1997 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1997 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Larry Walker of the Colorado Rockies.

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
Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	359	0.916 (392)	22		568	143	208	49	130	33	78	90	0.366	0.452	0.720		Did not pitch
Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	263	0.671 (392)	3		556	104	201	40	124	5	69	77	0.362	0.431	0.638		Did not pitch
Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros †	233	0.594 (392)	3		566	109	162	43	135	31	127	122	0.286	0.425	0.592		Did not pitch
Craig Biggio	Houston Astros †	157	0.401 (392)	0		619	146	191	22	81	47	84	107	0.309	0.415	0.501		Did not pitch
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants †	123	0.314 (392)	0		532	123	155	40	101	37	145	87	0.291	0.446	0.585		Did not pitch
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	113	0.288 (392)	0		592	97	220	17	119	12	43	28	0.372	0.409	0.547		Did not pitch
Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	85	0.217 (392)	0		600	120	191	41	140	15	54	141	0.318	0.389	0.585		Did not pitch
Jeff Kent	San Francisco Giants †	80	0.204 (392)	0		580	90	145	29	121	11	48	133	0.250	0.316	0.472		Did not pitch
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves †	70	0.179 (392)	0		597	100	176	21	111	20	76	88	0.295	0.371	0.479		Did not pitch
Moises Alou	Florida Marlins †	60	0.153 (392)	0		538	88	157	23	115	9	70	85	0.292	0.373	0.493		Did not pitch
Charles Johnson	Florida Marlins †	22	0.056 (392)	0		416	43	104	19	63	0	60	109	0.250	0.347	0.454		Did not pitch
Greg Maddux	Atlanta Braves †	16	0.041 (392)	0		67	3	7	0	4	1	5	21	0.104	0.167	0.134		19 - 4	0	232.2	200	9	20	177	2.20
Edgardo Alfonzo	New York Mets	10	0.026 (392)	0		518	84	163	10	72	11	63	56	0.315	0.391	0.432		Did not pitch
Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	9	0.023 (392)	0		81	4	14	0	1	1	1	32	0.173	0.181	0.185		17 - 11	0	254.1	208	25	58	319	2.97
Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers	8	0.020 (392)	0		616	95	191	30	87	32	44	105	0.310	0.360	0.541		Did not pitch
Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	6	0.015 (392)	0		69	5	8	0	0	0	3	28	0.116	0.153	0.174		17 - 8	0	241.1	158	16	67	305	1.90
Ray Lankford	St. Louis Cardinals †	6	0.015 (392)	0		465	94	137	31	98	21	95	125	0.295	0.411	0.585		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	6	0.015 (392)	0		366	48	104	34	81	1	58	98	0.284	0.383	0.628		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals †	6	0.015 (392)	0		174	38	44	24	42	2	43	61	0.253	0.411	0.684		Did not pitch
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	5	0.013 (392)	0		642	90	161	36	119	22	45	174	0.251	0.300	0.480		Did not pitch
Kevin Young	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	0.013 (392)	0		333	59	100	18	74	11	16	89	0.300	0.332	0.535		Did not pitch
Jeff Blauser	Atlanta Braves †	4	0.010 (392)	0		519	90	160	17	70	5	70	101	0.308	0.405	0.482		Did not pitch
Darryl Kile	Houston Astros †	3	0.008 (392)	0		89	4	11	0	7	0	3	38	0.124	0.179	0.157		19 - 7	0	255.2	208	19	94	205	2.57
Vinny Castilla	Colorado Rockies	3	0.008 (392)	0		612	94	186	40	113	2	44	108	0.304	0.356	0.547		Did not pitch
Rod Beck	San Francisco Giants †	2	0.005 (392)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		7 - 4	37	70.0	67	7	8	53	3.47
Tony Womack	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0.005 (392)	0		641	85	178	6	50	60	43	109	0.278	0.326	0.374		Did not pitch
Kenny Lofton	Atlanta Braves †	1	0.003 (392)	0		493	90	164	5	48	27	64	83	0.333	0.409	0.428		Did not pitch
J.T. Snow	San Francisco Giants †	1	0.003 (392)	0		531	81	149	28	104	6	96	124	0.281	0.387	0.510		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1996

Most Valuable Player Award American 1997

Succeeded by 1998