1962 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1962 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	209	0.746 (280)	8		695	130	208	6	48	104	51	57	0.299	0.347	0.373		Did not pitch
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants †	202	0.721 (280)	7		621	130	189	49	141	18	78	85	0.304	0.384	0.615		Did not pitch
Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	175	0.625 (280)	3		665	120	230	27	153	18	33	65	0.346	0.374	0.535		Did not pitch
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	164	0.586 (280)	2		609	134	208	39	136	18	76	62	0.342	0.421	0.624		Did not pitch
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	85	0.304 (280)	0		111	9	22	0	14	0	5	29	0.198	0.246	0.252		25 - 9	1	314.1	272	21	78	232	2.83
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	72	0.257 (280)	0		592	127	191	45	128	15	66	73	0.323	0.390	0.618		Did not pitch
Jack Sanford	San Francisco Giants †	62	0.221 (280)	0		98	5	15	0	4	0	4	34	0.153	0.183	0.184		24 - 7	0	265.1	233	23	92	147	3.43
Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds	33	0.118 (280)	0		107	9	11	2	3	0	4	56	0.103	0.134	0.178		23 - 5	0	288.1	260	28	64	141	2.81
Frank Howard	Los Angeles Dodgers	32	0.114 (280)	0		493	80	146	31	119	1	39	108	0.296	0.346	0.560		Did not pitch
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	19	0.068 (280)	0		433	57	143	19	82	3	64	46	0.330	0.416	0.508		Did not pitch
Jose Pagan	San Francisco Giants †	13	0.046 (280)	0		580	73	150	7	57	13	47	77	0.259	0.312	0.359		Did not pitch
Don Demeter	Philadelphia Phillies	12	0.043 (280)	0		550	85	169	29	107	2	41	93	0.307	0.359	0.520		Did not pitch
Bill White	St. Louis Cardinals	10	0.036 (280)	0		614	93	199	20	102	9	58	69	0.324	0.386	0.482		Did not pitch
Felipe Alou	San Francisco Giants †	10	0.036 (280)	0		561	96	177	25	98	10	33	66	0.316	0.356	0.513		Did not pitch
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants †	9	0.032 (280)	0		625	105	191	35	114	10	37	97	0.306	0.347	0.518		Did not pitch
Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	0.025 (280)	0		678	76	199	2	61	2	31	61	0.294	0.325	0.361		Did not pitch
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	0.021 (280)	0		538	95	168	10	74	6	35	73	0.312	0.352	0.454		Did not pitch
Harvey Kuenn	San Francisco Giants †	5	0.018 (280)	0		487	73	148	10	68	3	49	37	0.304	0.365	0.433		Did not pitch
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	5	0.018 (280)	0		610	87	164	37	104	5	30	71	0.269	0.306	0.503		Did not pitch
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	5	0.018 (280)	0		611	92	178	24	98	12	75	104	0.291	0.369	0.470		Did not pitch
Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	5	0.018 (280)	0		603	107	181	23	83	10	54	96	0.300	0.363	0.491		Did not pitch
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants †	4	0.014 (280)	0		89	13	21	0	10	0	4	19	0.236	0.266	0.247		18 - 11	1	262.2	233	34	90	153	3.36
Bob Skinner	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	0.014 (280)	0		510	87	154	20	75	10	76	89	0.302	0.395	0.504		Did not pitch
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	0.011 (280)	0		69	1	6	1	4	0	2	42	0.087	0.113	0.130		14 - 7	1	184.1	134	13	57	216	2.54
Jim Davenport	San Francisco Giants †	3	0.011 (280)	0		485	83	144	14	58	2	45	76	0.297	0.357	0.456		Did not pitch
Ed Roebuck	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	0.007 (280)	0		28	1	6	0	3	0	0	5	0.214	0.214	0.214		10 - 2	9	119.1	102	11	54	72	3.09
Art Mahaffey	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.007 (280)	0		92	6	13	2	10	0	3	29	0.141	0.177	0.228		19 - 14	0	274.0	253	36	81	177	3.94
Del Crandall	Milwaukee Braves	2	0.007 (280)	0		350	35	104	8	45	3	27	24	0.297	0.348	0.417		Did not pitch
Eddie Kasko	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.004 (280)	0		533	74	148	4	41	3	35	44	0.278	0.326	0.356		Did not pitch
Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	1	0.004 (280)	0		536	106	142	29	90	4	101	90	0.265	0.381	0.496		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1961

Most Valuable Player Award American 1962

Succeeded by 1963