.371	.530	.901
2	Ken Singleton	BAL	241.0	3.0	61%	5.3	159	570	93	168	35	111	3	109	.295	.405	.533	.938
3	George Brett	KCR	226.0	2.0	58%	8.6	154	645	119	*212*	23	107	17	51	.329	.376	.563	.939
4	Fred Lynn	BOS	160.0	0.0	41%	*8.9*	147	531	116	177	39	122	2	82	.333	*.423*	*.637*	*1.059*
5	Jim Rice	BOS	124.0	0.0	32%	6.4	158	619	117	201	39	130	9	57	.325	.381	.596	.977
6	Mike Flanagan	BAL	100.0	3.0	26%	3.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					23	9	3.08	1.186	39	38	0	265.2	245	23	70	190
7	Gorman Thomas	MIL	87.0	0.0	22%	4.8	156	557	97	136	45	123	1	98	.244	.356	.539	.895
8	Bobby Grich	CAL	58.0	0.0	15%	6.0	153	534	78	157	30	101	1	59	.294	.365	.537	.903
9	Darrell Porter	KCR	52.0	0.0	13%	7.6	157	533	101	155	20	112	3	*121*	.291	.421	.484	.905
10	Buddy Bell	TEX	48.0	0.0	12%	6.9	162	670	89	200	18	101	5	30	.299	.327	.451	.778
11	Jim Kern	TEX	25.0	0.0	6%	6.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					13	5	1.57	1.126	71	0	29	143.0	99	5	62	136
11	Mike Marshall	MIN	25.0	0.0	6%	4.4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					10	15	2.65	1.262	90	1	32	142.2	132	8	48	81
11	Eddie Murray	BAL	25.0	0.0	6%	4.9	159	606	90	179	25	99	10	72	.295	.369	.475	.844
14	Brian Downing	CAL	24.0	0.0	6%	5.6	148	509	87	166	12	75	3	77	.326	.418	.462	.880
15	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	18.0	0.0	5%	5.6	138	473	84	152	28	101	4	77	.321	.414	.573	.987
16	Roy Smalley	MIN	16.0	0.0	4%	4.3	162	621	94	168	24	95	2	80	.271	.353	.441	.794
17	Steve Kemp	DET	15.0	0.0	4%	4.2	134	490	88	156	26	105	5	68	.318	.398	.543	.941
17	Willie Wilson	KCR	15.0	0.0	4%	6.3	154	588	113	185	6	49	83	28	.315	.351	.420	.771
19	Mark Clear	CAL	12.0	0.0	3%	1.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					11	5	3.63	1.422	52	0	14	109.0	87	6	68	98
20	Paul Molitor	MIL	8.0	0.0	2%	5.6	140	584	88	188	9	62	33	48	.322	.372	.469	.842
21	Rick Burleson	BOS	7.0	0.0	2%	3.8	153	627	93	174	5	60	9	35	.278	.315	.368	.683
22	Tommy John	NYY	5.0	0.0	1%	5.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					21	9	2.96	1.205	37	36	0	276.1	268	9	65	111
23	Cecil Cooper	MIL	4.0	0.0	1%	3.7	150	590	83	182	24	106	15	56	.308	.364	.508	.872
24	Willie Horton	SEA	3.0	0.0	1%	1.0	162	646	77	180	29	106	1	42	.279	.326	.458	.784
24	Reggie Jackson	NYY	3.0	0.0	1%	3.5	131	465	78	138	29	89	9	65	.297	.382	.544	.926
26	Dan Ford	CAL	1.0	0.0	0%	2.5	142	569	100	165	21	101	8	40	.290	.333	.464	.797
26	Ron Guidry	NYY	1.0	0.0	0%	6.5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					18	8	2.78	1.159	33	30	2	236.1	203	20	71	201
26	Mike Hargrove	CLE	1.0	0.0	0%	2.9	100	338	60	110	10	56	2	63	.325	.433	.500	.933

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	Keith Hernandez	STL	216.0	4.0	64%	7.6	161	610	116	210	11	105	11	80	*.344*	.417	.513	.930
1	Willie Stargell	PIT	216.0	10.0	64%	2.5	126	424	60	119	32	82	0	47	.281	.352	.552	.904
3	Dave Winfield	SDP	155.0	4.0	46%	8.3	159	597	97	184	34	118	15	85	.308	.395	.558	.953
4	Larry Parrish	MON	128.0	0.0	38%	4.6	153	544	83	167	30	82	5	41	.307	.357	.551	.909
5	Ray Knight	CIN	82.0	2.0	24%	3.1	150	551	64	175	10	79	4	38	.318	.360	.454	.814
6	Joe Niekro	HOU	75.0	1.0	22%	3.2	38	83	1	10	0	4	0	2	.120	.140	.145	.284	21	11	3.00	1.244	38	38	0	263.2	221	17	107	119
7	Bruce Sutter	CHC	69.0	0.0	21%	5.1	62	12	0	3	0	3	1	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	6	6	2.22	0.977	62	0	37	101.1	67	3	32	110
8	Kent Tekulve	PIT	64.0	1.0	19%	3.2	94	15	3	2	0	1	0	1	.133	.188	.133	.321	10	8	2.75	1.176	94	0	31	134.1	109	5	49	75
9	Dave Concepcion	CIN	63.0	0.0	19%	4.9	149	590	91	166	16	84	19	64	.281	.348	.415	.764
10	Dave Parker	PIT	56.0	0.0	17%	6.7	158	622	109	193	25	94	20	67	.310	.380	.526	.906
11	Dave Kingman	CHC	53.0	0.0	16%	4.1	145	532	97	153	48	115	4	45	.288	.343	.613	.956
12	George Foster	CIN	34.0	0.0	10%	5.1	121	440	68	133	30	98	0	59	.302	.386	.561	.948
13	Mike Schmidt	PHI	32.0	0.0	10%	7.9	160	541	109	137	45	114	9	120	.253	.386	.564	.950
14	Steve Garvey	LAD	30.0	0.0	9%	2.9	162	648	92	204	28	110	3	37	.315	.351	.497	.848
15	Omar Moreno	PIT	23.0	0.0	7%	2.9	162	*695*	110	196	8	69	77	51	.282	.333	.381	.714
15	Pete Rose	PHI	23.0	0.0	7%	3.1	163	628	90	208	4	59	20	95	.331	.418	.430	.848
17	Gary Carter	MON	15.0	1.0	4%	6.0	141	505	74	143	22	75	3	40	.283	.338	.485	.823
18	Bill Madlock	TOT	14.0	1.0	4%	2.3	154	560	85	167	14	85	32	52	.298	.355	.438	.792
19	J.R. Richard	HOU	12.0	0.0	4%	5.4	38	95	6	12	2	6	0	1	.126	.134	.221	.355	18	13	*2.71*	1.088	38	38	0	292.1	220	13	98	*313*
20	Phil Niekro	ATL	11.0	0.0	3%	7.7	44	123	10	24	0	12	0	1	.195	.213	.244	.457	21	20	3.39	1.240	44	44	0	*342.0*	*311*	41	113	208
21	Joe Sambito	HOU	9.0	0.0	3%	3.5	63	7	1	2	0	2	0	5	.286	.583	.429	1.012	8	7	1.77	1.128	63	0	22	91.1	80	8	23	83
21	Tom Seaver	CIN	9.0	0.0	3%	3.5	33	76	3	12	2	8	0	1	.158	.169	.276	.445	16	6	3.14	1.153	32	32	0	215.0	187	16	61	131
23	Johnny Bench	CIN	7.0	0.0	2%	5.6	130	464	73	128	22	80	4	67	.276	.364	.459	.824
24	Andre Dawson	MON	6.0	0.0	2%	3.6	155	639	90	176	25	92	35	27	.275	.309	.468	.777
25	Garry Templeton	STL	5.0	0.0	1%	4.3	154	672	105	211	9	62	26	18	.314	.331	.458	.790
26	Gary Matthews	ATL	4.0	0.0	1%	4.4	156	631	97	192	27	90	18	60	.304	.363	.502	.865
27	Dave Collins	CIN	3.0	0.0	1%	1.6	122	396	59	126	3	35	16	27	.318	.364	.402	.765
28	Bob Horner	ATL	1.0	0.0	0%	2.5	121	487	66	153	33	98	0	22	.314	.346	.552	.898

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