1982 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1982 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves.

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
Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves †	283	0.842 (336)	14		598	113	168	36	109	23	93	134	0.281	0.378	0.507		Did not pitch
Lonnie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	218	0.649 (336)	8		592	120	182	8	69	68	64	74	0.307	0.381	0.434		Did not pitch
Al Oliver	Montreal Expos	175	0.521 (336)	0		617	90	204	22	109	5	61	59	0.331	0.392	0.514		Did not pitch
Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	175	0.521 (336)	0		575	87	175	32	100	22	65	89	0.304	0.378	0.536		Did not pitch
Bruce Sutter	St. Louis Cardinals	134	0.399 (336)	2		8	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.125	0.111	0.125		9 - 8	36	102.1	88	8	34	61	2.90
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	54	0.161 (336)	0		514	108	144	35	87	14	107	131	0.280	0.403	0.547		Did not pitch
Jack Clark	San Francisco Giants	53	0.158 (336)	0		563	90	154	27	103	6	90	91	0.274	0.372	0.481		Did not pitch
Greg Minton	San Francisco Giants	44	0.131 (336)	0		17	2	3	0	1	0	0	7	0.176	0.167	0.235		10 - 4	30	123.0	108	5	42	58	1.83
Steve Carlton	Philadelphia Phillies	41	0.122 (336)	0		101	8	22	2	8	0	0	13	0.218	0.218	0.317		23 - 11	0	295.2	253	17	86	286	3.10
Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	38	0.113 (336)	0		657	93	201	15	105	15	36	26	0.306	0.342	0.441		Did not pitch
Bill Madlock	Pittsburgh Pirates	37	0.110 (336)	0		568	92	181	19	95	18	48	39	0.319	0.368	0.488		Did not pitch
Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	35	0.104 (336)	0		557	91	163	29	97	2	78	64	0.293	0.381	0.510		Did not pitch
Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	25	0.074 (336)	0		488	58	121	2	43	25	68	32	0.248	0.339	0.314		Did not pitch
George Hendrick	St. Louis Cardinals	20	0.060 (336)	0		515	65	145	19	104	3	37	80	0.282	0.323	0.450		Did not pitch
Terry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	20	0.060 (336)	0		562	75	166	21	97	1	26	91	0.295	0.328	0.486		Did not pitch
Joe Morgan	San Francisco Giants	17	0.051 (336)	0		463	68	134	14	61	24	85	60	0.289	0.400	0.438		Did not pitch
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	12	0.036 (336)	0		579	79	173	7	94	19	100	67	0.299	0.397	0.413		Did not pitch
Jason Thompson	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	0.036 (336)	0		550	87	156	31	101	1	101	107	0.284	0.391	0.511		Did not pitch
Gene Garber	Atlanta Braves †	6	0.018 (336)	0		15	1	2	0	0	0	2	6	0.133	0.235	0.133		8 - 10	30	119.1	100	4	32	68	2.34
Joaquin Andujar	St. Louis Cardinals	6	0.018 (336)	0		95	3	15	0	4	1	0	44	0.158	0.158	0.189		15 - 10	0	265.2	237	11	50	137	2.47
Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	0.009 (336)	0		95	6	16	1	9	0	3	16	0.168	0.190	0.200		19 - 13	0	285.0	247	13	83	199	2.87
Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	3	0.009 (336)	0		608	107	183	23	83	39	34	96	0.301	0.343	0.498		Did not pitch
Chris Chambliss	Atlanta Braves †	2	0.006 (336)	0		534	57	144	20	86	7	57	57	0.270	0.337	0.436		Did not pitch
Gary Matthews	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.006 (336)	0		616	89	173	19	83	21	66	87	0.281	0.349	0.427		Did not pitch
Ray Knight	Houston Astros	1	0.003 (336)	0		609	72	179	6	70	2	48	58	0.294	0.344	0.402		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1981

Most Valuable Player Award American 1982

Succeeded by 1983