1985 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1985 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Willie McGee of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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
Willie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	280	0.833 (336)	14		612	114	216	10	82	56	34	86	0.353	0.384	0.503		Did not pitch
Dave Parker	Cincinnati Reds	220	0.655 (336)	6		635	88	198	34	125	5	52	80	0.312	0.365	0.551		Did not pitch
Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers †	208	0.619 (336)	3		487	99	156	33	87	12	83	68	0.320	0.422	0.577		Did not pitch
Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	162	0.482 (336)	1		93	11	21	1	9	0	5	15	0.226	0.265	0.280		24 - 4	0	276.2	198	13	69	268	1.53
Tom Herr	St. Louis Cardinals	119	0.354 (336)	0		596	97	180	8	110	31	80	55	0.302	0.379	0.416		Did not pitch
Gary Carter	New York Mets	116	0.345 (336)	0		555	83	156	32	100	1	69	46	0.281	0.365	0.488		Did not pitch
Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	63	0.188 (336)	0		616	118	185	37	111	10	90	141	0.300	0.388	0.539		Did not pitch
John Tudor	St. Louis Cardinals	61	0.182 (336)	0		94	9	13	0	2	0	5	25	0.138	0.182	0.213		21 - 8	0	275.0	209	14	49	169	1.93
Keith Hernandez	New York Mets	61	0.182 (336)	0		593	87	183	10	91	3	77	59	0.309	0.384	0.430		Did not pitch
Jack Clark	St. Louis Cardinals	20	0.060 (336)	0		442	71	124	22	87	1	83	88	0.281	0.393	0.502		Did not pitch
Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals	16	0.048 (336)	0		636	107	170	1	40	110	50	115	0.267	0.320	0.335		Did not pitch
Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	15	0.045 (336)	0		575	115	184	11	41	70	81	60	0.320	0.405	0.475		Did not pitch
Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs	14	0.042 (336)	0		609	113	186	26	83	54	57	97	0.305	0.364	0.504		Did not pitch
Hubie Brooks	Montreal Expos	11	0.033 (336)	0		605	67	163	13	100	6	34	79	0.269	0.310	0.413		Did not pitch
Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers †	11	0.033 (336)	0		518	72	152	28	95	3	37	137	0.293	0.342	0.515		Did not pitch
Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers †	9	0.027 (336)	0		76	5	15	0	4	1	4	20	0.197	0.247	0.211		19 - 3	0	239.2	179	8	68	157	2.03
Keith Moreland	Chicago Cubs	8	0.024 (336)	0		587	74	180	14	106	12	68	58	0.307	0.374	0.440		Did not pitch
Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	5	0.015 (336)	0		537	70	148	6	54	31	65	27	0.276	0.355	0.361		Did not pitch
Mike Scioscia	Los Angeles Dodgers †	5	0.015 (336)	0		429	47	127	7	53	3	77	21	0.296	0.407	0.420		Did not pitch
Jeff Reardon	Montreal Expos	4	0.012 (336)	0		7	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0.286	0.286	0.286		2 - 8	41	87.2	68	7	26	67	3.18
Jose Cruz	Houston Astros	2	0.006 (336)	0		544	69	163	9	79	16	43	74	0.300	0.349	0.426		Did not pitch
Bill Doran	Houston Astros	2	0.006 (336)	0		578	84	166	14	59	23	71	69	0.287	0.362	0.434		Did not pitch
Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (336)	0		97	7	21	1	7	0	0	9	0.216	0.214	0.268		17 - 10	0	272.1	211	14	101	208	2.45
Mariano Duncan	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (336)	0		562	74	137	6	39	38	38	113	0.244	0.293	0.340		Did not pitch
Glenn Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies	1	0.003 (336)	0		608	73	167	14	102	7	35	117	0.275	0.311	0.424		Did not pitch
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	1	0.003 (336)	0		622	90	197	6	46	14	45	33	0.317	0.364	0.408		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1984

Most Valuable Player Award American 1985

Succeeded by 1986