1987 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1987 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs.

The award was rather controversial, especially in retrospect, as while Dawson put up some impressive counting stats, he played for a last-place team and more advanced stats, such as OBP and WAR, were not particularly kind to him. Players like Tony Gwynn, Eric Davis or Tim Raines, who finished well down the ballot, would have been much better candidates.

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
Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	269	0.801 (336)	11		621	90	178	49	137	11	32	103	0.287	0.328	0.568		Did not pitch
Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals †	193	0.574 (336)	9		600	104	182	0	75	43	89	36	0.303	0.392	0.383		Did not pitch
Jack Clark	St. Louis Cardinals †	186	0.554 (336)	3		419	93	120	35	106	1	136	139	0.286	0.459	0.597		Did not pitch
Tim Wallach	Montreal Expos	165	0.491 (336)	1		593	89	177	26	123	9	37	98	0.298	0.343	0.514		0 - 0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Will Clark	San Francisco Giants †	128	0.381 (336)	0		529	89	163	35	91	5	49	98	0.308	0.371	0.580		Did not pitch
Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	95	0.283 (336)	0		532	108	151	39	104	36	97	122	0.284	0.398	0.583		Did not pitch
Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	80	0.238 (336)	0		530	123	175	18	68	50	90	52	0.330	0.429	0.526		Did not pitch
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	75	0.223 (336)	0		589	119	218	7	54	56	82	35	0.370	0.447	0.511		Did not pitch
Eric Davis	Cincinnati Reds	73	0.217 (336)	0		474	120	139	37	100	50	84	134	0.293	0.399	0.593		Did not pitch
Howard Johnson	New York Mets	42	0.125 (336)	0		554	93	147	36	99	32	83	113	0.265	0.364	0.504		Did not pitch
Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	34	0.101 (336)	0		566	115	167	44	105	16	115	136	0.295	0.417	0.580		Did not pitch
Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals †	20	0.060 (336)	0		623	121	180	3	43	109	70	126	0.289	0.363	0.358		Did not pitch
Juan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	19	0.057 (336)	0		655	113	178	28	100	35	60	162	0.272	0.335	0.502		Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	13	0.039 (336)	0		522	88	153	35	113	2	83	80	0.293	0.388	0.548		Did not pitch
Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	0.036 (336)	0		545	89	184	27	89	9	74	85	0.338	0.416	0.539		Did not pitch
Steve Bedrosian	Philadelphia Phillies	6	0.018 (336)	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000		5 - 3	40	89.0	79	11	28	74	2.83
Milt Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	4	0.012 (336)	0		527	86	159	7	43	46	42	87	0.302	0.351	0.425		Did not pitch
Terry Pendleton	St. Louis Cardinals †	1	0.003 (336)	0		583	82	167	12	96	19	70	74	0.286	0.360	0.412		Did not pitch
Bill Doran	Houston Astros	1	0.003 (336)	0		625	82	177	16	79	31	82	64	0.283	0.365	0.406		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1986

Most Valuable Player Award American 1987

Succeeded by 1988

Further Reading

• Mark Feinsand: "After do-over, this legend gets MVP that eluded him: In our 1987 NL MVP re-vote, Gwynn takes the top spot", mlb.com, May 18, 2020. [1]