1989 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 1989 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Kevin Mitchell of the San Francisco Giants.
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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Kevin Mitchell | San Francisco Giants † | 314 | 0.935 (336) | 20 | 543 | 100 | 158 | 47 | 125 | 3 | 87 | 115 | 0.291 | 0.388 | 0.635 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Will Clark | San Francisco Giants † | 225 | 0.670 (336) | 3 | 588 | 104 | 196 | 23 | 111 | 8 | 74 | 103 | 0.333 | 0.407 | 0.546 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Pedro Guerrero | St. Louis Cardinals | 190 | 0.565 (336) | 1 | 570 | 60 | 177 | 17 | 117 | 2 | 79 | 84 | 0.311 | 0.391 | 0.477 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Ryne Sandberg | Chicago Cubs † | 157 | 0.467 (336) | 0 | 606 | 104 | 176 | 30 | 76 | 15 | 59 | 85 | 0.290 | 0.356 | 0.497 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Howard Johnson | New York Mets | 153 | 0.455 (336) | 0 | 571 | 104 | 164 | 36 | 101 | 41 | 77 | 126 | 0.287 | 0.369 | 0.559 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mark Davis | San Diego Padres | 76 | 0.226 (336) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4 - 3 | 44 | 92.2 | 66 | 6 | 31 | 92 | 1.85 | ||
Glenn Davis | Houston Astros | 64 | 0.190 (336) | 0 | 581 | 87 | 156 | 34 | 89 | 4 | 69 | 123 | 0.269 | 0.350 | 0.492 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tony Gwynn | San Diego Padres | 57 | 0.170 (336) | 0 | 604 | 82 | 203 | 4 | 62 | 40 | 56 | 30 | 0.336 | 0.389 | 0.424 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Eric Davis | Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 0.131 (336) | 0 | 462 | 74 | 130 | 34 | 101 | 21 | 68 | 116 | 0.281 | 0.367 | 0.541 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mitch Williams | Chicago Cubs † | 41 | 0.122 (336) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.800 | 4 - 4 | 36 | 81.2 | 71 | 6 | 52 | 67 | 2.76 | ||
Lonnie Smith | Atlanta Braves | 34 | 0.101 (336) | 0 | 482 | 89 | 152 | 21 | 79 | 25 | 76 | 95 | 0.315 | 0.415 | 0.533 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jack Clark | San Diego Padres | 16 | 0.048 (336) | 0 | 455 | 76 | 110 | 26 | 94 | 6 | 132 | 145 | 0.242 | 0.410 | 0.459 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Jerome Walton | Chicago Cubs † | 14 | 0.042 (336) | 0 | 475 | 64 | 139 | 5 | 46 | 24 | 27 | 77 | 0.293 | 0.335 | 0.385 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mark Grace | Chicago Cubs † | 9 | 0.027 (336) | 0 | 510 | 74 | 160 | 13 | 79 | 14 | 80 | 42 | 0.314 | 0.405 | 0.457 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Mike Scott | Houston Astros | 6 | 0.018 (336) | 0 | 75 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0.133 | 0.154 | 0.173 | 20 - 10 | 0 | 229.0 | 180 | 23 | 62 | 172 | 3.10 | ||
Bobby Bonilla | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 0.015 (336) | 0 | 616 | 96 | 173 | 24 | 86 | 8 | 76 | 93 | 0.281 | 0.358 | 0.490 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Brett Butler | San Francisco Giants † | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 594 | 100 | 168 | 4 | 36 | 31 | 59 | 69 | 0.283 | 0.349 | 0.354 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Milt Thompson | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 545 | 60 | 158 | 4 | 68 | 27 | 39 | 91 | 0.290 | 0.340 | 0.393 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Tim Raines | Montreal Expos | 3 | 0.009 (336) | 0 | 517 | 76 | 148 | 9 | 60 | 41 | 93 | 48 | 0.286 | 0.395 | 0.418 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
Scott Garrelts | San Francisco Giants † | 2 | 0.006 (336) | 0 | 66 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0.136 | 0.174 | 0.197 | 14 - 5 | 0 | 193.1 | 149 | 11 | 46 | 119 | 2.28 |
Preceded by 1988 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 1989 |
Succeeded by 1990 |
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