1944 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1944 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Marty Marion of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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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Marty Marion | St. Louis Cardinals † | 190 | 0.565 (336) | 7 | 506 | 50 | 135 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 43 | 50 | 0.267 | 0.324 | 0.362 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Nicholson | Chicago Cubs | 189 | 0.563 (336) | 4 | 582 | 116 | 167 | 33 | 122 | 3 | 93 | 71 | 0.287 | 0.391 | 0.545 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dixie Walker | Brooklyn Dodgers | 145 | 0.432 (336) | 3 | 535 | 77 | 191 | 13 | 91 | 6 | 72 | 27 | 0.357 | 0.434 | 0.529 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals † | 136 | 0.405 (336) | 3 | 568 | 112 | 197 | 12 | 94 | 7 | 90 | 28 | 0.347 | 0.440 | 0.549 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bucky Walters | Cincinnati Reds | 107 | 0.318 (336) | 3 | 107 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0.280 | 0.330 | 0.318 | 23 - 8 | 1 | 285.0 | 233 | 10 | 87 | 77 | 2.40 | ||
Bill Voiselle | New York Giants | 107 | 0.318 (336) | 0 | 105 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0.210 | 0.265 | 0.257 | 21 - 16 | 0 | 312.2 | 276 | 31 | 118 | 161 | 3.02 | ||
Ray Mueller | Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 0.253 (336) | 2 | 555 | 54 | 159 | 10 | 73 | 4 | 53 | 47 | 0.286 | 0.353 | 0.398 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Walker Cooper | St. Louis Cardinals † | 72 | 0.214 (336) | 1 | 397 | 56 | 126 | 13 | 72 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 0.317 | 0.352 | 0.504 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mort Cooper | St. Louis Cardinals † | 63 | 0.188 (336) | 0 | 94 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0.202 | 0.257 | 0.234 | 22 - 7 | 1 | 252.1 | 227 | 6 | 60 | 97 | 2.46 | ||
Bob Elliott | Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 0.170 (336) | 0 | 538 | 85 | 160 | 10 | 108 | 9 | 75 | 42 | 0.297 | 0.383 | 0.465 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rip Sewell | Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 0.146 (336) | 0 | 112 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0.223 | 0.237 | 0.304 | 21 - 12 | 2 | 286.0 | 263 | 15 | 99 | 87 | 3.18 | ||
Babe Dahlgren | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 0.098 (336) | 1 | 599 | 67 | 173 | 12 | 101 | 2 | 47 | 56 | 0.289 | 0.347 | 0.419 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank McCormick | Cincinnati Reds | 32 | 0.095 (336) | 0 | 581 | 85 | 177 | 20 | 102 | 7 | 57 | 17 | 0.305 | 0.371 | 0.482 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Phil Cavarretta | Chicago Cubs | 27 | 0.080 (336) | 0 | 614 | 106 | 197 | 5 | 82 | 4 | 67 | 42 | 0.321 | 0.390 | 0.451 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ray Sanders | St. Louis Cardinals † | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 601 | 87 | 177 | 12 | 102 | 2 | 71 | 50 | 0.295 | 0.371 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mel Ott | New York Giants | 20 | 0.060 (336) | 0 | 399 | 91 | 115 | 26 | 82 | 2 | 90 | 47 | 0.288 | 0.423 | 0.544 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Tobin | Boston Braves | 13 | 0.039 (336) | 0 | 116 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 0.190 | 0.288 | 0.302 | 18 - 19 | 3 | 299.1 | 271 | 18 | 97 | 83 | 3.01 | ||
Ron Northey | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 570 | 72 | 164 | 22 | 104 | 1 | 67 | 51 | 0.288 | 0.367 | 0.496 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Hopp | St. Louis Cardinals † | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 527 | 106 | 177 | 11 | 72 | 15 | 58 | 47 | 0.336 | 0.404 | 0.499 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Medwick | New York Giants | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 490 | 64 | 165 | 7 | 85 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 0.337 | 0.386 | 0.441 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Barrett | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 568 | 99 | 153 | 7 | 83 | 28 | 86 | 56 | 0.269 | 0.366 | 0.415 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Miller | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 536 | 48 | 112 | 4 | 55 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0.209 | 0.269 | 0.289 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommy Holmes | Boston Braves | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 631 | 93 | 195 | 13 | 73 | 4 | 61 | 11 | 0.309 | 0.372 | 0.456 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Wilks | St. Louis Cardinals † | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 64 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0.141 | 0.203 | 0.172 | 17 - 4 | 0 | 207.2 | 173 | 12 | 49 | 70 | 2.64 | ||
Tony Lupien | Philadelphia Blue Jays | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 597 | 82 | 169 | 5 | 52 | 18 | 56 | 29 | 0.283 | 0.347 | 0.377 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Max Lanier | St. Louis Cardinals † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 77 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.182 | 0.222 | 0.195 | 17 - 12 | 0 | 224.1 | 192 | 5 | 71 | 141 | 2.65 | ||
Stan Hack | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 383 | 65 | 108 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 53 | 21 | 0.282 | 0.369 | 0.352 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Connie Ryan | Boston Braves | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 332 | 56 | 98 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 0.295 | 0.364 | 0.416 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Whitey Kurowski | St. Louis Cardinals † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 555 | 95 | 150 | 20 | 87 | 2 | 58 | 40 | 0.270 | 0.341 | 0.449 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Russell | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 580 | 109 | 181 | 8 | 66 | 6 | 79 | 63 | 0.312 | 0.399 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Augie Galan | Brooklyn Dodgers | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 547 | 96 | 174 | 12 | 93 | 4 | 101 | 23 | 0.318 | 0.426 | 0.495 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1943 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1944 |
Succeeded by 1945 |
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