1979 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winners of the 1979 National League Most Valuable Player Award were Keith Hernandez of the St. Louis Cardinals and Willie Stargell 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
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates †	216	0.643 (336)	4		424	60	119	32	82	0	47	105	0.281	0.352	0.552		Did not pitch
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	216	0.643 (336)	10		610	116	210	11	105	11	80	78	0.344	0.417	0.513		Did not pitch
Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	155	0.461 (336)	4		597	97	184	34	118	15	85	71	0.308	0.395	0.558		Did not pitch
Larry Parrish	Montreal Expos	128	0.381 (336)	0		544	83	167	30	82	5	41	101	0.307	0.357	0.551		Did not pitch
Ray Knight	Cincinnati Reds †	82	0.244 (336)	2		551	64	175	10	79	4	38	57	0.318	0.360	0.454		Did not pitch
Joe Niekro	Houston Astros	75.5	0.225 (336)	1		83	1	10	0	4	0	2	21	0.120	0.140	0.145		21 - 11	0	263.2	221	17	107	119	3.00
Bruce Sutter	Chicago Cubs	69	0.205 (336)	0		12	0	3	0	3	1	1	5	0.250	0.308	0.250		6 - 6	37	101.1	67	3	32	110	2.22
Kent Tekulve	Pittsburgh Pirates †	64	0.190 (336)	1		15	3	2	0	1	0	1	8	0.133	0.188	0.133		10 - 8	31	134.1	109	5	49	75	2.75
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds †	63	0.188 (336)	0		590	91	166	16	84	19	64	73	0.281	0.348	0.415		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates †	56	0.167 (336)	0		622	109	193	25	94	20	67	101	0.310	0.380	0.526		Did not pitch
Dave Kingman	Chicago Cubs	53	0.158 (336)	0		532	97	153	48	115	4	45	131	0.288	0.343	0.613		Did not pitch
George Foster	Cincinnati Reds †	34	0.101 (336)	0		440	68	133	30	98	0	59	105	0.302	0.386	0.561		Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	32	0.095 (336)	0		541	109	137	45	114	9	120	115	0.253	0.386	0.564		Did not pitch
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	30	0.089 (336)	0		648	92	204	28	110	3	37	59	0.315	0.351	0.497		Did not pitch
Omar Moreno	Pittsburgh Pirates †	23	0.068 (336)	0		695	110	196	8	69	77	51	104	0.282	0.333	0.381		Did not pitch
Pete Rose	Philadelphia Phillies	23	0.068 (336)	0		628	90	208	4	59	20	95	32	0.331	0.418	0.430		Did not pitch
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	15	0.045 (336)	1		505	74	143	22	75	3	40	62	0.283	0.338	0.485		Did not pitch
Bill Madlock	San Francisco Giants	14	0.042 (336)	1		249	37	65	7	41	11	18	19	0.261	0.309	0.398		Did not pitch
Bill Madlock	Pittsburgh Pirates †	14	0.042 (336)	1		311	48	102	7	44	21	34	22	0.328	0.390	0.469		Did not pitch
J.R. Richard	Houston Astros	12	0.036 (336)	0		95	6	12	2	6	0	1	24	0.126	0.134	0.221		18 - 13	0	292.1	220	13	98	313	2.71
Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	11.5	0.034 (336)	0		123	10	24	0	12	0	1	19	0.195	0.213	0.244		21 - 20	0	342.0	311	41	113	208	3.39
Joe Sambito	Houston Astros	9	0.027 (336)	0		7	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0.286	0.583	0.429		8 - 7	22	91.1	80	8	23	83	1.77
Tom Seaver	Cincinnati Reds †	9	0.027 (336)	0		76	3	12	2	8	0	1	29	0.158	0.169	0.276		16 - 6	0	215.0	187	16	61	131	3.14
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds †	7	0.021 (336)	0		464	73	128	22	80	4	67	73	0.276	0.364	0.459		Did not pitch
Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	6	0.018 (336)	0		639	90	176	25	92	35	27	115	0.275	0.309	0.468		Did not pitch
Garry Templeton	St. Louis Cardinals	5	0.015 (336)	0		672	105	211	9	62	26	18	91	0.314	0.331	0.458		Did not pitch
Gary Matthews	Atlanta Braves	4	0.012 (336)	0		631	97	192	27	90	18	60	75	0.304	0.363	0.502		Did not pitch
Dave Collins	Cincinnati Reds †	3	0.009 (336)	0		396	59	126	3	35	16	27	48	0.318	0.364	0.402		Did not pitch
Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	1	0.003 (336)	0		487	66	153	33	98	0	22	74	0.314	0.346	0.552		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1978

Most Valuable Player Award American 1979

Succeeded by 1980