1980 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1980 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies †^	336	1.000 (336)	24		548	104	157	48	121	12	89	119	0.286	0.380	0.624		Did not pitch
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	193	0.574 (336)	0		549	76	145	29	101	3	58	78	0.264	0.331	0.486		Did not pitch
Jose Cruz	Houston Astros †	166	0.494 (336)	0		612	79	185	11	91	36	60	66	0.302	0.360	0.426		Did not pitch
Dusty Baker	Los Angeles Dodgers	138	0.411 (336)	0		579	80	170	29	97	12	43	66	0.294	0.339	0.503		Did not pitch
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies †	134	0.399 (336)	0		101	7	19	0	6	0	1	21	0.188	0.190	0.198		24 - 9	0	304.0	243	15	90	286	2.34
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	131	0.390 (336)	0		658	78	200	26	106	6	36	67	0.304	0.341	0.467		Did not pitch
Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	72	0.214 (336)	0		577	96	178	17	87	34	44	69	0.308	0.358	0.492		Did not pitch
George Hendrick	St. Louis Cardinals	50	0.149 (336)	0		572	73	173	25	109	6	32	67	0.302	0.342	0.498		Did not pitch
Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	42	0.125 (336)	0		463	81	124	35	89	3	27	50	0.268	0.307	0.529		Did not pitch
Bake McBride	Philadelphia Phillies †	32	0.095 (336)	0		554	68	171	9	87	13	26	58	0.309	0.342	0.453		Did not pitch
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	29	0.086 (336)	0		595	111	191	16	99	14	86	73	0.321	0.408	0.494		Did not pitch
Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	23	0.068 (336)	0		569	98	160	33	89	9	59	133	0.281	0.349	0.510		Did not pitch
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros †	14	0.042 (336)	0		499	71	154	10	73	48	66	72	0.309	0.389	0.465		Did not pitch
Jim Bibby	Pittsburgh Pirates	11	0.033 (336)	0		77	6	12	1	7	0	6	32	0.156	0.224	0.234		19 - 6	0	238.1	210	20	88	144	3.32
Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	11	0.033 (336)	0		578	69	187	10	68	1	30	18	0.324	0.353	0.457		Did not pitch
Tug McGraw	Philadelphia Phillies †	10	0.030 (336)	0		8	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0.250	0.250	0.250		5 - 4	20	92.1	62	3	23	75	1.46
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	7	0.021 (336)	0		360	52	90	24	68	4	41	64	0.250	0.327	0.483		Did not pitch
Jack Clark	San Francisco Giants	6	0.018 (336)	0		437	77	124	22	82	2	74	52	0.284	0.382	0.517		Did not pitch
Joe Niekro	Houston Astros †	3	0.009 (336)	0		80	7	22	0	10	0	4	15	0.275	0.310	0.338		20 - 12	0	256.0	268	12	79	127	3.55
Jerry Reuss	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	0.006 (336)	0		68	4	6	1	3	0	6	25	0.088	0.162	0.147		18 - 6	3	229.1	193	12	40	111	2.51
Mike Easler	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0.006 (336)	0		393	66	133	21	74	5	43	65	0.338	0.396	0.583		Did not pitch
Rodney Scott	Montreal Expos	1	0.003 (336)	0		567	84	127	0	46	63	70	75	0.224	0.307	0.293		Did not pitch
Ron LeFlore	Montreal Expos	1	0.003 (336)	0		521	95	134	4	39	97	62	99	0.257	0.337	0.363		Did not pitch
Gene Richards	San Diego Padres	1	0.003 (336)	0		642	91	193	4	41	61	61	73	0.301	0.363	0.385		Did not pitch
Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds	1	0.003 (336)	0		544	89	160	13	85	23	62	77	0.294	0.364	0.454		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1979

Most Valuable Player Award American 1980

Succeeded by 1981