1969 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1969 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants.
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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Willie McCovey | San Francisco Giants | 265 | 0.789 (336) | 11 | 491 | 101 | 157 | 45 | 126 | 0 | 121 | 66 | 0.320 | 0.453 | 0.656 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tom Seaver | New York Mets † | 243 | 0.723 (336) | 11 | 91 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 0.121 | 0.200 | 0.154 | 25 - 7 | 0 | 273.1 | 202 | 24 | 82 | 208 | 2.21 | ||
Hank Aaron | Atlanta Braves † | 188 | 0.560 (336) | 2 | 547 | 100 | 164 | 44 | 97 | 9 | 87 | 47 | 0.300 | 0.396 | 0.607 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | 127 | 0.378 (336) | 0 | 627 | 120 | 218 | 16 | 82 | 7 | 88 | 65 | 0.348 | 0.428 | 0.512 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Santo | Chicago Cubs | 124 | 0.369 (336) | 0 | 575 | 97 | 166 | 29 | 123 | 1 | 96 | 97 | 0.289 | 0.384 | 0.485 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tommie Agee | New York Mets † | 89 | 0.265 (336) | 0 | 565 | 97 | 153 | 26 | 76 | 12 | 59 | 137 | 0.271 | 0.342 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Cleon Jones | New York Mets † | 82 | 0.244 (336) | 0 | 483 | 92 | 164 | 12 | 75 | 16 | 64 | 60 | 0.340 | 0.422 | 0.482 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | 51 | 0.152 (336) | 0 | 507 | 87 | 175 | 19 | 91 | 4 | 56 | 73 | 0.345 | 0.411 | 0.544 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Phil Niekro | Atlanta Braves † | 47 | 0.140 (336) | 0 | 95 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0.211 | 0.227 | 0.253 | 23 - 13 | 1 | 284.1 | 235 | 21 | 57 | 193 | 2.56 | ||
Tony Perez | Cincinnati Reds | 28 | 0.083 (336) | 0 | 629 | 103 | 185 | 37 | 122 | 4 | 63 | 131 | 0.294 | 0.357 | 0.526 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Maury Wills | Montreal Expos | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 189 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 0.222 | 0.295 | 0.238 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Maury Wills | Los Angeles Dodgers | 17 | 0.051 (336) | 0 | 434 | 57 | 129 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 39 | 40 | 0.297 | 0.356 | 0.378 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ernie Banks | Chicago Cubs | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 565 | 60 | 143 | 23 | 106 | 0 | 42 | 101 | 0.253 | 0.309 | 0.416 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Bench | Cincinnati Reds | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 532 | 83 | 156 | 26 | 90 | 6 | 49 | 86 | 0.293 | 0.353 | 0.487 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rico Carty | Atlanta Braves † | 12 | 0.036 (336) | 0 | 304 | 47 | 104 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 32 | 28 | 0.342 | 0.401 | 0.549 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Wayne Granger | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0.095 | 0.208 | 0.095 | 9 - 6 | 27 | 144.2 | 143 | 10 | 40 | 68 | 2.80 | ||
Tony Gonzalez | San Diego Padres | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 182 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 0.225 | 0.309 | 0.280 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Don Kessinger | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 664 | 109 | 181 | 4 | 53 | 11 | 61 | 70 | 0.273 | 0.332 | 0.366 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Hunt | San Francisco Giants | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 478 | 72 | 125 | 3 | 41 | 9 | 51 | 47 | 0.262 | 0.361 | 0.341 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Denis Menke | Houston Astros | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 553 | 72 | 149 | 10 | 90 | 2 | 87 | 87 | 0.269 | 0.369 | 0.387 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Gonzalez | Atlanta Braves † | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 320 | 51 | 94 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 0.294 | 0.354 | 0.447 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jimmy Wynn | Houston Astros | 8 | 0.024 (336) | 0 | 495 | 113 | 133 | 33 | 87 | 23 | 148 | 142 | 0.269 | 0.436 | 0.507 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Davis | Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 498 | 66 | 155 | 11 | 59 | 24 | 33 | 39 | 0.311 | 0.356 | 0.456 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Willie Stargell | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 522 | 89 | 160 | 29 | 92 | 1 | 61 | 120 | 0.307 | 0.382 | 0.556 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Juan Marichal | San Francisco Giants | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 109 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0.138 | 0.167 | 0.165 | 21 - 11 | 0 | 299.2 | 244 | 15 | 54 | 205 | 2.10 | ||
Jerry Koosman | New York Mets † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0.048 | 0.059 | 0.048 | 17 - 9 | 0 | 241.0 | 187 | 14 | 68 | 180 | 2.28 | ||
Larry Dierker | Houston Astros | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 118 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0.144 | 0.158 | 0.186 | 20 - 13 | 0 | 305.1 | 240 | 18 | 72 | 232 | 2.33 | ||
Matty Alou | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 698 | 105 | 231 | 1 | 48 | 22 | 42 | 35 | 0.331 | 0.369 | 0.411 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Joe Torre | St. Louis Cardinals † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 602 | 72 | 174 | 18 | 101 | 0 | 66 | 85 | 0.289 | 0.361 | 0.447 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Billy Williams | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 642 | 103 | 188 | 21 | 95 | 3 | 59 | 70 | 0.293 | 0.355 | 0.474 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tom Haller | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 445 | 46 | 117 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 48 | 58 | 0.263 | 0.337 | 0.357 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 118 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 0.246 | 0.262 | 0.322 | 20 - 13 | 0 | 314.0 | 251 | 12 | 95 | 269 | 2.18 | ||
Ted Sizemore | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 590 | 69 | 160 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 45 | 40 | 0.271 | 0.328 | 0.342 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Randy Hundley | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 522 | 67 | 133 | 18 | 64 | 2 | 61 | 90 | 0.255 | 0.334 | 0.391 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Wes Parker | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 471 | 76 | 131 | 13 | 68 | 4 | 56 | 46 | 0.278 | 0.353 | 0.427 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bobby Bonds | San Francisco Giants | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 622 | 120 | 161 | 32 | 90 | 45 | 81 | 187 | 0.259 | 0.351 | 0.473 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Lee May | Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 607 | 85 | 169 | 38 | 110 | 5 | 45 | 142 | 0.278 | 0.331 | 0.529 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Johnny Edwards | Houston Astros | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 496 | 52 | 115 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 53 | 69 | 0.232 | 0.306 | 0.333 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Orlando Cepeda | Atlanta Braves † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 573 | 74 | 147 | 22 | 88 | 12 | 55 | 76 | 0.257 | 0.325 | 0.428 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rusty Staub | Montreal Expos | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 549 | 89 | 166 | 29 | 79 | 3 | 110 | 61 | 0.302 | 0.426 | 0.526 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1968 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1969 |
Succeeded by 1970 |
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