1981 National League Most Valuable Player Award
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The winner of the 1981 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Award Voting[edit]
- † 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 | ||
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Mike Schmidt | Philadelphia Phillies † | 321 | 0.955 (336) | 21 | 354 | 78 | 112 | 31 | 91 | 12 | 73 | 71 | 0.316 | 0.435 | 0.644 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Andre Dawson | Montreal Expos † | 215 | 0.640 (336) | 2 | 394 | 71 | 119 | 24 | 64 | 26 | 35 | 50 | 0.302 | 0.365 | 0.553 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
George Foster | Cincinnati Reds | 146 | 0.435 (336) | 0 | 414 | 64 | 122 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 51 | 75 | 0.295 | 0.373 | 0.519 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dave Concepcion | Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 0.321 (336) | 0 | 421 | 57 | 129 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 37 | 61 | 0.306 | 0.358 | 0.409 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Fernando Valenzuela | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 90 | 0.268 (336) | 1 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.250 | 0.262 | 0.281 | 13 - 7 | 0 | 192.1 | 140 | 11 | 61 | 180 | 2.48 | ||
Gary Carter | Montreal Expos † | 77 | 0.229 (336) | 0 | 374 | 48 | 94 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 0.251 | 0.313 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dusty Baker | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 65 | 0.193 (336) | 0 | 400 | 48 | 128 | 9 | 49 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 0.320 | 0.363 | 0.445 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bruce Sutter | St. Louis Cardinals | 59 | 0.176 (336) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 3 - 5 | 25 | 82.1 | 64 | 5 | 24 | 57 | 2.62 | ||
Steve Carlton | Philadelphia Phillies † | 41 | 0.122 (336) | 0 | 67 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0.134 | 0.159 | 0.224 | 13 - 4 | 0 | 190.0 | 152 | 9 | 62 | 179 | 2.42 | ||
Tom Seaver | Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 0.104 (336) | 0 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0.200 | 0.297 | 0.273 | 14 - 2 | 0 | 166.1 | 120 | 10 | 66 | 87 | 2.54 | ||
Pete Rose | Philadelphia Phillies † | 35 | 0.104 (336) | 0 | 431 | 73 | 140 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 0.325 | 0.391 | 0.390 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bill Buckner | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 0.104 (336) | 0 | 421 | 45 | 131 | 10 | 75 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 0.311 | 0.349 | 0.480 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Gary Matthews | Philadelphia Phillies † | 31 | 0.092 (336) | 0 | 359 | 62 | 108 | 9 | 67 | 15 | 59 | 42 | 0.301 | 0.398 | 0.451 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jose Cruz | Houston Astros † | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 409 | 53 | 109 | 13 | 55 | 5 | 35 | 49 | 0.267 | 0.319 | 0.425 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
George Hendrick | St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 0.074 (336) | 0 | 394 | 67 | 112 | 18 | 61 | 4 | 41 | 44 | 0.284 | 0.356 | 0.485 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Nolan Ryan | Houston Astros † | 23 | 0.068 (336) | 0 | 51 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0.216 | 0.286 | 0.235 | 11 - 5 | 0 | 149.0 | 99 | 2 | 68 | 140 | 1.69 | ||
Bill Madlock | Pittsburgh Pirates | 20 | 0.060 (336) | 0 | 279 | 35 | 95 | 6 | 45 | 18 | 34 | 17 | 0.341 | 0.413 | 0.495 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Art Howe | Houston Astros † | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 361 | 43 | 107 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 41 | 23 | 0.296 | 0.365 | 0.404 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tim Raines | Montreal Expos † | 15 | 0.045 (336) | 0 | 313 | 61 | 95 | 5 | 37 | 71 | 45 | 31 | 0.304 | 0.391 | 0.438 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rick Camp | Atlanta Braves | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9 - 3 | 17 | 76.0 | 68 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 1.78 | ||
Keith Hernandez | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 376 | 65 | 115 | 8 | 48 | 12 | 61 | 45 | 0.306 | 0.401 | 0.463 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tom Herr | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 0.021 (336) | 0 | 411 | 50 | 110 | 0 | 46 | 23 | 39 | 30 | 0.268 | 0.329 | 0.345 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Greg Minton | San Francisco Giants | 4 | 0.012 (336) | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4 - 5 | 21 | 84.1 | 84 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 2.88 | ||
Warren Cromartie | Montreal Expos † | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 358 | 41 | 109 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 39 | 27 | 0.304 | 0.370 | 0.419 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Steve Garvey | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 431 | 63 | 122 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 25 | 49 | 0.283 | 0.322 | 0.411 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Milt May | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 316 | 20 | 98 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 29 | 0.310 | 0.376 | 0.383 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1980 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1981 |
Succeeded by 1982 |
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