1976 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1976 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Joe Morgan 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
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds †	311	0.926 (336)	19		472	113	151	27	111	60	114	41	0.320	0.444	0.576		Did not pitch
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds †	221	0.658 (336)	5		562	86	172	29	121	17	52	89	0.306	0.364	0.530		Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies †	179	0.533 (336)	0		584	112	153	38	107	14	100	149	0.262	0.376	0.524		Did not pitch
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds †	131	0.390 (336)	0		665	130	215	10	63	9	86	54	0.323	0.404	0.450		Did not pitch
Garry Maddox	Philadelphia Phillies †	98	0.292 (336)	0		531	75	175	6	68	29	42	59	0.330	0.377	0.456		Did not pitch
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	51	0.152 (336)	0		631	85	200	13	80	19	50	69	0.317	0.363	0.450		Did not pitch
Bill Madlock	Chicago Cubs	51	0.152 (336)	0		514	68	174	15	84	15	56	27	0.339	0.412	0.500		Did not pitch
Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies †	49	0.146 (336)	0		533	74	162	21	95	1	50	107	0.304	0.369	0.478		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds †	49	0.146 (336)	0		562	111	189	6	74	34	62	65	0.336	0.401	0.450		Did not pitch
Randy Jones	San Diego Padres	48	0.143 (336)	0		103	6	6	0	2	0	5	39	0.058	0.102	0.058		22 - 14	0	315.1	274	15	50	93	2.74
Bob Watson	Houston Astros	38	0.113 (336)	0		585	76	183	16	102	3	62	64	0.313	0.377	0.458		Did not pitch
Al Oliver	Pittsburgh Pirates	30	0.089 (336)	0		443	62	143	12	61	6	26	29	0.323	0.363	0.476		Did not pitch
Rawly Eastwick	Cincinnati Reds †	26	0.077 (336)	0		17	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.000	0.000	0.000		11 - 5	26	107.2	93	3	27	70	2.09
Jerry Koosman	New York Mets	20	0.060 (336)	0		79	5	17	0	6	0	2	34	0.215	0.235	0.241		21 - 10	0	247.1	205	19	66	200	2.69
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies †	16	0.048 (336)	0		92	5	20	0	6	0	1	24	0.217	0.242	0.228		20 - 7	0	252.2	224	19	72	195	3.13
Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies †	15	0.045 (336)	0		666	92	189	1	56	10	54	13	0.284	0.337	0.345		Did not pitch
J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	12	0.036 (336)	0		100	6	14	2	9	0	0	33	0.140	0.146	0.210		20 - 15	0	291.0	221	14	151	214	2.75
Dave Kingman	New York Mets	11	0.033 (336)	0		474	70	113	37	86	7	28	135	0.238	0.286	0.506		Did not pitch
Rick Monday	Chicago Cubs	11	0.033 (336)	0		534	107	145	32	77	5	60	125	0.272	0.346	0.507		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	0.030 (336)	0		537	82	168	13	90	19	30	80	0.313	0.349	0.475		Did not pitch
Bill Robinson	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	0.027 (336)	0		393	55	119	21	64	2	16	73	0.303	0.329	0.534		Did not pitch
Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	7	0.021 (336)	0		84	2	7	0	3	0	6	19	0.083	0.144	0.095		21 - 10	0	267.2	231	22	82	161	3.06
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	0.018 (336)	0		502	69	139	23	80	0	89	74	0.277	0.386	0.462		Did not pitch
Willie Montanez	San Francisco Giants	4	0.012 (336)	0		230	22	71	2	20	2	15	15	0.309	0.351	0.417		Did not pitch
Willie Montanez	Atlanta Braves	4	0.012 (336)	0		420	52	135	9	64	0	21	32	0.321	0.353	0.419		Did not pitch
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	3	0.009 (336)	0		498	73	150	4	67	56	35	75	0.301	0.344	0.394		Did not pitch
Cesar Geronimo	Cincinnati Reds †	3	0.009 (336)	0		486	59	149	2	49	22	56	95	0.307	0.382	0.414		Did not pitch
Richie Zisk	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	0.009 (336)	0		581	91	168	21	89	1	52	96	0.289	0.343	0.465		Did not pitch
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	3	0.009 (336)	0		575	89	171	18	83	58	55	51	0.297	0.357	0.454		Did not pitch
Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies †	1	0.003 (336)	0		624	71	155	0	49	30	32	31	0.248	0.283	0.301		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1975

Most Valuable Player Award American 1976

Succeeded by 1977