1957 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1957 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves.
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 Aaron | Milwaukee Braves † | 239 | 0.711 (336) | 9 | 615 | 118 | 198 | 44 | 132 | 1 | 57 | 58 | 0.322 | 0.378 | 0.600 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 230 | 0.685 (336) | 5 | 502 | 82 | 176 | 29 | 102 | 1 | 66 | 34 | 0.351 | 0.422 | 0.612 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Schoendienst | Milwaukee Braves † | 221 | 0.658 (336) | 8 | 394 | 56 | 122 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 0.310 | 0.348 | 0.434 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Red Schoendienst | New York Giants | 221 | 0.658 (336) | 8 | 254 | 35 | 78 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0.307 | 0.337 | 0.476 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Mays | New York Giants | 174 | 0.518 (336) | 1 | 585 | 112 | 195 | 35 | 97 | 38 | 76 | 62 | 0.333 | 0.407 | 0.626 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Spahn | Milwaukee Braves † | 131 | 0.390 (336) | 1 | 94 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0.138 | 0.170 | 0.245 | 21 - 11 | 3 | 271.0 | 241 | 23 | 78 | 111 | 2.69 | ||
Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | 60 | 0.179 (336) | 0 | 594 | 113 | 169 | 43 | 102 | 8 | 70 | 85 | 0.285 | 0.360 | 0.579 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gil Hodges | Brooklyn Dodgers | 54 | 0.161 (336) | 0 | 579 | 94 | 173 | 27 | 98 | 5 | 63 | 91 | 0.299 | 0.366 | 0.511 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Mathews | Milwaukee Braves † | 45 | 0.134 (336) | 0 | 572 | 109 | 167 | 32 | 94 | 3 | 90 | 79 | 0.292 | 0.387 | 0.540 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Robinson | Cincinnati Redlegs | 42 | 0.125 (336) | 0 | 611 | 97 | 197 | 29 | 75 | 10 | 44 | 92 | 0.322 | 0.376 | 0.529 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack Sanford | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 0.116 (336) | 0 | 89 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.169 | 0.169 | 0.213 | 19 - 8 | 0 | 236.2 | 194 | 22 | 94 | 188 | 3.08 | ||
Don Hoak | Cincinnati Redlegs | 31 | 0.092 (336) | 0 | 529 | 78 | 155 | 19 | 89 | 8 | 74 | 54 | 0.293 | 0.381 | 0.482 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Blasingame | St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 0.077 (336) | 0 | 650 | 108 | 176 | 8 | 58 | 21 | 71 | 49 | 0.271 | 0.343 | 0.368 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ed Bouchee | Philadelphia Phillies | 26 | 0.077 (336) | 0 | 574 | 78 | 168 | 17 | 76 | 1 | 84 | 91 | 0.293 | 0.394 | 0.470 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Buhl | Milwaukee Braves † | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 73 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 0.082 | 0.152 | 0.082 | 18 - 7 | 0 | 216.2 | 191 | 15 | 121 | 117 | 2.74 | ||
Dick Groat | Pittsburgh Pirates | 13 | 0.039 (336) | 0 | 501 | 58 | 158 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 28 | 0.315 | 0.350 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Del Ennis | St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 0.039 (336) | 0 | 490 | 61 | 140 | 24 | 105 | 1 | 37 | 50 | 0.286 | 0.332 | 0.494 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Alvin Dark | St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 583 | 80 | 169 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 29 | 56 | 0.290 | 0.326 | 0.381 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Duke Snider | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 0.030 (336) | 0 | 508 | 91 | 139 | 40 | 92 | 3 | 77 | 104 | 0.274 | 0.368 | 0.587 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Drysdale | Brooklyn Dodgers | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 73 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0.123 | 0.200 | 0.205 | 17 - 9 | 0 | 221.0 | 197 | 17 | 61 | 148 | 2.69 | ||
Frank Thomas | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 594 | 72 | 172 | 23 | 89 | 3 | 44 | 66 | 0.290 | 0.335 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Drott | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 80 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.100 | 0.122 | 0.100 | 15 - 11 | 0 | 229.0 | 200 | 22 | 129 | 170 | 3.58 | ||
Roy McMillan | Cincinnati Redlegs | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 448 | 50 | 122 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 66 | 44 | 0.272 | 0.371 | 0.357 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Granny Hamner | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 502 | 59 | 114 | 10 | 62 | 3 | 34 | 42 | 0.227 | 0.274 | 0.345 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
Lew Burdette | Milwaukee Braves † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 88 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0.148 | 0.183 | 0.239 | 17 - 9 | 0 | 256.2 | 260 | 25 | 59 | 78 | 3.72 | ||
Johnny Logan | Milwaukee Braves † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 494 | 59 | 135 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 31 | 49 | 0.273 | 0.319 | 0.401 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Harry Anderson | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 400 | 53 | 107 | 17 | 61 | 2 | 36 | 61 | 0.268 | 0.333 | 0.453 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1956 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1957 |
Succeeded by 1958 |
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