1970 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1970 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds.

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
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds †	326	0.970 (336)	22		605	97	177	45	148	5	54	102	0.293	0.345	0.587		Did not pitch
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	218	0.649 (336)	2		636	137	205	42	129	7	72	65	0.322	0.391	0.586		Did not pitch
Tony Perez	Cincinnati Reds †	149	0.443 (336)	0		587	107	186	40	129	8	83	134	0.317	0.401	0.589		Did not pitch
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	110	0.327 (336)	0		109	14	33	2	19	0	8	25	0.303	0.347	0.404		23 - 7	0	294.0	262	13	88	274	3.12
Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	91	0.271 (336)	0		614	84	196	10	111	8	79	70	0.319	0.392	0.458		Did not pitch
Dave Giusti	Pittsburgh Pirates †	72	0.214 (336)	0		16	1	3	0	3	0	3	6	0.188	0.316	0.313		9 - 3	26	103.0	98	7	39	85	3.06
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds †	54	0.161 (336)	0		649	120	205	15	52	12	73	64	0.316	0.385	0.470		Did not pitch
Jim Hickman	Chicago Cubs	52	0.155 (336)	0		514	102	162	32	115	0	93	99	0.315	0.419	0.582		Did not pitch
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	47	0.140 (336)	0		495	98	143	39	126	0	137	75	0.289	0.444	0.612		Did not pitch
Rico Carty	Atlanta Braves	43	0.128 (336)	0		478	84	175	25	101	1	77	46	0.366	0.454	0.584		Did not pitch
Manny Sanguillen	Pittsburgh Pirates †	36	0.107 (336)	0		486	63	158	7	61	2	17	45	0.325	0.344	0.444		Did not pitch
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates †	33	0.098 (336)	0		412	65	145	14	60	3	38	66	0.352	0.407	0.556		Did not pitch
Donn Clendenon	New York Mets	26	0.077 (336)	0		396	65	114	22	97	4	39	91	0.288	0.348	0.515		Did not pitch
Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants	24	0.071 (336)	0		120	7	14	1	7	0	0	47	0.117	0.123	0.167		23 - 13	0	328.2	292	27	84	214	3.20
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates †	20	0.060 (336)	0		474	70	125	31	85	0	44	119	0.264	0.329	0.511		Did not pitch
Bobby Tolan	Cincinnati Reds †	17	0.051 (336)	0		589	112	186	16	80	57	62	94	0.316	0.384	0.475		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	16	0.048 (336)	0		516	103	154	38	118	9	74	63	0.298	0.385	0.574		Did not pitch
Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	15	0.045 (336)	0		624	89	203	21	100	2	70	91	0.325	0.398	0.498		Did not pitch
Tommie Agee	New York Mets	13	0.039 (336)	0		636	107	182	24	75	31	55	156	0.286	0.344	0.469		Did not pitch
Bud Harrelson	New York Mets	10	0.030 (336)	0		564	72	137	1	42	23	95	74	0.243	0.351	0.309		Did not pitch
Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	8	0.024 (336)	0		113	4	14	3	11	0	1	36	0.124	0.129	0.221		22 - 16	0	313.0	265	30	60	274	3.39
Jim Merritt	Cincinnati Reds †	8	0.024 (336)	0		83	7	14	3	6	0	4	42	0.169	0.207	0.277		20 - 12	0	234.0	248	21	53	136	4.08
Don Kessinger	Chicago Cubs	6	0.018 (336)	0		631	100	168	1	39	12	66	59	0.266	0.337	0.349		Did not pitch
Cito Gaston	San Diego Padres	5	0.015 (336)	0		584	92	186	29	93	4	41	142	0.318	0.364	0.543		Did not pitch
Luke Walker	Pittsburgh Pirates †	4	0.012 (336)	0		46	0	6	0	5	0	3	26	0.130	0.184	0.130		15 - 6	3	163.0	129	6	89	124	3.04
Deron Johnson	Philadelphia Phillies	4	0.012 (336)	0		574	66	147	27	93	0	72	132	0.256	0.338	0.456		Did not pitch
Carl Morton	Montreal Expos	3	0.009 (336)	0		93	6	15	2	7	0	6	29	0.161	0.208	0.247		18 - 11	0	284.2	281	27	125	154	3.60
Bob Robertson	Pittsburgh Pirates †	3	0.009 (336)	0		390	69	112	27	82	4	51	98	0.287	0.367	0.564		Did not pitch
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	2	0.006 (336)	0		95	9	17	1	10	0	10	31	0.179	0.257	0.242		18 - 12	0	290.2	230	21	83	283	2.82
Wayne Granger	Cincinnati Reds †	1	0.003 (336)	0		10	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.100	0.100	0.100		6 - 5	35	84.2	79	5	27	38	2.66

Preceded by 1969

Most Valuable Player Award American 1970

Succeeded by 1971