1927 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1927 National League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Award Voting[edit]
- † 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 | ||
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Paul Waner | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 72 | 0.900 (80) | 5 | 623 | 114 | 237 | 9 | 131 | 5 | 60 | 14 | 0.380 | 0.437 | 0.549 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frankie Frisch | St. Louis Cardinals † | 66 | 0.825 (80) | 0 | 617 | 112 | 208 | 10 | 78 | 48 | 43 | 10 | 0.337 | 0.387 | 0.472 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rogers Hornsby | New York Giants | 54 | 0.675 (80) | 0 | 568 | 133 | 205 | 26 | 125 | 9 | 86 | 38 | 0.361 | 0.448 | 0.586 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Charley Root | Chicago Cubs | 46 | 0.575 (80) | 1 | 122 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0.221 | 0.252 | 0.287 | 26 - 15 | 2 | 309.0 | 296 | 16 | 117 | 145 | 3.76 | ||
Travis Jackson | New York Giants | 42 | 0.525 (80) | 0 | 469 | 67 | 149 | 14 | 98 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 0.318 | 0.363 | 0.486 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lloyd Waner | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 25 | 0.313 (80) | 0 | 629 | 133 | 223 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 37 | 23 | 0.355 | 0.396 | 0.410 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pie Traynor | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 18 | 0.225 (80) | 0 | 573 | 93 | 196 | 5 | 106 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 0.342 | 0.370 | 0.455 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jesse Haines | St. Louis Cardinals † | 16 | 0.200 (80) | 0 | 114 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0.202 | 0.222 | 0.228 | 24 - 10 | 1 | 300.2 | 273 | 11 | 77 | 89 | 2.72 | ||
Ray Kremer | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 14 | 0.175 (80) | 0 | 83 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0.169 | 0.188 | 0.253 | 19 - 8 | 2 | 226.0 | 205 | 9 | 53 | 63 | 2.47 | ||
Gabby Hartnett | Chicago Cubs | 12 | 0.150 (80) | 0 | 449 | 56 | 132 | 10 | 80 | 2 | 44 | 42 | 0.294 | 0.361 | 0.454 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Lucas | Cincinnati Reds | 10 | 0.125 (80) | 1 | 150 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0.313 | 0.368 | 0.373 | 18 - 11 | 2 | 239.2 | 231 | 6 | 39 | 51 | 3.38 | ||
Hack Wilson | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 0.113 (80) | 0 | 551 | 119 | 175 | 30 | 129 | 13 | 71 | 70 | 0.318 | 0.401 | 0.579 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jakie May | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.184 | 0.225 | 0.250 | 15 - 12 | 1 | 235.2 | 242 | 4 | 70 | 121 | 3.51 | ||
Bubbles Hargrave | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 305 | 36 | 94 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 0.308 | 0.376 | 0.387 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cy Williams | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 492 | 86 | 135 | 30 | 98 | 0 | 61 | 57 | 0.274 | 0.365 | 0.502 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Bottomley | St. Louis Cardinals † | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 574 | 95 | 174 | 19 | 124 | 8 | 74 | 49 | 0.303 | 0.387 | 0.509 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Terry | New York Giants | 6 | 0.075 (80) | 0 | 580 | 101 | 189 | 20 | 121 | 1 | 46 | 53 | 0.326 | 0.377 | 0.529 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Burleigh Grimes | New York Giants | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 96 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0.188 | 0.228 | 0.229 | 19 - 8 | 2 | 259.2 | 274 | 12 | 87 | 102 | 3.54 | ||
Doc Farrell | Boston Braves | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 424 | 44 | 124 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 0.292 | 0.315 | 0.340 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Doc Farrell | New York Giants | 4 | 0.050 (80) | 0 | 142 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 0.387 | 0.442 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pete Alexander | St. Louis Cardinals † | 3 | 0.038 (80) | 0 | 94 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0.245 | 0.283 | 0.298 | 21 - 10 | 3 | 268.0 | 261 | 11 | 38 | 48 | 2.52 | ||
Max Carey | Brooklyn Robins | 3 | 0.038 (80) | 0 | 538 | 70 | 143 | 1 | 54 | 32 | 64 | 18 | 0.266 | 0.345 | 0.364 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Riggs Stephenson | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0.038 (80) | 0 | 579 | 101 | 199 | 7 | 82 | 8 | 65 | 28 | 0.344 | 0.415 | 0.491 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jesse Petty | Brooklyn Robins | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 91 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0.099 | 0.109 | 0.132 | 13 - 18 | 1 | 271.2 | 263 | 13 | 53 | 101 | 2.98 | ||
Dutch Ulrich | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 73 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0.123 | 0.123 | 0.123 | 8 - 11 | 1 | 193.1 | 201 | 6 | 40 | 42 | 3.17 | ||
Carmen Hill | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 2 | 0.025 (80) | 0 | 104 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0.212 | 0.248 | 0.298 | 22 - 11 | 3 | 277.2 | 260 | 12 | 80 | 95 | 3.24 | ||
Chick Hafey | St. Louis Cardinals † | 1 | 0.013 (80) | 0 | 346 | 62 | 114 | 18 | 63 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 0.329 | 0.401 | 0.590 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1926 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1927 |
Succeeded by 1928 |
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