1981 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1981 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 †	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