1973 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1973 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Pete Rose 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
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds †	274	0.815 (336)	12		680	115	230	5	64	10	65	42	0.338	0.401	0.437		Did not pitch
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	250	0.744 (336)	10		522	106	156	44	119	0	80	129	0.299	0.392	0.646		Did not pitch
Bobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants	174	0.518 (336)	1		643	131	182	39	96	43	87	148	0.283	0.370	0.530		Did not pitch
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds †	102	0.304 (336)	1		576	116	167	26	82	67	111	61	0.290	0.406	0.493		Did not pitch
Mike Marshall	Montreal Expos	93	0.277 (336)	0		33	1	8	0	3	0	2	4	0.242	0.286	0.242		14 - 11	31	179.0	163	10	75	124	2.66
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	65	0.193 (336)	0		650	110	193	7	63	70	71	112	0.297	0.364	0.398		Did not pitch
Tony Perez	Cincinnati Reds †	59	0.176 (336)	0		564	73	177	27	101	3	74	117	0.314	0.393	0.527		Did not pitch
Tom Seaver	New York Mets †	57	0.170 (336)	0		93	9	15	1	5	1	7	34	0.161	0.220	0.237		19 - 10	0	290.0	219	23	64	251	2.08
Ken Singleton	Montreal Expos	52	0.155 (336)	0		560	100	169	23	103	2	123	91	0.302	0.425	0.479		Did not pitch
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds †	41	0.122 (336)	0		557	83	141	25	104	4	83	83	0.253	0.345	0.429		Did not pitch
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	39	0.116 (336)	0		525	86	168	25	70	56	41	79	0.320	0.376	0.537		Did not pitch
Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	35	0.104 (336)	0		392	84	118	40	96	1	68	51	0.301	0.402	0.643		Did not pitch
Davey Johnson	Atlanta Braves	34	0.101 (336)	0		559	84	151	43	99	5	81	93	0.270	0.370	0.546		Did not pitch
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	20	0.060 (336)	0		619	62	192	13	91	2	61	47	0.310	0.370	0.438		Did not pitch
Tug McGraw	New York Mets †	17	0.051 (336)	0		24	0	4	0	2	0	2	9	0.167	0.259	0.167		5 - 6	25	118.2	106	11	55	81	3.87
Felix Millan	New York Mets †	12	0.036 (336)	0		638	82	185	3	37	2	35	22	0.290	0.332	0.353		Did not pitch
Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	0.036 (336)	0		599	82	171	16	77	17	29	62	0.285	0.320	0.444		Did not pitch
Darrell Evans	Atlanta Braves	11	0.033 (336)	0		595	114	167	41	104	6	124	104	0.281	0.403	0.556		Did not pitch
Lee May	Houston Astros	9	0.027 (336)	0		545	65	147	28	105	1	34	122	0.270	0.310	0.479		Did not pitch
Tito Fuentes	San Francisco Giants	8	0.024 (336)	0		656	78	182	6	63	12	45	62	0.277	0.328	0.358		Did not pitch
Joe Ferguson	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	0.021 (336)	0		487	84	128	25	88	1	87	81	0.263	0.369	0.470		Did not pitch
Bob Watson	Houston Astros	7	0.021 (336)	0		573	97	179	16	94	1	85	73	0.312	0.403	0.449		Did not pitch
Jack Billingham	Cincinnati Reds †	6	0.018 (336)	0		93	2	6	0	4	0	3	32	0.065	0.094	0.097		19 - 10	0	293.1	257	20	95	155	3.04
Al Oliver	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	0.018 (336)	0		654	90	191	20	99	6	22	52	0.292	0.316	0.463		Did not pitch
Jose Cardenal	Chicago Cubs	6	0.018 (336)	0		522	80	158	11	68	19	58	62	0.303	0.375	0.437		Did not pitch
Ron Bryant	San Francisco Giants	5	0.015 (336)	0		95	11	16	0	7	0	9	32	0.168	0.240	0.179		24 - 12	0	270.0	240	23	115	143	3.53
Ron Hunt	Montreal Expos	5	0.015 (336)	0		401	61	124	0	18	10	52	19	0.309	0.418	0.344		Did not pitch
Garry Maddox	San Francisco Giants	3	0.009 (336)	0		587	81	187	11	76	24	24	73	0.319	0.350	0.460		Did not pitch
Bud Harrelson	New York Mets †	2	0.006 (336)	0		356	35	92	0	20	5	48	49	0.258	0.348	0.309		Did not pitch
Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	2	0.006 (336)	0		576	72	166	20	86	4	76	72	0.288	0.369	0.438		Did not pitch
Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.006 (336)	0		610	76	174	29	97	3	51	135	0.285	0.346	0.484		Did not pitch
Bill Russell	Los Angeles Dodgers	1	0.003 (336)	0		615	55	163	4	56	15	34	63	0.265	0.301	0.337		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1972

Most Valuable Player Award American 1973

Succeeded by 1974