1964 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1964 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ken Boyer of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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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Ken Boyer | St. Louis Cardinals | 243 | 0.868 (280) | 14 | 628 | 100 | 185 | 24 | 119 | 3 | 70 | 85 | 0.295 | 0.365 | 0.489 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Callison | Philadelphia Phillies | 187 | 0.668 (280) | 2 | 654 | 101 | 179 | 31 | 104 | 6 | 36 | 95 | 0.274 | 0.316 | 0.492 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill White | St. Louis Cardinals | 106.5 | 0.380 (280) | 2 | 631 | 92 | 191 | 21 | 102 | 7 | 52 | 103 | 0.303 | 0.355 | 0.474 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Frank Robinson | Cincinnati Reds | 98 | 0.350 (280) | 0 | 568 | 103 | 174 | 29 | 96 | 23 | 79 | 67 | 0.306 | 0.396 | 0.548 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Torre | Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 0.304 (280) | 1 | 601 | 87 | 193 | 20 | 109 | 2 | 36 | 67 | 0.321 | 0.365 | 0.498 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | 66 | 0.236 (280) | 0 | 578 | 121 | 171 | 47 | 111 | 19 | 82 | 72 | 0.296 | 0.383 | 0.607 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Allen | Philadelphia Phillies | 63 | 0.225 (280) | 0 | 632 | 125 | 201 | 29 | 91 | 3 | 67 | 138 | 0.318 | 0.382 | 0.557 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Santo | Chicago Cubs | 59 | 0.211 (280) | 0 | 592 | 94 | 185 | 30 | 114 | 3 | 86 | 96 | 0.313 | 0.398 | 0.564 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | 56 | 0.200 (280) | 0 | 622 | 95 | 211 | 12 | 87 | 5 | 51 | 87 | 0.339 | 0.388 | 0.484 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Brock | Chicago Cubs | 40 | 0.143 (280) | 1 | 215 | 30 | 54 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 0.251 | 0.300 | 0.340 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Brock | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 0.143 (280) | 1 | 419 | 81 | 146 | 12 | 44 | 33 | 27 | 87 | 0.348 | 0.387 | 0.527 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Curt Flood | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 0.136 (280) | 0 | 679 | 97 | 211 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 43 | 53 | 0.311 | 0.356 | 0.378 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Larry Jackson | Chicago Cubs | 26 | 0.093 (280) | 0 | 114 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.175 | 0.183 | 0.202 | 24 - 11 | 0 | 297.2 | 265 | 17 | 58 | 148 | 3.14 | ||
Jim Bunning | Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 0.082 (280) | 0 | 99 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.121 | 0.120 | 0.141 | 19 - 8 | 2 | 284.1 | 248 | 23 | 46 | 219 | 2.63 | ||
Hank Aaron | Milwaukee Braves | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 570 | 103 | 187 | 24 | 95 | 22 | 62 | 46 | 0.328 | 0.393 | 0.514 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Juan Marichal | San Francisco Giants | 14 | 0.050 (280) | 0 | 97 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0.144 | 0.178 | 0.144 | 21 - 8 | 0 | 269.0 | 241 | 18 | 52 | 206 | 2.48 | ||
Sammy Ellis | Cincinnati Reds | 13 | 0.046 (280) | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0.083 | 0.214 | 0.083 | 10 - 3 | 14 | 122.1 | 101 | 9 | 28 | 125 | 2.57 | ||
Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers | 7.5 | 0.027 (280) | 0 | 74 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0.095 | 0.141 | 0.095 | 19 - 5 | 1 | 223.0 | 154 | 13 | 53 | 223 | 1.74 | ||
Vada Pinson | Cincinnati Reds | 6 | 0.021 (280) | 0 | 625 | 99 | 166 | 23 | 84 | 8 | 42 | 99 | 0.266 | 0.316 | 0.448 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Ray Hart | San Francisco Giants | 6 | 0.021 (280) | 0 | 566 | 71 | 162 | 31 | 81 | 5 | 47 | 94 | 0.286 | 0.342 | 0.498 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Billy Williams | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0.021 (280) | 0 | 645 | 100 | 201 | 33 | 98 | 10 | 59 | 84 | 0.312 | 0.370 | 0.532 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ruben Amaro | Philadelphia Phillies | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 299 | 31 | 79 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 0.264 | 0.307 | 0.341 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommy Davis | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 592 | 70 | 163 | 14 | 86 | 11 | 29 | 68 | 0.275 | 0.311 | 0.397 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Chris Short | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 65 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.108 | 0.119 | 0.138 | 17 - 9 | 2 | 220.2 | 174 | 10 | 51 | 181 | 2.20 | ||
Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 96 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0.156 | 0.188 | 0.208 | 19 - 12 | 1 | 287.1 | 250 | 25 | 86 | 245 | 3.01 | ||
Barney Schultz | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 1 - 3 | 14 | 49.1 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 1.64 | ||
Ron Hunt | New York Mets | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 475 | 59 | 144 | 6 | 42 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 0.303 | 0.357 | 0.406 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1963 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1964 |
Succeeded by 1965 |
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