1963 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1963 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Sandy Koufax 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
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers †	237	0.846 (280)	14		110	3	7	1	7	0	6	51	0.064	0.111	0.091		25 - 5	0	311.0	214	18	58	306	1.88
Dick Groat	St. Louis Cardinals	190	0.679 (280)	4		631	85	201	6	73	3	56	58	0.319	0.377	0.450		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	135	0.482 (280)	1		631	121	201	44	130	31	78	94	0.319	0.391	0.586		Did not pitch
Ron Perranoski	Los Angeles Dodgers †	130	0.464 (280)	0		24	1	3	0	0	0	2	15	0.125	0.192	0.125		16 - 3	21	129.0	112	7	43	75	1.67
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	102	0.364 (280)	0		596	115	187	38	103	8	66	83	0.314	0.380	0.582		Did not pitch
Jim Gilliam	Los Angeles Dodgers †	62	0.221 (280)	1		525	77	148	6	49	19	60	28	0.282	0.354	0.383		Did not pitch
Bill White	St. Louis Cardinals	56	0.200 (280)	0		658	106	200	27	109	10	59	100	0.304	0.360	0.491		Did not pitch
Tommy Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers †	41	0.146 (280)	0		556	69	181	16	88	15	29	59	0.326	0.359	0.457		Did not pitch
Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	41	0.146 (280)	0		630	79	187	25	99	6	42	92	0.297	0.339	0.481		Did not pitch
Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	32	0.114 (280)	0		652	96	204	22	106	27	36	80	0.313	0.347	0.514		Did not pitch
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	31	0.111 (280)	0		112	6	20	1	4	0	3	26	0.179	0.200	0.223		25 - 8	0	321.1	259	27	61	248	2.41
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	30	0.107 (280)	0		90	7	16	2	6	0	5	24	0.178	0.219	0.289		23 - 7	0	259.2	241	23	49	102	2.60
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	19	0.068 (280)	0		617	86	176	24	111	1	70	90	0.285	0.358	0.454		Did not pitch
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	0.043 (280)	0		600	77	192	17	76	12	31	64	0.320	0.356	0.470		Did not pitch
Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	11	0.039 (280)	0		626	96	178	26	78	8	50	111	0.284	0.339	0.502		Did not pitch
Tony Taylor	Philadelphia Phillies	10	0.036 (280)	0		640	102	180	5	49	23	42	99	0.281	0.330	0.367		Did not pitch
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers †	9	0.032 (280)	0		527	83	159	0	34	40	44	48	0.302	0.355	0.349		Did not pitch
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	9	0.032 (280)	0		564	103	158	44	102	1	50	119	0.280	0.350	0.566		Did not pitch
Dick Ellsworth	Chicago Cubs	7	0.025 (280)	0		94	8	9	0	5	0	8	38	0.096	0.167	0.096		22 - 10	0	290.2	223	14	75	185	2.11
Jim Maloney	Cincinnati Reds	7	0.025 (280)	0		89	7	15	0	4	0	3	24	0.169	0.194	0.180		23 - 7	0	250.1	183	17	88	265	2.77
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers †	3	0.011 (280)	0		96	5	16	0	5	0	9	35	0.167	0.241	0.198		19 - 17	0	315.1	287	25	57	251	2.63
Don Demeter	Philadelphia Phillies	3	0.011 (280)	0		515	63	133	22	83	1	31	93	0.258	0.306	0.433		Did not pitch
Tony Gonzalez	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.007 (280)	0		555	78	170	4	66	13	53	68	0.306	0.372	0.436		Did not pitch
Curt Flood	St. Louis Cardinals	1	0.004 (280)	0		662	112	200	5	63	17	42	57	0.302	0.345	0.403		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1962

Most Valuable Player Award American 1963

Succeeded by 1964