1953 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1953 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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
Roy Campanella	Brooklyn Dodgers †	297	0.884 (336)	17		519	103	162	41	142	4	67	58	0.312	0.395	0.611		Did not pitch
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	216	0.643 (336)	3		579	110	175	47	135	1	99	83	0.302	0.406	0.627		Did not pitch
Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers †	157	0.467 (336)	1		590	132	198	42	126	16	82	90	0.336	0.419	0.627		Did not pitch
Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	155	0.461 (336)	2		564	107	193	15	79	3	60	23	0.342	0.405	0.502		Did not pitch
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	120	0.357 (336)	0		105	6	23	2	12	0	1	22	0.219	0.226	0.324		23 - 7	3	265.2	211	14	70	148	2.10
Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	106	0.315 (336)	1		123	14	22	1	7	0	7	29	0.179	0.229	0.260		23 - 16	2	346.2	324	30	61	198	2.75
Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Reds	69	0.205 (336)	0		570	97	180	40	108	2	55	34	0.316	0.380	0.570		Did not pitch
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	62	0.185 (336)	0		593	127	200	30	113	3	105	32	0.337	0.437	0.609		Did not pitch
Carl Erskine	Brooklyn Dodgers †	54	0.161 (336)	0		93	12	20	0	8	0	1	17	0.215	0.223	0.237		20 - 6	3	246.2	213	21	95	187	3.54
Carl Furillo	Brooklyn Dodgers †	54	0.161 (336)	0		479	82	165	21	92	1	34	32	0.344	0.393	0.580		Did not pitch
Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers †	27	0.080 (336)	0		524	108	142	13	61	22	82	61	0.271	0.374	0.420		Did not pitch
Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers †	19	0.057 (336)	0		484	109	159	12	95	17	74	30	0.329	0.425	0.502		Did not pitch
Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	14	0.042 (336)	0		578	79	165	29	125	1	57	53	0.285	0.355	0.484		Did not pitch
Gil Hodges	Brooklyn Dodgers †	13	0.039 (336)	0		520	101	157	31	122	1	75	84	0.302	0.393	0.550		Did not pitch
Monte Irvin	New York Giants	11	0.033 (336)	0		444	72	146	21	97	2	55	34	0.329	0.406	0.541		Did not pitch
Danny O'Connell	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	0.030 (336)	0		588	88	173	7	55	3	57	42	0.294	0.361	0.401		Did not pitch
Harvey Haddix	St. Louis Cardinals	9	0.027 (336)	0		97	21	28	1	11	0	5	19	0.289	0.337	0.412		20 - 9	1	253.0	220	24	69	163	3.06
Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	0.018 (336)	0		455	68	116	30	102	1	50	93	0.255	0.331	0.505		Did not pitch
Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	5	0.015 (336)	0		622	110	205	2	57	14	61	35	0.330	0.394	0.408		Did not pitch
Johnny Logan	Milwaukee Braves	3	0.009 (336)	0		611	100	167	11	73	2	41	33	0.273	0.326	0.398		Did not pitch
Gus Bell	Cincinnati Reds	3	0.009 (336)	0		610	102	183	30	105	0	48	72	0.300	0.354	0.525		Did not pitch
Ruben Gomez	New York Giants	2	0.006 (336)	0		72	15	15	0	4	0	1	8	0.208	0.219	0.222		13 - 11	0	204.0	166	17	101	113	3.40
Granny Hamner	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.006 (336)	0		609	90	168	21	92	2	32	28	0.276	0.313	0.455		Did not pitch
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	1	0.003 (336)	0		382	55	104	15	51	2	33	47	0.272	0.330	0.429		Did not pitch
Hank Thompson	New York Giants	1	0.003 (336)	0		388	80	117	24	74	6	60	39	0.302	0.400	0.567		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1952

Most Valuable Player Award American 1953

Succeeded by 1954