1961 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1961 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds.
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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Frank Robinson | Cincinnati Reds † | 219 | 0.978 (224) | 15 | 545 | 117 | 176 | 37 | 124 | 22 | 71 | 64 | 0.323 | 0.404 | 0.611 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Orlando Cepeda | San Francisco Giants | 117 | 0.522 (224) | 0 | 585 | 105 | 182 | 46 | 142 | 12 | 39 | 91 | 0.311 | 0.362 | 0.609 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Vada Pinson | Cincinnati Reds † | 104 | 0.464 (224) | 0 | 607 | 101 | 208 | 16 | 87 | 23 | 39 | 63 | 0.343 | 0.379 | 0.504 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 0.362 (224) | 0 | 572 | 100 | 201 | 23 | 89 | 4 | 35 | 59 | 0.351 | 0.390 | 0.559 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joey Jay | Cincinnati Reds † | 74 | 0.330 (224) | 1 | 89 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0.090 | 0.110 | 0.124 | 21 - 10 | 0 | 247.1 | 217 | 25 | 92 | 157 | 3.53 | ||
Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | 70 | 0.313 (224) | 0 | 572 | 129 | 176 | 40 | 123 | 18 | 81 | 77 | 0.308 | 0.393 | 0.584 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ken Boyer | St. Louis Cardinals | 43 | 0.192 (224) | 0 | 589 | 109 | 194 | 24 | 95 | 6 | 68 | 91 | 0.329 | 0.397 | 0.533 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Hank Aaron | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 0.174 (224) | 0 | 603 | 115 | 197 | 34 | 120 | 21 | 56 | 64 | 0.327 | 0.381 | 0.594 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Maury Wills | Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 0.161 (224) | 0 | 613 | 105 | 173 | 1 | 31 | 35 | 59 | 50 | 0.282 | 0.346 | 0.339 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Warren Spahn | Milwaukee Braves | 31 | 0.138 (224) | 0 | 94 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0.223 | 0.279 | 0.426 | 21 - 13 | 0 | 262.2 | 236 | 24 | 64 | 115 | 3.02 | ||
Jim O'Toole | Cincinnati Reds † | 31 | 0.138 (224) | 0 | 93 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0.172 | 0.206 | 0.183 | 19 - 9 | 2 | 252.2 | 229 | 16 | 93 | 178 | 3.10 | ||
Stu Miller | San Francisco Giants | 26 | 0.116 (224) | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.333 | 0.250 | 14 - 5 | 17 | 122.0 | 95 | 4 | 37 | 89 | 2.66 | ||
Wally Moon | Los Angeles Dodgers | 22 | 0.098 (224) | 0 | 463 | 79 | 152 | 17 | 88 | 7 | 89 | 79 | 0.328 | 0.434 | 0.505 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Podres | Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 | 0.040 (224) | 0 | 69 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.232 | 0.250 | 0.261 | 18 - 5 | 0 | 182.2 | 192 | 27 | 51 | 124 | 3.74 | ||
George Altman | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 0.040 (224) | 0 | 518 | 77 | 157 | 27 | 96 | 6 | 40 | 92 | 0.303 | 0.353 | 0.560 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roy McMillan | Milwaukee Braves | 8 | 0.036 (224) | 0 | 505 | 42 | 111 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 61 | 86 | 0.220 | 0.305 | 0.293 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eddie Mathews | Milwaukee Braves | 7 | 0.031 (224) | 0 | 572 | 103 | 175 | 32 | 91 | 12 | 93 | 95 | 0.306 | 0.402 | 0.535 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | 0.022 (224) | 0 | 77 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 0.065 | 0.163 | 0.065 | 18 - 13 | 1 | 255.2 | 212 | 27 | 96 | 269 | 3.52 | ||
Johnny Roseboro | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | 0.018 (224) | 0 | 394 | 59 | 99 | 18 | 59 | 6 | 56 | 62 | 0.251 | 0.346 | 0.459 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Brosnan | Cincinnati Reds † | 3 | 0.013 (224) | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.154 | 0.214 | 0.154 | 10 - 4 | 16 | 80.0 | 77 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 3.04 | ||
Joe Torre | Milwaukee Braves | 2 | 0.009 (224) | 0 | 406 | 40 | 113 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 28 | 60 | 0.278 | 0.330 | 0.424 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Larry Jackson | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0.004 (224) | 0 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.176 | 0.208 | 0.270 | 14 - 11 | 0 | 211.0 | 203 | 20 | 56 | 113 | 3.75 | ||
Bobby Malkmus | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.004 (224) | 0 | 342 | 39 | 79 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 20 | 43 | 0.231 | 0.276 | 0.327 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Stuart | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0.004 (224) | 0 | 532 | 83 | 160 | 35 | 117 | 0 | 34 | 121 | 0.301 | 0.344 | 0.581 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jerry Lynch | Cincinnati Reds † | 1 | 0.004 (224) | 0 | 181 | 33 | 57 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 0.315 | 0.407 | 0.624 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1960 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1961 |
Succeeded by 1962 |
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