1954 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1954 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Willie Mays of the New York Giants.
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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Willie Mays | New York Giants † | 283 | 0.842 (336) | 16 | 565 | 119 | 195 | 41 | 110 | 8 | 66 | 57 | 0.345 | 0.411 | 0.667 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ted Kluszewski | Cincinnati Redlegs | 217 | 0.646 (336) | 7 | 573 | 104 | 187 | 49 | 141 | 0 | 78 | 35 | 0.326 | 0.407 | 0.642 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Antonelli | New York Giants † | 154 | 0.458 (336) | 0 | 98 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0.163 | 0.196 | 0.224 | 21 - 7 | 2 | 258.2 | 209 | 22 | 94 | 152 | 2.30 | ||
Duke Snider | Brooklyn Dodgers | 135 | 0.402 (336) | 0 | 584 | 120 | 199 | 40 | 130 | 6 | 84 | 96 | 0.341 | 0.423 | 0.647 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alvin Dark | New York Giants † | 110 | 0.327 (336) | 1 | 644 | 98 | 189 | 20 | 70 | 5 | 27 | 40 | 0.293 | 0.325 | 0.446 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 97 | 0.289 (336) | 0 | 591 | 120 | 195 | 35 | 126 | 1 | 103 | 39 | 0.330 | 0.428 | 0.607 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Robin Roberts | Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 0.208 (336) | 0 | 122 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0.123 | 0.155 | 0.189 | 23 - 15 | 4 | 336.2 | 289 | 35 | 56 | 185 | 2.97 | ||
Joe Adcock | Milwaukee Braves | 60 | 0.179 (336) | 0 | 500 | 73 | 154 | 23 | 87 | 1 | 44 | 58 | 0.308 | 0.365 | 0.520 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pee Wee Reese | Brooklyn Dodgers | 53 | 0.158 (336) | 0 | 554 | 98 | 171 | 10 | 69 | 8 | 90 | 62 | 0.309 | 0.404 | 0.455 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gil Hodges | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 0.119 (336) | 0 | 579 | 106 | 176 | 42 | 130 | 3 | 74 | 84 | 0.304 | 0.373 | 0.579 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Spahn | Milwaukee Braves | 38 | 0.113 (336) | 0 | 101 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0.208 | 0.266 | 0.297 | 21 - 12 | 3 | 283.1 | 262 | 24 | 86 | 136 | 3.14 | ||
Don Mueller | New York Giants † | 30 | 0.089 (336) | 0 | 619 | 90 | 212 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0.342 | 0.363 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Schoendienst | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 0.071 (336) | 0 | 610 | 98 | 192 | 5 | 79 | 4 | 54 | 22 | 0.315 | 0.366 | 0.428 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Thomas | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 0.071 (336) | 0 | 577 | 81 | 172 | 23 | 94 | 3 | 51 | 74 | 0.298 | 0.359 | 0.497 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hoyt Wilhelm | New York Giants † | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 12 - 4 | 7 | 111.1 | 77 | 5 | 52 | 64 | 2.10 | ||
Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | 14 | 0.042 (336) | 0 | 593 | 70 | 163 | 19 | 79 | 6 | 40 | 50 | 0.275 | 0.326 | 0.427 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Del Crandall | Milwaukee Braves | 13 | 0.039 (336) | 0 | 463 | 60 | 112 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 40 | 56 | 0.242 | 0.305 | 0.425 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Logan | Milwaukee Braves | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 560 | 66 | 154 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 51 | 51 | 0.275 | 0.339 | 0.373 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Richie Ashburn | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 559 | 111 | 175 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 125 | 46 | 0.313 | 0.441 | 0.376 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Granny Hamner | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 596 | 83 | 178 | 13 | 89 | 1 | 53 | 44 | 0.299 | 0.351 | 0.466 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Mathews | Milwaukee Braves | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 476 | 96 | 138 | 40 | 103 | 10 | 113 | 61 | 0.290 | 0.423 | 0.603 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sal Maglie | New York Giants † | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 63 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0.127 | 0.191 | 0.127 | 14 - 6 | 2 | 218.1 | 222 | 21 | 70 | 117 | 3.26 | ||
Gene Conley | Milwaukee Braves | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 77 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 0.169 | 14 - 9 | 0 | 194.1 | 171 | 17 | 79 | 113 | 2.96 | ||
Marv Grissom | New York Giants † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0.156 | 0.206 | 0.156 | 10 - 7 | 19 | 122.1 | 100 | 13 | 50 | 64 | 2.35 | ||
Roy McMillan | Cincinnati Redlegs | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 588 | 86 | 147 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 47 | 54 | 0.250 | 0.308 | 0.313 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hank Sauer | Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 520 | 98 | 150 | 41 | 103 | 2 | 70 | 68 | 0.288 | 0.375 | 0.563 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dusty Rhodes | New York Giants † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 164 | 31 | 56 | 15 | 50 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 0.341 | 0.410 | 0.695 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1953 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1954 |
Succeeded by 1955 |
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