1977 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1977 National League Most Valuable Player Award was George Foster 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
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	291	0.866 (336)	15		615	124	197	52	149	6	61	107	0.320	0.382	0.631		Did not pitch
Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies †	255	0.759 (336)	9		554	99	171	39	130	3	80	140	0.309	0.394	0.594		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	0.464 (336)	0		637	107	215	21	88	17	58	107	0.338	0.397	0.531		Did not pitch
Reggie Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers †	112	0.333 (336)	0		488	104	150	32	87	7	104	76	0.307	0.427	0.576		Did not pitch
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies †	100	0.298 (336)	0		97	7	26	3	15	0	2	20	0.268	0.282	0.402		23 - 10	0	283.0	229	25	89	198	2.64
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers †	98	0.292 (336)	0		646	91	192	33	115	9	38	90	0.297	0.335	0.498		Did not pitch
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	68	0.202 (336)	0		20	4	3	0	0	0	2	10	0.150	0.227	0.150		7 - 3	31	107.1	69	5	23	129	1.34
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers †	60	0.179 (336)	0		564	77	136	30	110	3	93	106	0.241	0.347	0.450		Did not pitch
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	58	0.173 (336)	0		516	82	164	21	95	2	79	37	0.318	0.408	0.500		Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies †	48	0.143 (336)	0		544	114	149	38	101	15	104	122	0.274	0.393	0.574		Did not pitch
Bill Robinson	Pittsburgh Pirates	34	0.101 (336)	0		507	74	154	26	104	12	25	92	0.304	0.337	0.525		Did not pitch
Tommy John	Los Angeles Dodgers †	33	0.098 (336)	0		79	3	14	1	4	0	3	14	0.177	0.205	0.228		20 - 7	0	220.1	225	12	50	123	2.78
Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	20	0.060 (336)	0		621	94	200	8	79	28	15	70	0.322	0.336	0.449		Did not pitch
Rollie Fingers	San Diego Padres	17	0.051 (336)	0		20	0	1	0	2	0	0	9	0.050	0.050	0.050		8 - 9	35	132.1	123	12	36	113	2.99
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	15	0.045 (336)	0		655	95	204	9	64	16	66	42	0.311	0.377	0.432		Did not pitch
Al Oliver	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	0.027 (336)	0		568	75	175	19	82	13	40	38	0.308	0.353	0.481		Did not pitch
Jeff Burroughs	Atlanta Braves	9	0.027 (336)	0		579	91	157	41	114	4	86	126	0.271	0.362	0.520		Did not pitch
John Candelaria	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	0.024 (336)	0		80	5	18	0	11	0	4	18	0.225	0.262	0.313		20 - 5	0	230.2	197	29	50	133	2.34
Rennie Stennett	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	0.021 (336)	0		453	53	152	5	51	28	29	24	0.336	0.376	0.430		Did not pitch
Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	5	0.015 (336)	0		478	54	134	28	86	3	67	106	0.280	0.367	0.500		Did not pitch
Rick Reuschel	Chicago Cubs	3	0.009 (336)	0		87	9	18	1	8	0	1	18	0.207	0.225	0.299		20 - 10	1	252.0	233	13	74	166	2.79
Ellis Valentine	Montreal Expos	3	0.009 (336)	0		508	63	149	25	76	13	30	58	0.293	0.331	0.504		Did not pitch
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	3	0.009 (336)	0		494	67	136	31	109	2	58	95	0.275	0.348	0.540		Did not pitch
Tug McGraw	Philadelphia Phillies †	2	0.006 (336)	0		10	1	4	0	1	0	2	3	0.400	0.500	0.400		7 - 3	9	79.0	62	6	24	58	2.62
Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.003 (336)	0		55	10	12	3	5	0	2	21	0.218	0.246	0.400		14 - 3	0	165.1	120	12	38	124	2.34
Tom Seaver	New York Mets	1	0.003 (336)	0		31	1	5	0	4	0	2	12	0.161	0.206	0.161		7 - 3	0	96.0	79	7	28	72	3.00
Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies †	1	0.003 (336)	0		624	93	175	4	41	32	32	32	0.280	0.313	0.340		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1976

Most Valuable Player Award American 1977

Succeeded by 1978