1988 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1988 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Kirk Gibson of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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
Kirk Gibson	Los Angeles Dodgers †	272	0.810 (336)	13		542	106	157	25	76	31	73	120	0.290	0.377	0.483		Did not pitch
Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets †	236	0.702 (336)	7		543	101	146	39	101	29	85	127	0.269	0.366	0.545		Did not pitch
Kevin McReynolds	New York Mets †	162	0.482 (336)	4		552	82	159	27	99	21	38	56	0.288	0.336	0.496		Did not pitch
Andy Van Slyke	Pittsburgh Pirates	160	0.476 (336)	0		587	101	169	25	100	30	57	126	0.288	0.345	0.506		Did not pitch
Will Clark	San Francisco Giants	135	0.402 (336)	0		575	102	162	29	109	9	100	129	0.282	0.386	0.508		Did not pitch
Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers †	111	0.330 (336)	0		85	1	11	0	6	0	1	18	0.129	0.140	0.176		23 - 8	1	267.0	208	18	73	178	2.26
Andres Galarraga	Montreal Expos	105	0.313 (336)	0		609	99	184	29	92	13	39	153	0.302	0.352	0.540		Did not pitch
Glenn Davis	Houston Astros	72	0.214 (336)	0		561	78	152	30	99	4	53	77	0.271	0.341	0.478		Did not pitch
Danny Jackson	Cincinnati Reds	41	0.122 (336)	0		90	11	13	0	6	0	2	46	0.144	0.161	0.178		23 - 8	0	260.2	206	13	71	161	2.73
David Cone	New York Mets †	37	0.110 (336)	0		80	2	12	0	2	0	3	14	0.150	0.181	0.188		20 - 3	0	231.1	178	10	80	213	2.22
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	29	0.086 (336)	0		521	64	163	7	70	26	51	40	0.313	0.373	0.415		Did not pitch
John Franco	Cincinnati Reds	23	0.068 (336)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		6 - 6	39	86.0	60	3	27	46	1.57
Eric Davis	Cincinnati Reds	14	0.042 (336)	0		472	81	129	26	93	35	65	124	0.273	0.363	0.489		Did not pitch
Bobby Bonilla	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	0.021 (336)	0		584	87	160	24	100	3	85	82	0.274	0.366	0.476		Did not pitch
Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	6	0.018 (336)	0		591	78	179	24	79	12	37	73	0.303	0.344	0.504		Did not pitch
Randy Myers	New York Mets †	3	0.009 (336)	0		4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0.250	0.250	0.500		7 - 3	26	68.0	45	5	17	69	1.72
Brett Butler	San Francisco Giants	2	0.006 (336)	0		568	109	163	6	43	43	97	64	0.287	0.393	0.398		Did not pitch
Steve Sax	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (336)	0		632	70	175	5	57	42	45	51	0.277	0.325	0.343		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1987

Most Valuable Player Award American 1988

Succeeded by 1989