1949 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1949 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Robinson | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 264 | 0.786 (336) | 12 | 593 | 122 | 203 | 16 | 124 | 37 | 86 | 27 | 0.342 | 0.432 | 0.528 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 226 | 0.673 (336) | 5 | 612 | 128 | 207 | 36 | 123 | 3 | 107 | 38 | 0.338 | 0.438 | 0.624 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Enos Slaughter | St. Louis Cardinals | 181 | 0.539 (336) | 2 | 568 | 92 | 191 | 13 | 96 | 3 | 79 | 37 | 0.336 | 0.418 | 0.511 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ralph Kiner | Pittsburgh Pirates | 133 | 0.396 (336) | 0 | 549 | 116 | 170 | 54 | 127 | 6 | 117 | 61 | 0.310 | 0.432 | 0.658 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pee Wee Reese | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 118 | 0.351 (336) | 2 | 617 | 132 | 172 | 16 | 73 | 26 | 116 | 59 | 0.279 | 0.396 | 0.410 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Carl Furillo | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 68 | 0.202 (336) | 2 | 549 | 95 | 177 | 18 | 106 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 0.322 | 0.368 | 0.506 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Spahn | Boston Braves | 60 | 0.179 (336) | 0 | 111 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0.162 | 0.191 | 0.216 | 21 - 14 | 0 | 302.1 | 283 | 27 | 86 | 151 | 3.07 | ||
Don Newcombe | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 55 | 0.164 (336) | 0 | 96 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0.229 | 0.267 | 0.271 | 17 - 8 | 1 | 244.1 | 223 | 17 | 73 | 149 | 3.17 | ||
Ken Heintzelman | Philadelphia Phillies | 48 | 0.143 (336) | 1 | 83 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0.157 | 0.213 | 0.169 | 17 - 10 | 0 | 250.0 | 239 | 19 | 93 | 65 | 3.02 | ||
Red Schoendienst | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 0.089 (336) | 0 | 640 | 102 | 190 | 3 | 54 | 8 | 51 | 18 | 0.297 | 0.351 | 0.356 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Howie Pollet | St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 0 | 82 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0.195 | 0.267 | 0.207 | 20 - 9 | 1 | 230.2 | 228 | 9 | 59 | 108 | 2.77 | ||
Gil Hodges | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 0 | 596 | 94 | 170 | 23 | 115 | 10 | 66 | 64 | 0.285 | 0.360 | 0.453 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Del Ennis | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 0.083 (336) | 0 | 610 | 92 | 184 | 25 | 110 | 2 | 59 | 61 | 0.302 | 0.367 | 0.525 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Thomson | New York Giants | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 641 | 99 | 198 | 27 | 109 | 10 | 44 | 45 | 0.309 | 0.355 | 0.518 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy Campanella | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 22 | 0.065 (336) | 0 | 436 | 65 | 125 | 22 | 82 | 3 | 67 | 36 | 0.287 | 0.385 | 0.498 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Preacher Roe | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 21 | 0.063 (336) | 0 | 70 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0.114 | 0.195 | 0.114 | 15 - 6 | 1 | 212.2 | 201 | 25 | 44 | 109 | 2.79 | ||
Granny Hamner | Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 662 | 83 | 174 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 25 | 47 | 0.263 | 0.290 | 0.353 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Whitey Lockman | New York Giants | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 617 | 97 | 186 | 11 | 65 | 12 | 62 | 31 | 0.301 | 0.368 | 0.429 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Russ Meyer | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0.143 | 0.167 | 0.200 | 17 - 8 | 1 | 213.0 | 199 | 14 | 70 | 78 | 3.08 | ||
Ken Raffensberger | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0.178 | 0.204 | 0.256 | 18 - 17 | 0 | 284.0 | 289 | 23 | 80 | 103 | 3.39 | ||
Ted Wilks | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.037 | 0.071 | 0.037 | 10 - 3 | 9 | 118.1 | 105 | 7 | 38 | 71 | 3.73 | ||
Hank Sauer | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 152 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 0.237 | 0.318 | 0.355 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hank Sauer | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 357 | 59 | 104 | 27 | 83 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 0.291 | 0.363 | 0.571 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Schmitz | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 70 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.143 | 0.189 | 0.200 | 11 - 13 | 3 | 207.0 | 227 | 11 | 92 | 75 | 4.35 | ||
Richie Ashburn | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 662 | 84 | 188 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 58 | 38 | 0.284 | 0.343 | 0.349 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alvin Dark | Boston Braves | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 529 | 74 | 146 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 31 | 43 | 0.276 | 0.317 | 0.355 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Marty Marion | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 515 | 61 | 140 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 0.272 | 0.323 | 0.369 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Jones | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 532 | 71 | 130 | 19 | 77 | 3 | 65 | 66 | 0.244 | 0.328 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Earl Torgeson | Boston Braves | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 100 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0.260 | 0.345 | 0.450 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willard Marshall | New York Giants | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 499 | 81 | 153 | 12 | 70 | 4 | 78 | 20 | 0.307 | 0.401 | 0.429 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Sisler | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 412 | 42 | 119 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 0.289 | 0.333 | 0.415 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sid Gordon | New York Giants | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 489 | 87 | 139 | 26 | 90 | 1 | 95 | 37 | 0.284 | 0.404 | 0.505 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1948 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1949 |
Succeeded by 1950 |
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated:
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.