1971 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1971 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe Torre 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
Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	318	0.946 (336)	21		634	97	230	24	137	4	63	70	0.363	0.421	0.555		Did not pitch
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates †	222	0.661 (336)	3		511	104	151	48	125	0	83	154	0.295	0.398	0.628		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	180	0.536 (336)	0		495	95	162	47	118	1	71	58	0.327	0.410	0.669		Did not pitch
Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants †	139	0.414 (336)	0		619	110	178	33	102	26	62	137	0.288	0.355	0.512		Did not pitch
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates †	87	0.259 (336)	0		522	82	178	13	86	1	26	65	0.341	0.370	0.502		Did not pitch
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	74	0.220 (336)	0		601	73	169	3	44	15	40	44	0.281	0.323	0.329		Did not pitch
Fergie Jenkins	Chicago Cubs	71	0.211 (336)	0		115	13	28	6	20	0	7	40	0.243	0.282	0.478		24 - 13	0	325.0	304	29	37	263	2.77
Manny Sanguillen	Pittsburgh Pirates †	49	0.146 (336)	0		533	60	170	7	81	6	19	32	0.319	0.345	0.426		Did not pitch
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	46	0.137 (336)	0		92	8	18	1	7	0	6	31	0.196	0.245	0.261		20 - 10	0	286.1	210	18	61	289	1.76
Al Downing	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	0.107 (336)	0		92	4	16	0	10	0	6	28	0.174	0.224	0.196		20 - 9	0	262.1	245	16	84	136	2.68
Glenn Beckert	Chicago Cubs	35	0.104 (336)	0		530	80	181	2	42	3	24	24	0.342	0.367	0.406		Did not pitch
Lee May	Cincinnati Reds	28	0.083 (336)	0		553	85	154	39	98	3	42	135	0.278	0.332	0.532		Did not pitch
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	20	0.060 (336)	0		640	126	200	7	61	64	76	107	0.313	0.385	0.425		Did not pitch
Dave Giusti	Pittsburgh Pirates †	16	0.048 (336)	0		17	1	1	0	2	0	1	4	0.059	0.111	0.059		5 - 6	30	86.0	79	5	31	55	2.93
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants †	15	0.045 (336)	0		329	45	91	18	70	0	64	57	0.277	0.396	0.480		Did not pitch
Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	13	0.039 (336)	0		641	84	198	10	74	20	23	47	0.309	0.330	0.438		Did not pitch
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	13	0.039 (336)	0		510	64	155	7	77	1	36	50	0.304	0.347	0.424		Did not pitch
Jerry Johnson	San Francisco Giants †	12	0.036 (336)	0		13	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0.154	0.143	0.231		12 - 9	18	109.0	93	9	48	85	2.97
Rusty Staub	Montreal Expos	11	0.033 (336)	0		599	94	186	19	97	9	74	42	0.311	0.392	0.482		Did not pitch
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants †	11	0.033 (336)	0		417	82	113	18	61	23	112	123	0.271	0.425	0.482		Did not pitch
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	10	0.030 (336)	0		594	86	179	28	93	7	77	44	0.301	0.383	0.505		Did not pitch
Bud Harrelson	New York Mets	4	0.012 (336)	0		547	55	138	0	32	28	53	59	0.252	0.319	0.303		Did not pitch
Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals	3	0.009 (336)	0		87	5	15	2	10	1	3	24	0.172	0.204	0.264		16 - 13	0	245.2	215	14	76	185	3.04
Dave Roberts	San Diego Padres	1	0.003 (336)	0		86	2	19	0	2	0	0	24	0.221	0.221	0.244		14 - 17	0	269.2	238	9	61	135	2.10
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.003 (336)	0		632	86	192	13	44	13	68	50	0.304	0.373	0.421		Did not pitch
Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	1	0.003 (336)	0		639	101	219	9	44	30	30	68	0.343	0.372	0.441		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1970

Most Valuable Player Award American 1971

Succeeded by 1972