1966 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1966 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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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Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | 218 | 0.779 (280) | 8 | 638 | 105 | 202 | 29 | 119 | 7 | 46 | 109 | 0.317 | 0.360 | 0.536 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 208 | 0.743 (280) | 9 | 118 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0.076 | 0.113 | 0.102 | 27 - 9 | 0 | 323.0 | 241 | 19 | 77 | 317 | 1.73 | ||
Willie Mays | San Francisco Giants | 111 | 0.396 (280) | 0 | 552 | 99 | 159 | 37 | 103 | 5 | 70 | 81 | 0.288 | 0.368 | 0.556 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dick Allen | Philadelphia Phillies | 107 | 0.382 (280) | 1 | 524 | 112 | 166 | 40 | 110 | 10 | 68 | 136 | 0.317 | 0.396 | 0.632 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Felipe Alou | Atlanta Braves | 83 | 0.296 (280) | 2 | 666 | 122 | 218 | 31 | 74 | 5 | 24 | 51 | 0.327 | 0.361 | 0.533 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Juan Marichal | San Francisco Giants | 74 | 0.264 (280) | 0 | 112 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0.250 | 0.263 | 0.321 | 25 - 6 | 0 | 307.1 | 228 | 32 | 36 | 222 | 2.23 | ||
Phil Regan | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 66 | 0.236 (280) | 0 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0.143 | 0.250 | 0.143 | 14 - 1 | 21 | 116.2 | 85 | 6 | 24 | 88 | 1.62 | ||
Hank Aaron | Atlanta Braves | 57 | 0.204 (280) | 0 | 603 | 117 | 168 | 44 | 127 | 21 | 76 | 96 | 0.279 | 0.356 | 0.539 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Matty Alou | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 0.129 (280) | 0 | 535 | 86 | 183 | 2 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 44 | 0.342 | 0.373 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 0.111 (280) | 0 | 654 | 97 | 205 | 16 | 70 | 4 | 37 | 61 | 0.313 | 0.351 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gene Alley | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 0.086 (280) | 0 | 579 | 88 | 173 | 7 | 43 | 8 | 27 | 83 | 0.299 | 0.334 | 0.418 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Santo | Chicago Cubs | 23 | 0.082 (280) | 0 | 561 | 93 | 175 | 30 | 94 | 4 | 95 | 78 | 0.312 | 0.412 | 0.538 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Roseboro | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 445 | 47 | 123 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 44 | 51 | 0.276 | 0.343 | 0.398 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Orlando Cepeda | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 452 | 65 | 137 | 17 | 58 | 9 | 34 | 68 | 0.303 | 0.362 | 0.469 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Orlando Cepeda | San Francisco Giants | 22 | 0.079 (280) | 0 | 49 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0.286 | 0.352 | 0.510 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Stargell | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 0.068 (280) | 0 | 485 | 84 | 153 | 33 | 102 | 2 | 48 | 109 | 0.315 | 0.381 | 0.581 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Torre | Atlanta Braves | 18 | 0.064 (280) | 0 | 546 | 83 | 172 | 36 | 101 | 0 | 60 | 61 | 0.315 | 0.382 | 0.560 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie McCovey | San Francisco Giants | 12 | 0.043 (280) | 0 | 502 | 85 | 148 | 36 | 96 | 2 | 76 | 100 | 0.295 | 0.391 | 0.586 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gaylord Perry | San Francisco Giants | 8 | 0.029 (280) | 0 | 86 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0.186 | 0.195 | 0.198 | 21 - 8 | 0 | 255.2 | 242 | 15 | 40 | 201 | 2.99 | ||
Jim Lefebvre | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 8 | 0.029 (280) | 0 | 544 | 69 | 149 | 24 | 74 | 1 | 48 | 72 | 0.274 | 0.333 | 0.460 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Curt Flood | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 0.025 (280) | 0 | 626 | 64 | 167 | 10 | 78 | 14 | 26 | 50 | 0.267 | 0.298 | 0.364 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Maury Wills | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 5 | 0.018 (280) | 0 | 594 | 60 | 162 | 1 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 60 | 0.273 | 0.314 | 0.308 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rusty Staub | Houston Astros | 4 | 0.014 (280) | 0 | 554 | 60 | 155 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 58 | 61 | 0.280 | 0.345 | 0.412 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jim Maloney | Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 81 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0.222 | 0.259 | 0.284 | 16 - 8 | 0 | 224.2 | 174 | 18 | 90 | 216 | 2.80 | ||
Glenn Beckert | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 656 | 73 | 188 | 1 | 59 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 0.287 | 0.317 | 0.348 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Mazeroski | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 621 | 56 | 163 | 16 | 82 | 4 | 31 | 62 | 0.262 | 0.296 | 0.398 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill White | Philadelphia Phillies | 3 | 0.011 (280) | 0 | 577 | 85 | 159 | 22 | 103 | 16 | 68 | 109 | 0.276 | 0.352 | 0.451 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lou Brock | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 | 0.007 (280) | 0 | 643 | 94 | 183 | 15 | 46 | 74 | 31 | 134 | 0.285 | 0.320 | 0.429 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Chris Short | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 106 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0.208 | 0.215 | 0.217 | 20 - 10 | 0 | 272.0 | 257 | 28 | 68 | 177 | 3.54 | ||
Bob Shaw | New York Mets | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0.260 | 0.309 | 0.260 | 11 - 10 | 0 | 167.2 | 171 | 12 | 42 | 104 | 3.92 | ||
Bob Shaw | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 - 4 | 0 | 31.2 | 45 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 6.25 | ||
Willie Davis | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 1 | 0.004 (280) | 0 | 624 | 74 | 177 | 11 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 68 | 0.284 | 0.302 | 0.405 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1965 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1966 |
Succeeded by 1967 |
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