1951 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1951 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Roy Campanella 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
Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodgers 243 0.723 (336) 11 505 90 164 33 108 1 53 51 0.325 0.393 0.590 Did not pitch
Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals 191 0.568 (336) 2 578 124 205 32 108 4 98 40 0.355 0.449 0.614 Did not pitch
Monte Irvin New York Giants 166 0.494 (336) 5 558 94 174 24 121 12 89 44 0.312 0.415 0.514 Did not pitch
Sal Maglie New York Giants 153 0.455 (336) 1 112 9 17 1 5 0 1 22 0.152 0.159 0.188 23 - 6 4 298.0 254 27 86 146 2.93
Preacher Roe Brooklyn Dodgers 138 0.411 (336) 2 89 3 10 0 7 0 2 36 0.112 0.132 0.112 22 - 3 0 257.2 247 30 64 113 3.04
Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers 92 0.274 (336) 1 548 106 185 19 88 25 79 27 0.338 0.429 0.527 Did not pitch
Richie Ashburn Philadelphia Phillies 69 0.205 (336) 0 643 92 221 4 63 29 50 37 0.344 0.393 0.426 Did not pitch
Bobby Thomson New York Giants 62 0.185 (336) 1 518 89 152 32 101 5 73 57 0.293 0.385 0.562 Did not pitch
Murry Dickson Pittsburgh Pirates 59 0.176 (336) 1 110 16 30 1 8 0 1 5 0.273 0.279 0.336 20 - 16 2 288.2 294 32 101 112 4.02
Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh Pirates 49 0.146 (336) 0 531 124 164 42 109 2 137 57 0.309 0.452 0.627 Did not pitch
Warren Spahn Boston Braves 45 0.134 (336) 0 116 8 22 1 18 0 6 27 0.190 0.230 0.284 22 - 14 0 310.2 278 20 109 164 2.98
Alvin Dark New York Giants 30 0.089 (336) 0 646 114 196 14 69 12 42 39 0.303 0.352 0.454 Did not pitch
Robin Roberts Philadelphia Phillies 27 0.080 (336) 0 87 8 15 0 4 2 20 27 0.172 0.333 0.195 21 - 15 2 315.0 284 20 64 127 3.03
Larry Jansen New York Giants 26 0.077 (336) 0 96 5 9 0 5 0 7 33 0.094 0.155 0.094 23 - 11 0 278.2 254 26 56 145 3.04
Pee Wee Reese Brooklyn Dodgers 15 0.045 (336) 0 616 94 176 10 84 20 81 57 0.286 0.371 0.393 Did not pitch
Sid Gordon Boston Braves 10 0.030 (336) 0 550 96 158 29 109 2 80 32 0.287 0.383 0.500 Did not pitch
Gil Hodges Brooklyn Dodgers 10 0.030 (336) 0 582 118 156 40 103 9 93 99 0.268 0.374 0.527 Did not pitch
Ken Raffensberger Cincinnati Reds 8 0.024 (336) 0 82 4 10 0 0 0 4 31 0.122 0.163 0.146 16 - 17 5 248.2 232 30 38 81 3.44
Ewell Blackwell Cincinnati Reds 6 0.018 (336) 0 82 10 24 1 6 0 5 12 0.293 0.333 0.390 16 - 15 2 232.2 204 16 97 120 3.44
Johnny Wyrostek Cincinnati Reds 6 0.018 (336) 0 537 52 167 2 61 2 54 54 0.311 0.376 0.391 Did not pitch
Carl Furillo Brooklyn Dodgers 6 0.018 (336) 0 667 93 197 16 91 8 43 33 0.295 0.344 0.427 Did not pitch
Don Newcombe Brooklyn Dodgers 3 0.009 (336) 0 103 11 23 0 8 0 8 9 0.223 0.286 0.272 20 - 9 0 272.0 235 19 91 164 3.28
Hank Sauer Chicago Cubs 1 0.003 (336) 0 525 77 138 30 89 2 45 77 0.263 0.325 0.486 Did not pitch
Phil Cavarretta Chicago Cubs 1 0.003 (336) 0 206 24 64 6 28 0 27 28 0.311 0.393 0.442 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1950
Most Valuable Player Award
American

1951
Succeeded by
1952