1960 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1960 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Dick Groat of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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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Dick Groat | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 276 | 0.896 (308) | 16 | 573 | 85 | 186 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 0.325 | 0.371 | 0.394 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Hoak | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 162 | 0.526 (308) | 5 | 553 | 97 | 156 | 16 | 79 | 3 | 74 | 74 | 0.282 | 0.366 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | 115 | 0.373 (308) | 0 | 595 | 107 | 190 | 29 | 103 | 25 | 61 | 70 | 0.319 | 0.381 | 0.555 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | 100 | 0.325 (308) | 0 | 597 | 94 | 162 | 41 | 117 | 1 | 71 | 69 | 0.271 | 0.350 | 0.554 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lindy McDaniel | St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 0.308 (308) | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.231 | 0.259 | 0.269 | 12 - 4 | 26 | 116.1 | 85 | 8 | 24 | 105 | 2.09 | ||
Vern Law | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 80 | 0.260 (308) | 0 | 94 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0.181 | 0.196 | 0.309 | 20 - 9 | 0 | 271.2 | 266 | 25 | 40 | 120 | 3.08 | ||
Ken Boyer | St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 0.260 (308) | 0 | 552 | 95 | 168 | 32 | 97 | 8 | 56 | 77 | 0.304 | 0.370 | 0.562 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 62 | 0.201 (308) | 1 | 570 | 89 | 179 | 16 | 94 | 4 | 39 | 72 | 0.314 | 0.357 | 0.458 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ernie Broglio | St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 0.188 (308) | 0 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0.206 | 0.280 | 0.265 | 21 - 9 | 0 | 226.1 | 172 | 18 | 100 | 188 | 2.74 | ||
Eddie Mathews | Milwaukee Braves | 52 | 0.169 (308) | 0 | 548 | 108 | 152 | 39 | 124 | 7 | 111 | 113 | 0.277 | 0.397 | 0.551 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hank Aaron | Milwaukee Braves | 49 | 0.159 (308) | 0 | 590 | 102 | 172 | 40 | 126 | 16 | 60 | 63 | 0.292 | 0.352 | 0.566 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy Face | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 47 | 0.153 (308) | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.412 | 0.412 | 0.471 | 10 - 8 | 24 | 114.2 | 93 | 11 | 29 | 72 | 2.90 | ||
Del Crandall | Milwaukee Braves | 31 | 0.101 (308) | 0 | 537 | 81 | 158 | 19 | 77 | 4 | 34 | 36 | 0.294 | 0.334 | 0.430 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Spahn | Milwaukee Braves | 27 | 0.088 (308) | 0 | 95 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0.147 | 0.186 | 0.263 | 21 - 10 | 2 | 267.2 | 254 | 24 | 74 | 154 | 3.50 | ||
Norm Larker | Los Angeles Dodgers | 21 | 0.068 (308) | 0 | 440 | 56 | 142 | 5 | 78 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 0.323 | 0.368 | 0.430 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals | 18 | 0.058 (308) | 0 | 331 | 49 | 91 | 17 | 63 | 1 | 41 | 34 | 0.275 | 0.354 | 0.486 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Maury Wills | Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | 0.023 (308) | 0 | 516 | 75 | 152 | 0 | 27 | 50 | 35 | 47 | 0.295 | 0.342 | 0.331 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vada Pinson | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 0.019 (308) | 0 | 652 | 107 | 187 | 20 | 61 | 32 | 47 | 96 | 0.287 | 0.339 | 0.472 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Adcock | Milwaukee Braves | 5 | 0.016 (308) | 0 | 514 | 55 | 153 | 25 | 91 | 2 | 46 | 86 | 0.298 | 0.354 | 0.500 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Larry Sherry | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0.006 (308) | 0 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.162 | 0.184 | 0.297 | 14 - 10 | 7 | 142.1 | 125 | 14 | 82 | 114 | 3.79 | ||
Smoky Burgess | Pittsburgh Pirates † | 2 | 0.006 (308) | 0 | 337 | 33 | 99 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 0.294 | 0.356 | 0.412 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Robinson | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 0.006 (308) | 0 | 464 | 86 | 138 | 31 | 83 | 13 | 82 | 67 | 0.297 | 0.407 | 0.595 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pancho Herrera | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.003 (308) | 0 | 512 | 61 | 144 | 17 | 71 | 2 | 51 | 136 | 0.281 | 0.348 | 0.455 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1959 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1960 |
Succeeded by 1961 |
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