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

† 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
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