1978 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1978 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Dave Parker of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	320	0.952 (336)	21		581	102	194	30	117	20	57	92	0.334	0.394	0.585		Did not pitch
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers †	194	0.577 (336)	0		639	89	202	21	113	10	40	70	0.316	0.353	0.499		Did not pitch
Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies †	189	0.563 (336)	3		654	78	192	3	43	27	24	40	0.294	0.319	0.370		Did not pitch
Reggie Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers †	164	0.488 (336)	0		447	82	132	29	93	12	70	90	0.295	0.382	0.559		Did not pitch
Jack Clark	San Francisco Giants	107	0.318 (336)	0		592	90	181	25	98	15	50	72	0.306	0.358	0.537		Did not pitch
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	104	0.310 (336)	0		604	97	170	40	120	4	70	138	0.281	0.360	0.546		Did not pitch
Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies †	48	0.143 (336)	0		540	85	143	35	101	8	100	135	0.265	0.388	0.526		Did not pitch
Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres	45	0.134 (336)	0		87	5	8	0	3	0	2	31	0.092	0.112	0.115		21 - 6	0	260.2	241	9	66	154	2.73
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	39	0.116 (336)	0		390	60	115	28	97	3	50	93	0.295	0.382	0.567		Did not pitch
Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	37	0.110 (336)	0		587	88	181	24	97	21	55	81	0.308	0.367	0.499		Did not pitch
Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	35	0.104 (336)	0		655	103	198	7	52	13	62	30	0.302	0.362	0.421		Did not pitch
Vida Blue	San Francisco Giants	33	0.098 (336)	0		79	8	6	1	2	0	16	51	0.076	0.240	0.127		18 - 10	0	258.0	233	12	70	171	2.79
Kent Tekulve	Pittsburgh Pirates	23	0.068 (336)	0		21	1	2	0	0	0	1	9	0.095	0.136	0.095		8 - 7	31	135.0	115	5	55	77	2.33
Rollie Fingers	San Diego Padres	16	0.048 (336)	0		12	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0.167	0.167	0.167		6 - 13	37	107.1	84	4	29	72	2.52
Burt Hooton	Los Angeles Dodgers †	15	0.045 (336)	0		67	4	10	0	2	0	7	15	0.149	0.230	0.164		19 - 10	0	236.0	196	17	61	104	2.71
Davey Lopes	Los Angeles Dodgers †	12	0.036 (336)	0		587	93	163	17	58	45	71	70	0.278	0.355	0.421		Did not pitch
Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	8	0.024 (336)	0		120	5	27	0	10	0	3	25	0.225	0.248	0.258		19 - 18	1	334.1	295	16	102	248	2.88
Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	8	0.024 (336)	0		446	47	144	5	74	7	18	17	0.323	0.345	0.419		Did not pitch
Jeff Burroughs	Atlanta Braves	7	0.021 (336)	0		488	72	147	23	77	1	117	92	0.301	0.432	0.529		Did not pitch
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	5	0.015 (336)	0		13	1	1	0	0	0	2	8	0.077	0.200	0.077		8 - 10	27	99.0	82	10	34	106	3.18
Garry Maddox	Philadelphia Phillies †	4	0.012 (336)	0		598	62	172	11	68	33	39	89	0.288	0.332	0.410		Did not pitch
Enos Cabell	Houston Astros	2	0.006 (336)	0		660	92	195	7	71	33	22	80	0.295	0.321	0.398		Did not pitch
Bob Boone	Philadelphia Phillies †	1	0.003 (336)	0		435	48	123	12	62	2	46	37	0.283	0.347	0.425		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1977

Most Valuable Player Award American 1978

Succeeded by 1979