1968 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1968 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals †	242	0.864 (280)	14		94	3	16	0	6	1	7	32	0.170	0.233	0.223		22 - 9	0	304.2	198	11	62	268	1.12
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	205	0.732 (280)	6		626	94	210	10	49	3	56	76	0.335	0.391	0.470		Did not pitch
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	135	0.482 (280)	0		523	81	153	36	105	4	72	71	0.293	0.378	0.545		Did not pitch
Curt Flood	St. Louis Cardinals †	116	0.414 (280)	0		618	71	186	5	60	11	33	58	0.301	0.339	0.366		Did not pitch
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	93	0.332 (280)	0		123	8	20	0	5	0	2	35	0.163	0.181	0.195		26 - 9	0	326.0	295	21	46	218	2.43
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals †	73	0.261 (280)	0		660	92	184	6	51	62	46	124	0.279	0.328	0.418		Did not pitch
Mike Shannon	St. Louis Cardinals †	55	0.196 (280)	0		576	62	153	15	79	1	37	114	0.266	0.309	0.401		Did not pitch
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	48	0.171 (280)	0		642	91	185	30	98	4	48	53	0.288	0.336	0.500		Did not pitch
Glenn Beckert	Chicago Cubs	40	0.143 (280)	0		643	98	189	4	37	8	31	20	0.294	0.326	0.369		Did not pitch
Felipe Alou	Atlanta Braves	33	0.118 (280)	0		662	72	210	11	57	12	48	56	0.317	0.365	0.438		Did not pitch
Matty Alou	Pittsburgh Pirates	32	0.114 (280)	0		558	59	185	0	52	18	27	26	0.332	0.362	0.396		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	19	0.068 (280)	0		606	84	174	29	86	28	64	62	0.287	0.354	0.498		Did not pitch
Jerry Koosman	New York Mets	14	0.050 (280)	0		91	3	7	1	4	0	3	62	0.077	0.106	0.121		19 - 12	0	263.2	221	16	69	178	2.08
Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	14	0.050 (280)	0		552	71	136	32	83	2	27	67	0.246	0.287	0.469		Did not pitch
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	14	0.050 (280)	0		498	84	144	23	79	12	67	81	0.289	0.372	0.488		Did not pitch
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	11	0.039 (280)	0		564	67	155	15	82	1	31	96	0.275	0.311	0.433		Did not pitch
Phil Regan	Chicago Cubs	7	0.025 (280)	0		20	3	3	0	1	0	0	8	0.150	0.190	0.200		10 - 5	25	127.0	109	9	24	60	2.20
Phil Regan	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	0.025 (280)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		2 - 0	0	7.2	10	1	1	7	3.52
Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	6	0.021 (280)	0		100	4	16	1	10	0	6	41	0.160	0.208	0.230		20 - 15	0	308.0	255	26	65	260	2.63
Tony Perez	Cincinnati Reds	5	0.018 (280)	0		625	93	176	18	92	3	51	92	0.282	0.338	0.430		Did not pitch
Nelson Briles	St. Louis Cardinals †	4	0.014 (280)	0		80	5	11	0	5	0	4	21	0.138	0.186	0.163		19 - 11	0	243.2	251	18	55	141	2.81
Dal Maxvill	St. Louis Cardinals †	4	0.014 (280)	0		459	51	116	1	24	0	52	71	0.253	0.329	0.298		Did not pitch
Steve Blass	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0.011 (280)	0		80	7	11	0	8	0	2	30	0.138	0.155	0.150		18 - 6	0	220.1	191	13	57	132	2.12
Tom Haller	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	0.011 (280)	0		474	37	135	4	53	1	46	76	0.285	0.345	0.388		Did not pitch
Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	2	0.007 (280)	0		577	86	142	26	98	3	96	106	0.246	0.354	0.421		Did not pitch
Clay Carroll	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.004 (280)	0		24	2	6	0	2	0	1	5	0.250	0.280	0.250		7 - 7	17	121.2	102	3	32	61	2.29
Clay Carroll	Atlanta Braves	1	0.004 (280)	0		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		0 - 1	0	22.1	26	1	6	10	4.84
Tommy Helms	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.004 (280)	0		507	35	146	2	47	5	12	27	0.288	0.305	0.363		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1967

Most Valuable Player Award American 1968

Succeeded by 1969