1926 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1926 National League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was Bob O'Farrell of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes		AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG		W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Bob O'Farrell	St. Louis Cardinals †	79	0.988 (80)	7		492	63	144	7	68	1	61	44	0.293	0.371	0.433		Did not pitch
Hughie Critz	Cincinnati Reds	60	0.750 (80)	1		607	96	164	3	79	7	39	25	0.270	0.316	0.371		Did not pitch
Ray Kremer	Pittsburgh Pirates	32	0.400 (80)	0		83	14	21	1	14	0	1	20	0.253	0.262	0.361		20 - 6	5	231.1	221	9	51	74	2.61
Tommy Thevenow	St. Louis Cardinals †	30	0.375 (80)	0		563	64	144	2	63	8	27	26	0.256	0.291	0.311		Did not pitch
Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	25	0.313 (80)	0		529	97	170	21	109	10	69	61	0.321	0.406	0.539		Did not pitch
Les Bell	St. Louis Cardinals †	24	0.300 (80)	0		581	85	189	17	100	9	54	62	0.325	0.383	0.518		Did not pitch
Bubbles Hargrave	Cincinnati Reds	24	0.300 (80)	0		326	42	115	6	62	2	25	17	0.353	0.406	0.525		Did not pitch
Flint Rhem	St. Louis Cardinals †	20	0.250 (80)	0		96	11	18	1	12	0	4	36	0.188	0.220	0.229		20 - 7	0	258.0	241	12	75	72	3.21
Freddie Lindstrom	New York Giants	17	0.213 (80)	0		543	90	164	9	76	11	39	21	0.302	0.351	0.420		Did not pitch
Dave Bancroft	Boston Braves	17	0.213 (80)	0		453	70	141	1	44	3	64	29	0.311	0.399	0.384		Did not pitch
Hal Carlson	Philadelphia Phillies	16	0.200 (80)	0		96	13	23	0	13	0	7	15	0.240	0.298	0.313		17 - 12	0	267.1	293	9	47	55	3.23
Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	15	0.188 (80)	0		536	101	180	8	79	11	66	19	0.336	0.413	0.528		Did not pitch
Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	0.175 (80)	0		574	83	182	3	92	8	38	14	0.317	0.361	0.436		Did not pitch
Wally Pipp	Cincinnati Reds	12	0.150 (80)	0		574	72	167	6	99	8	49	26	0.291	0.352	0.413		Did not pitch
Eddie Brown	Boston Braves	10	0.125 (80)	0		612	71	201	2	84	5	23	20	0.328	0.355	0.415		Did not pitch
Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	8	0.100 (80)	0		91	8	13	1	7	0	2	25	0.143	0.179	0.187		18 - 17	2	271.1	267	10	62	127	2.82
Babe Herman	Brooklyn Robins	8	0.100 (80)	0		496	64	158	11	81	8	44	53	0.319	0.375	0.500		Did not pitch
Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals †	7	0.088 (80)	0		527	96	167	11	93	3	61	39	0.317	0.388	0.463		Did not pitch
Pete Alexander	St. Louis Cardinals †	5	0.063 (80)	0		50	1	6	0	3	0	2	14	0.120	0.154	0.140		9 - 7	2	148.1	136	8	24	35	2.91
Pete Alexander	Chicago Cubs	5	0.063 (80)	0		15	1	7	0	3	0	0	1	0.467	0.467	0.600		3 - 3	0	52.0	55	0	7	12	3.46
Johnny Butler	Brooklyn Robins	5	0.063 (80)	0		501	54	135	1	68	6	54	44	0.269	0.346	0.349		Did not pitch
Billy Southworth	St. Louis Cardinals †	5	0.063 (80)	0		391	76	124	11	69	13	26	9	0.317	0.364	0.488		Did not pitch
Billy Southworth	New York Giants	5	0.063 (80)	0		116	23	38	5	30	1	7	1	0.328	0.366	0.526		Did not pitch
Carl Mays	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.050 (80)	0		98	12	22	0	8	0	3	7	0.224	0.248	0.327		19 - 12	1	281.0	286	3	53	58	3.14
George Kelly	New York Giants	2	0.025 (80)	0		499	70	151	13	80	4	36	52	0.303	0.352	0.445		Did not pitch
Curt Walker	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.013 (80)	0		571	83	175	6	78	3	60	31	0.306	0.372	0.450		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1925

Most Valuable Player Award American 1926

Succeeded by 1927