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[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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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 |
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