1931 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1931 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Frankie Frisch 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
Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals †	65	0.813 (80)	1		518	96	161	4	82	28	45	13	0.311	0.368	0.396		Did not pitch
Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	55	0.688 (80)	1		594	121	200	31	121	7	59	49	0.337	0.398	0.584		Did not pitch
Bill Terry	New York Giants	53	0.663 (80)	1		611	121	213	9	112	8	47	36	0.349	0.397	0.529		Did not pitch
Woody English	Chicago Cubs	30	0.375 (80)	0		634	117	202	2	53	12	68	80	0.319	0.391	0.413		Did not pitch
Chick Hafey	St. Louis Cardinals †	29	0.363 (80)	1		450	94	157	16	95	11	39	43	0.349	0.404	0.569		Did not pitch
Jimmie Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals †	28	0.350 (80)	1		383	45	105	0	51	5	28	15	0.274	0.332	0.337		Did not pitch
Travis Jackson	New York Giants	24	0.300 (80)	1		555	65	172	5	71	13	36	23	0.310	0.353	0.420		Did not pitch
Charlie Grimm	Chicago Cubs	21	0.263 (80)	0		531	65	176	4	66	1	53	29	0.331	0.393	0.458		Did not pitch
Sparky Adams	St. Louis Cardinals †	18	0.225 (80)	1		608	97	178	1	40	16	42	24	0.293	0.340	0.390		Did not pitch
Ed Brandt	Boston Braves	15	0.188 (80)	0		82	11	21	0	8	1	9	5	0.256	0.330	0.280		18 - 11	2	250.0	228	11	77	112	2.92
Rabbit Maranville	Boston Braves	15	0.188 (80)	0		562	69	146	0	33	9	56	34	0.260	0.329	0.317		Did not pitch
Kiki Cuyler	Chicago Cubs	14	0.175 (80)	0		613	110	202	9	88	13	72	54	0.330	0.404	0.473		Did not pitch
Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	0.150 (80)	0		615	81	183	2	103	6	54	28	0.298	0.354	0.416		Did not pitch
Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	10	0.125 (80)	1		153	15	43	0	17	0	12	9	0.281	0.333	0.307		14 - 13	0	238.0	261	10	39	56	3.59
Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	0.100 (80)	0		681	90	214	4	57	7	39	16	0.314	0.352	0.407		Did not pitch
Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals †	8	0.100 (80)	0		382	73	133	9	75	3	34	24	0.348	0.403	0.534		Did not pitch
Jack Quinn	Brooklyn Robins	6	0.075 (80)	0		15	0	3	0	2	0	1	7	0.200	0.250	0.200		5 - 4	15	64.1	65	1	24	25	2.66
Jumbo Elliott	Philadelphia Phillies	6	0.075 (80)	0		90	3	11	0	6	0	1	21	0.122	0.132	0.122		19 - 14	5	249.0	288	15	83	99	4.27
Neal Finn	Brooklyn Robins	5	0.063 (80)	0		413	46	113	0	45	2	21	42	0.274	0.314	0.337		Did not pitch
Watty Clark	Brooklyn Robins	3	0.038 (80)	0		84	8	21	0	5	0	7	7	0.250	0.308	0.274		14 - 10	1	233.1	243	4	52	96	3.20
Paul Derringer	St. Louis Cardinals †	3	0.038 (80)	0		72	2	7	0	1	0	1	18	0.097	0.110	0.097		18 - 8	2	211.2	225	9	65	134	3.36
Charley Root	Chicago Cubs	3	0.038 (80)	0		90	7	20	0	8	0	4	31	0.222	0.255	0.311		17 - 14	2	251.0	240	7	71	131	3.48
Johnny Vergez	New York Giants	2	0.025 (80)	0		565	67	157	13	81	11	29	65	0.278	0.320	0.396		Did not pitch
Dick Bartell	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.025 (80)	0		554	88	160	0	34	6	27	38	0.289	0.325	0.392		Did not pitch
Freddie Fitzsimmons	New York Giants	1	0.013 (80)	0		92	16	21	4	18	0	7	18	0.228	0.297	0.413		18 - 11	0	253.2	242	16	62	78	3.05
Charlie Gelbert	St. Louis Cardinals †	1	0.013 (80)	0		447	61	129	1	62	7	54	31	0.289	0.365	0.383		Did not pitch
Glenn Wright	Brooklyn Robins	1	0.013 (80)	0		268	36	76	9	32	1	14	35	0.284	0.324	0.448		Did not pitch
Tony Cuccinello	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.013 (80)	0		575	67	181	2	93	1	54	28	0.315	0.374	0.431		Did not pitch
Lefty O'Doul	Brooklyn Robins	1	0.013 (80)	0		512	85	172	7	75	5	48	16	0.336	0.396	0.482		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1930

Most Valuable Player Award American 1931

Succeeded by 1932