1958 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1958 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ernie Banks 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
Ernie Banks Chicago Cubs 283 0.842 (336) 16 617 119 193 47 129 4 52 87 0.313 0.366 0.614 Did not pitch
Willie Mays San Francisco Giants 185 0.551 (336) 3 600 121 208 29 96 31 78 56 0.347 0.419 0.583 Did not pitch
Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves 166 0.494 (336) 0 601 109 196 30 95 4 59 49 0.326 0.386 0.546 Did not pitch
Frank Thomas Pittsburgh Pirates 143 0.426 (336) 2 562 89 158 35 109 0 42 79 0.281 0.334 0.528 Did not pitch
Warren Spahn Milwaukee Braves 108 0.321 (336) 1 108 10 36 2 15 0 7 24 0.333 0.381 0.463 22 - 11 1 290.0 257 29 76 150 3.07
Bob Friend Pittsburgh Pirates 98 0.292 (336) 0 94 3 10 0 6 0 4 28 0.106 0.141 0.128 22 - 14 0 274.0 299 25 61 135 3.68
Richie Ashburn Philadelphia Phillies 62 0.185 (336) 0 615 98 215 2 33 30 97 48 0.350 0.440 0.441 Did not pitch
Bill Mazeroski Pittsburgh Pirates 61 0.182 (336) 1 567 69 156 19 68 1 25 71 0.275 0.308 0.439 Did not pitch
Orlando Cepeda San Francisco Giants 57 0.170 (336) 0 603 88 188 25 96 15 29 84 0.312 0.342 0.512 Did not pitch
Del Crandall Milwaukee Braves 48 0.143 (336) 0 427 50 116 18 63 4 48 38 0.272 0.348 0.457 Did not pitch
Lew Burdette Milwaukee Braves 47 0.140 (336) 0 99 11 24 3 15 0 3 24 0.242 0.272 0.364 20 - 10 0 275.1 279 18 50 113 2.91
Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals 39 0.116 (336) 0 472 64 159 17 62 0 72 26 0.337 0.423 0.528 Did not pitch
Ken Boyer St. Louis Cardinals 31 0.092 (336) 0 570 101 175 23 90 11 49 53 0.307 0.360 0.496 Did not pitch
Johnny Temple Cincinnati Redlegs 26 0.077 (336) 0 542 82 166 3 47 15 91 41 0.306 0.405 0.402 Did not pitch
Bob Skinner Pittsburgh Pirates 18 0.054 (336) 1 529 93 170 13 70 12 58 55 0.321 0.387 0.491 Did not pitch
Wes Covington Milwaukee Braves 16 0.048 (336) 0 294 43 97 24 74 0 20 35 0.330 0.380 0.622 Did not pitch
Roy Face Pittsburgh Pirates 8 0.024 (336) 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 5 - 2 20 84.0 77 6 22 47 2.89
Harry Anderson Philadelphia Phillies 5 0.015 (336) 0 515 80 155 23 97 0 59 95 0.301 0.373 0.524 Did not pitch
Bob Purkey Cincinnati Redlegs 4 0.012 (336) 0 81 9 9 1 4 0 6 42 0.111 0.170 0.173 17 - 11 0 250.0 259 25 49 70 3.60
Jim Gilliam Los Angeles Dodgers 4 0.012 (336) 0 555 81 145 2 43 18 78 22 0.261 0.352 0.335 Did not pitch
Frank Robinson Cincinnati Redlegs 4 0.012 (336) 0 554 90 149 31 83 10 62 80 0.269 0.350 0.504 Did not pitch
Joe Adcock Milwaukee Braves 2 0.006 (336) 0 320 40 88 19 54 0 21 63 0.275 0.317 0.506 Did not pitch
Carl Furillo Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0.003 (336) 0 411 54 119 18 83 0 35 28 0.290 0.343 0.482 Did not pitch
Preceded by
1957
Most Valuable Player Award
American

1958
Succeeded by
1959