1942 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1942 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Mort Cooper 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
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	263	0.783 (336)	13		103	6	19	0	7	0	3	21	0.184	0.208	0.194		22 - 7	0	278.2	207	9	68	152	1.78
Enos Slaughter	St. Louis Cardinals	200	0.595 (336)	6		591	100	188	13	98	9	88	30	0.318	0.412	0.494		Did not pitch
Mel Ott	New York Giants	190	0.565 (336)	4		549	118	162	30	93	6	109	61	0.295	0.415	0.497		Did not pitch
Mickey Owen	Brooklyn Dodgers	103	0.307 (336)	0		421	53	109	0	44	10	44	17	0.259	0.330	0.311		Did not pitch
Johnny Mize	New York Giants	97	0.289 (336)	0		541	97	165	26	110	3	60	39	0.305	0.380	0.521		Did not pitch
Pete Reiser	Brooklyn Dodgers	91	0.271 (336)	0		480	89	149	10	64	20	48	45	0.310	0.375	0.463		Did not pitch
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	81	0.241 (336)	1		485	66	134	0	54	8	48	50	0.276	0.343	0.375		Did not pitch
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	42	0.125 (336)	0		524	89	132	26	109	10	97	85	0.252	0.372	0.471		Did not pitch
Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	39	0.116 (336)	0		560	75	166	9	89	2	52	35	0.296	0.358	0.416		Did not pitch
Claude Passeau	Chicago Cubs	33	0.098 (336)	0		105	7	19	2	10	0	0	26	0.181	0.181	0.248		19 - 14	0	278.1	284	13	74	89	2.68
Walker Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	28	0.083 (336)	0		438	58	123	7	65	4	29	29	0.281	0.327	0.434		Did not pitch
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	26	0.077 (336)	0		467	87	147	10	72	6	62	25	0.315	0.397	0.490		Did not pitch
Johnny Beazley	St. Louis Cardinals	24	0.071 (336)	0		73	6	10	0	9	0	3	37	0.137	0.171	0.219		21 - 6	3	215.1	181	4	73	91	2.13
Jimmy Brown	St. Louis Cardinals	24	0.071 (336)	0		606	75	155	1	71	4	52	11	0.256	0.315	0.320		Did not pitch
Ernie Lombardi	Boston Braves	24	0.071 (336)	0		309	32	102	11	46	1	37	12	0.330	0.403	0.482		Did not pitch
Whit Wyatt	Brooklyn Dodgers	22	0.065 (336)	0		77	5	14	0	6	0	3	15	0.182	0.222	0.221		19 - 7	0	217.1	185	9	63	104	2.73
Joe Medwick	Brooklyn Dodgers	20	0.060 (336)	0		553	69	166	4	96	2	32	25	0.300	0.338	0.403		Did not pitch
Terry Moore	St. Louis Cardinals	15	0.045 (336)	0		489	80	141	6	49	10	56	26	0.288	0.364	0.391		Did not pitch
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	14	0.042 (336)	0		588	83	173	21	78	8	76	80	0.294	0.382	0.476		Did not pitch
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	11	0.033 (336)	0		75	7	11	0	3	0	6	26	0.147	0.210	0.160		18 - 12	0	244.0	188	6	102	186	2.43
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	11	0.033 (336)	0		553	91	166	6	39	9	94	40	0.300	0.402	0.409		Did not pitch
Tommy Hughes	Philadelphia Phillies	10	0.030 (336)	0		80	1	8	0	0	0	0	20	0.100	0.111	0.100		12 - 18	1	253.0	224	8	99	77	3.06
Ray Starr	Cincinnati Reds	9	0.027 (336)	0		88	2	8	0	1	0	5	35	0.091	0.140	0.102		15 - 13	0	276.2	228	10	106	83	2.67
Larry French	Brooklyn Dodgers	7	0.021 (336)	0		40	5	12	0	6	0	3	8	0.300	0.349	0.375		15 - 4	0	147.2	127	1	36	62	1.83
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	6	0.018 (336)	0		564	87	144	3	53	15	82	55	0.255	0.350	0.332		Did not pitch
Whitey Kurowski	St. Louis Cardinals	6	0.018 (336)	0		366	51	93	9	42	7	33	60	0.254	0.326	0.391		Did not pitch
Lonny Frey	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.012 (336)	0		523	66	139	2	39	9	87	38	0.266	0.373	0.344		Did not pitch
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.012 (336)	0		564	58	156	13	89	1	45	18	0.277	0.332	0.388		Did not pitch
Ray Lamanno	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.012 (336)	0		371	40	98	12	43	0	31	54	0.264	0.324	0.404		Did not pitch
Max West	Boston Braves	4	0.012 (336)	0		452	54	115	16	56	4	68	59	0.254	0.354	0.409		Did not pitch
Al Javery	Boston Braves	3	0.009 (336)	0		86	6	9	0	1	0	2	30	0.105	0.125	0.116		12 - 16	0	261.0	251	8	78	85	3.03
Eddie Miller	Boston Braves	1	0.003 (336)	0		534	47	130	6	47	11	22	42	0.243	0.279	0.337		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1941

Most Valuable Player Award American 1942

Succeeded by 1943