1983 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1983 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	318	0.946 (336)	21		589	131	178	36	121	30	90	110	0.302	0.393	0.540		Did not pitch
Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	213	0.634 (336)	1		633	104	189	32	113	25	38	81	0.299	0.338	0.539		Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies †	191	0.568 (336)	1		534	104	136	40	109	7	128	148	0.255	0.399	0.524		Did not pitch
Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers †	182	0.542 (336)	1		584	87	174	32	103	23	72	110	0.298	0.373	0.531		Did not pitch
Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	83	0.247 (336)	0		615	133	183	11	71	90	97	70	0.298	0.393	0.429		Did not pitch
Jose Cruz	Houston Astros	76	0.226 (336)	0		594	85	189	14	92	30	65	86	0.318	0.385	0.463		Did not pitch
Dickie Thon	Houston Astros	67	0.199 (336)	0		619	81	177	20	79	34	54	73	0.286	0.341	0.457		Did not pitch
Bill Madlock	Pittsburgh Pirates	45	0.134 (336)	0		473	68	153	12	68	3	49	24	0.323	0.386	0.444		Did not pitch
Al Holland	Philadelphia Phillies †	42	0.125 (336)	0		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000		8 - 4	25	91.2	63	8	30	100	2.26
Terry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	37	0.110 (336)	0		549	47	156	17	98	1	51	89	0.284	0.342	0.434		Did not pitch
George Hendrick	St. Louis Cardinals †	33	0.098 (336)	0		529	73	168	18	97	3	51	76	0.318	0.373	0.493		Did not pitch
Tony Pena	Pittsburgh Pirates	25	0.074 (336)	0		542	51	163	15	70	6	31	73	0.301	0.338	0.435		Did not pitch
John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies †	24	0.071 (336)	0		77	7	13	0	2	2	2	16	0.169	0.190	0.182		19 - 6	0	242.2	229	9	53	139	2.37
Mario Soto	Cincinnati Reds	16	0.048 (336)	0		88	6	11	0	2	0	1	26	0.125	0.135	0.159		17 - 13	0	273.2	207	28	95	242	2.70
Darrell Evans	San Francisco Giants	16	0.048 (336)	0		523	94	145	30	82	6	84	81	0.277	0.378	0.516		Did not pitch
Rafael Ramirez	Atlanta Braves	15	0.045 (336)	0		622	82	185	7	58	16	36	48	0.297	0.337	0.368		Did not pitch
Jesse Orosco	New York Mets	14	0.042 (336)	0		12	0	4	0	2	0	1	3	0.333	0.357	0.333		13 - 7	17	110.0	76	3	38	84	1.47
Lee Smith	Chicago Cubs	8.5	0.025 (336)	0		9	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0.111	0.200	0.111		4 - 10	29	103.1	70	5	41	91	1.65
Al Oliver	Montreal Expos	3	0.009 (336)	0		614	70	184	8	84	1	44	44	0.300	0.347	0.410		Did not pitch
Jeffrey Leonard	San Francisco Giants	2	0.006 (336)	0		516	74	144	21	87	26	35	116	0.279	0.323	0.461		Did not pitch
Lonnie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals †	1.5	0.004 (336)	0		492	83	158	8	45	43	41	55	0.321	0.381	0.453		Did not pitch
Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals †	1	0.003 (336)	0		552	69	134	3	50	34	64	36	0.243	0.321	0.335		Did not pitch
Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals †	1	0.003 (336)	0		218	34	62	3	26	1	24	30	0.284	0.352	0.431		Did not pitch
Jody Davis	Chicago Cubs	1	0.003 (336)	0		510	56	138	24	84	0	33	93	0.271	0.315	0.480		Did not pitch
Keith Hernandez	New York Mets	1	0.003 (336)	0		320	43	98	9	37	8	64	42	0.306	0.424	0.434		Did not pitch
Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	1	0.003 (336)	0		386	75	117	20	68	4	50	63	0.303	0.383	0.528		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1982

Most Valuable Player Award American 1983

Succeeded by 1984