1996 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The unanimous winner of the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ken Caminiti of the San Diego Padres.

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
Ken Caminiti	San Diego Padres †^	392	1.000 (392)	28		546	109	178	40	130	11	78	99	0.326	0.408	0.621		Did not pitch
Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers †	237	0.605 (392)	0		547	87	184	36	105	0	81	93	0.336	0.422	0.563		Did not pitch
Ellis Burks	Colorado Rockies	186	0.474 (392)	0		613	142	211	40	128	32	61	114	0.344	0.408	0.639		Did not pitch
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves †	158	0.403 (392)	0		598	114	185	30	110	14	87	88	0.309	0.393	0.530		Did not pitch
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	132	0.337 (392)	0		517	122	159	42	129	40	151	76	0.308	0.461	0.615		Did not pitch
Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	112	0.286 (392)	0		626	119	190	47	150	18	40	157	0.304	0.357	0.601		Did not pitch
Gary Sheffield	Florida Marlins	112	0.286 (392)	0		519	118	163	42	120	16	142	66	0.314	0.465	0.624		Did not pitch
Brian Jordan	St. Louis Cardinals	69	0.176 (392)	0		513	82	159	17	104	22	29	84	0.310	0.349	0.483		Did not pitch
Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	59	0.151 (392)	0		568	111	179	31	120	21	135	114	0.315	0.451	0.570		Did not pitch
Steve Finley	San Diego Padres †	38	0.097 (392)	0		655	126	195	30	95	22	56	87	0.298	0.354	0.531		Did not pitch
John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves †	33	0.084 (392)	0		78	3	17	1	12	0	3	26	0.218	0.253	0.295		24 - 8	0	253.2	199	19	55	276	2.94
Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	29	0.074 (392)	0		517	117	154	33	89	36	96	52	0.298	0.410	0.567		Did not pitch
Marquis Grissom	Atlanta Braves †	23	0.059 (392)	0		671	106	207	23	74	28	41	73	0.308	0.349	0.489		Did not pitch
Bernard Gilkey	New York Mets	13	0.033 (392)	0		571	108	181	30	117	17	73	125	0.317	0.393	0.562		Did not pitch
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	12	0.031 (392)	0		498	84	136	40	100	18	34	134	0.273	0.323	0.564		Did not pitch
Eric Karros	Los Angeles Dodgers †	10	0.026 (392)	0		608	84	158	34	111	8	53	121	0.260	0.316	0.479		Did not pitch
Henry Rodriguez	Montreal Expos	9	0.023 (392)	0		532	81	147	36	103	2	37	160	0.276	0.325	0.562		Did not pitch
Lance Johnson	New York Mets	7	0.018 (392)	0		682	117	227	9	69	50	33	40	0.333	0.362	0.479		Did not pitch
Todd Hundley	New York Mets	7	0.018 (392)	0		540	85	140	41	112	1	79	146	0.259	0.356	0.550		Did not pitch
Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	6	0.015 (392)	0		633	114	198	31	141	31	45	105	0.313	0.359	0.531		Did not pitch
Todd Worrell	Los Angeles Dodgers †	3	0.008 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 6	44	65.1	70	5	15	66	3.03
Kevin Brown	Florida Marlins	2	0.005 (392)	0		75	1	9	0	3	0	6	28	0.120	0.185	0.133		17 - 11	0	233.0	187	8	33	159	1.89
Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres †	2	0.005 (392)	0		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000		9 - 5	42	88.0	50	6	31	111	2.25
Moises Alou	Montreal Expos	1	0.003 (392)	0		540	87	152	21	96	9	49	83	0.281	0.339	0.457		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1995

Most Valuable Player Award American 1996

Succeeded by 1997