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[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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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 |
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