1952 National League Most Valuable Player Award
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The winner of the 1952 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Hank Sauer of the Chicago Cubs.
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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Hank Sauer | Chicago Cubs | 226 | 0.673 (336) | 8 | 567 | 89 | 153 | 37 | 121 | 1 | 77 | 92 | 0.270 | 0.361 | 0.531 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Robin Roberts | Philadelphia Phillies | 211 | 0.628 (336) | 7 | 112 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0.125 | 0.210 | 0.196 | 28 - 7 | 2 | 330.0 | 292 | 22 | 45 | 148 | 2.59 | ||
Joe Black | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 208 | 0.619 (336) | 8 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.139 | 0.139 | 0.139 | 15 - 4 | 15 | 142.1 | 102 | 9 | 41 | 85 | 2.15 | ||
Hoyt Wilhelm | New York Giants | 133 | 0.396 (336) | 0 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.158 | 0.179 | 0.237 | 15 - 3 | 11 | 159.1 | 127 | 12 | 57 | 108 | 2.43 | ||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 127 | 0.378 (336) | 0 | 578 | 105 | 194 | 21 | 91 | 7 | 96 | 29 | 0.336 | 0.432 | 0.538 | 0 - 0 | 0 | --.- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --.-- | ||
Enos Slaughter | St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 0.274 (336) | 0 | 510 | 73 | 153 | 11 | 101 | 6 | 70 | 25 | 0.300 | 0.386 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jackie Robinson | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 31 | 0.092 (336) | 0 | 510 | 104 | 157 | 19 | 75 | 24 | 106 | 40 | 0.308 | 0.440 | 0.465 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pee Wee Reese | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 0 | 559 | 94 | 152 | 6 | 58 | 30 | 86 | 59 | 0.272 | 0.369 | 0.365 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Duke Snider | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 29 | 0.086 (336) | 1 | 534 | 80 | 162 | 21 | 92 | 7 | 55 | 77 | 0.303 | 0.368 | 0.494 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Schoendienst | St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 620 | 91 | 188 | 7 | 67 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 0.303 | 0.347 | 0.424 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy Campanella | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 468 | 73 | 126 | 22 | 97 | 8 | 57 | 59 | 0.269 | 0.352 | 0.453 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alvin Dark | New York Giants | 24 | 0.071 (336) | 0 | 589 | 92 | 177 | 14 | 73 | 6 | 47 | 39 | 0.301 | 0.357 | 0.431 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Murry Dickson | Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 | 0.065 (336) | 0 | 107 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.224 | 0.231 | 0.262 | 14 - 21 | 2 | 277.2 | 278 | 26 | 76 | 112 | 3.57 | ||
Whitey Lockman | New York Giants | 18 | 0.054 (336) | 0 | 606 | 99 | 176 | 13 | 58 | 2 | 67 | 52 | 0.290 | 0.363 | 0.396 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Del Ennis | Philadelphia Phillies | 18 | 0.054 (336) | 0 | 592 | 90 | 171 | 20 | 107 | 6 | 47 | 65 | 0.289 | 0.341 | 0.475 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Thomson | New York Giants | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 608 | 89 | 164 | 24 | 108 | 5 | 52 | 74 | 0.270 | 0.331 | 0.482 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Baumholtz | Chicago Cubs | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 409 | 59 | 133 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 0.325 | 0.371 | 0.416 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Kluszewski | Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 497 | 62 | 159 | 16 | 86 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 0.320 | 0.383 | 0.509 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy McMillan | Cincinnati Reds | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 540 | 60 | 132 | 7 | 57 | 4 | 45 | 81 | 0.244 | 0.306 | 0.350 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gil Hodges | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 508 | 87 | 129 | 32 | 102 | 2 | 107 | 90 | 0.254 | 0.386 | 0.500 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Mathews | Boston Braves | 13 | 0.039 (336) | 0 | 528 | 80 | 128 | 25 | 58 | 6 | 59 | 115 | 0.242 | 0.320 | 0.447 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Adams | Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 637 | 85 | 180 | 6 | 48 | 11 | 49 | 67 | 0.283 | 0.334 | 0.363 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Hacker | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0.121 | 0.136 | 0.121 | 15 - 9 | 1 | 185.0 | 144 | 17 | 31 | 84 | 2.58 | ||
Ken Raffensberger | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0.107 | 0.130 | 0.160 | 17 - 13 | 1 | 247.0 | 247 | 18 | 45 | 93 | 2.81 | ||
Sal Maglie | New York Giants | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0.072 | 0.135 | 0.072 | 18 - 8 | 1 | 216.0 | 199 | 16 | 75 | 112 | 2.92 | ||
Warren Spahn | Boston Braves | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 112 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0.161 | 0.190 | 0.250 | 14 - 19 | 3 | 290.0 | 263 | 19 | 73 | 183 | 2.98 | ||
Billy Cox | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 455 | 56 | 118 | 6 | 34 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 0.259 | 0.301 | 0.338 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ralph Kiner | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 516 | 90 | 126 | 37 | 87 | 3 | 110 | 77 | 0.244 | 0.384 | 0.500 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Preacher Roe | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.070 | 0.117 | 0.070 | 11 - 2 | 0 | 158.2 | 163 | 16 | 39 | 83 | 3.12 | ||
Sid Gordon | Boston Braves | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 522 | 69 | 151 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 77 | 49 | 0.289 | 0.384 | 0.483 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Yuhas | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.190 | 0.261 | 0.238 | 12 - 2 | 6 | 99.1 | 90 | 5 | 35 | 39 | 2.72 | ||
Granny Hamner | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 596 | 74 | 164 | 17 | 87 | 7 | 27 | 51 | 0.275 | 0.307 | 0.428 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Monte Irvin | New York Giants | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 126 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0.310 | 0.365 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Solly Hemus | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 570 | 105 | 153 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 96 | 55 | 0.268 | 0.392 | 0.425 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
George Shuba | Brooklyn Dodgers † | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 256 | 40 | 78 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 0.305 | 0.395 | 0.465 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Al Brazle | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.156 | 12 - 5 | 16 | 109.1 | 75 | 7 | 42 | 55 | 2.72 | ||
Johnny Logan | Boston Braves | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 456 | 56 | 129 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 31 | 33 | 0.283 | 0.334 | 0.368 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Catfish Metkovich | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 373 | 41 | 101 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 0.271 | 0.335 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Toby Atwell | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 362 | 36 | 105 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 22 | 0.290 | 0.362 | 0.367 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Walker Cooper | Boston Braves | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 349 | 33 | 82 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 0.235 | 0.282 | 0.361 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1951 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1952 |
Succeeded by 1953 |
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