1952 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1952 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Hank Sauer of the Chicago Cubs.

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
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