1984 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1984 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs.
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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Ryne Sandberg | Chicago Cubs † | 326 | 0.970 (336) | 22 | 636 | 114 | 200 | 19 | 84 | 32 | 52 | 101 | 0.314 | 0.367 | 0.520 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Keith Hernandez | New York Mets | 195 | 0.580 (336) | 1 | 550 | 83 | 171 | 15 | 94 | 2 | 97 | 89 | 0.311 | 0.409 | 0.449 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Gwynn | San Diego Padres † | 184 | 0.548 (336) | 1 | 606 | 88 | 213 | 5 | 71 | 33 | 59 | 23 | 0.351 | 0.410 | 0.444 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rick Sutcliffe | Chicago Cubs † | 151 | 0.449 (336) | 0 | 56 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.250 | 0.276 | 0.304 | 16 - 1 | 0 | 150.1 | 123 | 9 | 39 | 155 | 2.69 | ||
Rick Sutcliffe | Cleveland Indians | 151 | 0.449 (336) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 4 - 5 | 0 | 94.1 | 111 | 7 | 46 | 58 | 5.15 | ||
Gary Matthews | Chicago Cubs † | 70 | 0.208 (336) | 0 | 491 | 101 | 143 | 14 | 82 | 17 | 103 | 97 | 0.291 | 0.410 | 0.428 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bruce Sutter | St. Louis Cardinals | 67 | 0.199 (336) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5 - 7 | 45 | 122.2 | 109 | 9 | 23 | 77 | 1.54 | ||
Mike Schmidt | Philadelphia Phillies | 55.5 | 0.165 (336) | 0 | 528 | 93 | 146 | 36 | 106 | 5 | 92 | 116 | 0.277 | 0.383 | 0.536 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jose Cruz | Houston Astros | 53 | 0.158 (336) | 0 | 600 | 96 | 187 | 12 | 95 | 22 | 73 | 68 | 0.312 | 0.381 | 0.462 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dale Murphy | Atlanta Braves | 52.5 | 0.156 (336) | 0 | 607 | 94 | 176 | 36 | 100 | 19 | 79 | 134 | 0.290 | 0.372 | 0.547 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jody Davis | Chicago Cubs † | 49 | 0.146 (336) | 0 | 523 | 55 | 134 | 19 | 94 | 5 | 47 | 99 | 0.256 | 0.315 | 0.421 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tim Raines | Montreal Expos | 41 | 0.122 (336) | 0 | 622 | 106 | 192 | 8 | 60 | 75 | 87 | 69 | 0.309 | 0.393 | 0.437 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Leon Durham | Chicago Cubs † | 38 | 0.113 (336) | 0 | 473 | 86 | 132 | 23 | 96 | 16 | 69 | 86 | 0.279 | 0.369 | 0.505 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Rich Gossage | San Diego Padres † | 34 | 0.101 (336) | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.182 | 0.217 | 0.182 | 10 - 6 | 25 | 102.1 | 75 | 6 | 36 | 84 | 2.90 | ||
Gary Carter | Montreal Expos | 32 | 0.095 (336) | 0 | 596 | 75 | 175 | 27 | 106 | 2 | 64 | 57 | 0.294 | 0.366 | 0.487 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Dwight Gooden | New York Mets | 28 | 0.083 (336) | 0 | 70 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0.200 | 0.205 | 0.200 | 17 - 9 | 0 | 218.0 | 161 | 7 | 73 | 276 | 2.60 | ||
Alan Wiggins | San Diego Padres † | 14 | 0.042 (336) | 0 | 596 | 106 | 154 | 3 | 34 | 70 | 75 | 57 | 0.258 | 0.342 | 0.329 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Dernier | Chicago Cubs † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 536 | 94 | 149 | 3 | 32 | 45 | 63 | 60 | 0.278 | 0.356 | 0.362 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ron Cey | Chicago Cubs † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 505 | 71 | 121 | 25 | 97 | 3 | 61 | 108 | 0.240 | 0.324 | 0.442 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Kevin McReynolds | San Diego Padres † | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 525 | 68 | 146 | 20 | 75 | 3 | 34 | 69 | 0.278 | 0.317 | 0.465 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Steve Garvey | San Diego Padres † | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 617 | 72 | 175 | 8 | 86 | 1 | 24 | 64 | 0.284 | 0.307 | 0.373 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Juan Samuel | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 701 | 105 | 191 | 15 | 69 | 72 | 28 | 168 | 0.272 | 0.307 | 0.442 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Bob Brenly | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 506 | 74 | 147 | 20 | 80 | 6 | 48 | 52 | 0.291 | 0.352 | 0.464 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jeffrey Leonard | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 0.003 (336) | 0 | 514 | 76 | 155 | 21 | 86 | 17 | 47 | 123 | 0.302 | 0.357 | 0.484 | Did not pitch |
Preceded by 1983 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1984 |
Succeeded by 1985 |
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