1959 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1959 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs.

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
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	232.5	0.755 (308)	10.5		589	97	179	45	143	2	64	72	0.304	0.374	0.596		Did not pitch
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	189.5	0.615 (308)	5.5		594	118	182	46	114	2	80	71	0.306	0.390	0.593		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	174	0.565 (308)	2		629	116	223	39	123	8	51	54	0.355	0.401	0.636		Did not pitch
Wally Moon	Los Angeles Dodgers †	161	0.523 (308)	4		543	93	164	19	74	15	81	64	0.302	0.394	0.495		Did not pitch
Sam Jones	San Francisco Giants	130	0.422 (308)	0		85	3	11	0	8	0	3	30	0.129	0.157	0.141		21 - 15	4	270.2	232	18	109	209	2.83
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	85	0.276 (308)	0		575	125	180	34	104	27	65	58	0.313	0.381	0.583		Did not pitch
Roy Face	Pittsburgh Pirates	67	0.218 (308)	0		13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.231	0.231	0.231		18 - 1	10	93.1	91	5	25	69	2.70
Charlie Neal	Los Angeles Dodgers †	64	0.208 (308)	0		616	103	177	19	83	17	43	86	0.287	0.337	0.464		Did not pitch
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	52	0.169 (308)	0		540	106	168	36	125	18	69	93	0.311	0.391	0.583		Did not pitch
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	37	0.120 (308)	0		563	86	174	28	94	12	67	77	0.309	0.384	0.508		Did not pitch
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	27	0.088 (308)	0		518	65	133	21	72	5	46	48	0.257	0.318	0.423		Did not pitch
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	14	0.045 (308)	0		104	14	21	0	8	0	3	36	0.202	0.231	0.288		21 - 15	1	289.2	312	38	38	105	4.07
Roger Craig	Los Angeles Dodgers †	12	0.039 (308)	0		52	1	3	0	3	0	1	28	0.058	0.075	0.058		11 - 5	0	152.2	122	13	45	76	2.06
Joe Cunningham	St. Louis Cardinals	12	0.039 (308)	0		458	65	158	7	60	2	88	47	0.345	0.453	0.478		Did not pitch
Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	11	0.036 (308)	0		648	131	205	20	84	21	55	98	0.316	0.371	0.509		Did not pitch
Johnny Temple	Cincinnati Redlegs	8	0.026 (308)	0		598	102	186	8	67	14	72	40	0.311	0.380	0.430		Did not pitch
Don Hoak	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	0.019 (308)	0		564	60	166	8	65	9	71	75	0.294	0.374	0.399		Did not pitch
Gil Hodges	Los Angeles Dodgers †	4	0.013 (308)	0		413	57	114	25	80	3	58	92	0.276	0.367	0.513		Did not pitch
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	3	0.010 (308)	0		104	11	24	2	8	0	3	28	0.231	0.243	0.298		21 - 15	0	292.0	282	21	70	143	2.96
Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0.010 (308)	0		96	6	16	1	8	0	3	20	0.167	0.192	0.219		18 - 9	1	266.0	245	25	53	110	2.98
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	3	0.010 (308)	0		605	92	192	27	105	23	33	100	0.317	0.355	0.522		Did not pitch
Gene Conley	Philadelphia Phillies	1	0.003 (308)	0		67	3	16	0	5	0	0	16	0.239	0.250	0.269		12 - 7	1	180.0	159	13	42	102	3.00
Duke Snider	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (308)	0		370	59	114	23	88	1	58	71	0.308	0.400	0.535		Did not pitch
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	1	0.003 (308)	0		192	32	68	13	38	2	22	35	0.354	0.429	0.656		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1958

Most Valuable Player Award American 1959

Succeeded by 1960