1958 National League Most Valuable Player Award
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 | ||
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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 |
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