1998 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1998 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs.

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
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs †	438	0.978 (448)	30		643	134	198	66	158	18	73	171	0.308	0.377	0.647		Did not pitch
Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	272	0.607 (448)	2		509	130	152	70	147	1	162	155	0.299	0.470	0.752		Did not pitch
Moises Alou	Houston Astros †	215	0.480 (448)	0		584	104	182	38	124	11	84	87	0.312	0.399	0.582		Did not pitch
Greg Vaughn	San Diego Padres †	185	0.413 (448)	0		573	112	156	50	119	11	79	121	0.272	0.363	0.597		Did not pitch
Craig Biggio	Houston Astros †	163	0.364 (448)	0		646	123	210	20	88	50	64	113	0.325	0.403	0.503		Did not pitch
Andres Galarraga	Atlanta Braves †	147	0.328 (448)	0		555	103	169	44	121	7	63	146	0.305	0.397	0.595		Did not pitch
Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres †	117	0.261 (448)	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000		4 - 2	53	73.0	41	2	21	86	1.48
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	66	0.147 (448)	0		552	120	167	37	122	28	130	92	0.303	0.438	0.609		Did not pitch
Jeff Kent	San Francisco Giants	56	0.125 (448)	0		526	94	156	31	128	9	48	110	0.297	0.359	0.555		Did not pitch
Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves †	56	0.125 (448)	0		601	123	188	34	107	16	96	93	0.313	0.404	0.547		Did not pitch
Vinny Castilla	Colorado Rockies	49	0.109 (448)	0		645	108	206	46	144	5	40	89	0.319	0.362	0.589		Did not pitch
John Olerud	New York Mets	38	0.085 (448)	0		557	91	197	22	93	2	96	73	0.354	0.447	0.551		Did not pitch
Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal Expos	25	0.056 (448)	0		623	108	202	38	109	11	42	95	0.324	0.371	0.589		Did not pitch
Mike Piazza	Florida Marlins	15	0.033 (448)	0		18	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.278	0.263	0.389		Did not pitch
Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	0.033 (448)	0		149	20	42	9	30	0	11	27	0.282	0.329	0.497		Did not pitch
Mike Piazza	New York Mets	15	0.033 (448)	0		394	67	137	23	76	1	47	53	0.348	0.417	0.607		Did not pitch
Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres †	11	0.025 (448)	0		461	65	148	16	69	3	35	18	0.321	0.364	0.501		Did not pitch
Kevin Brown	San Diego Padres †	8	0.018 (448)	0		82	4	17	0	10	0	4	29	0.207	0.244	0.244		18 - 7	0	257.0	225	8	49	257	2.38
Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	7	0.016 (448)	0		454	113	165	23	67	14	64	61	0.363	0.445	0.630		Did not pitch
Rod Beck	Chicago Cubs †	5	0.011 (448)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		3 - 4	51	80.1	86	11	20	81	3.02
Jeromy Burnitz	Milwaukee Brewers	4	0.009 (448)	0		609	92	160	38	125	7	70	158	0.263	0.339	0.499		Did not pitch
Scott Rolen	Philadelphia Phillies	3	0.007 (448)	0		601	120	174	31	110	14	93	141	0.290	0.391	0.532		Did not pitch
Randy Johnson	Houston Astros †	2	0.004 (448)	0		32	1	2	0	2	0	0	17	0.063	0.063	0.094		10 - 1	0	84.1	57	4	26	116	1.28
Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves †	2	0.004 (448)	0		71	3	17	0	7	0	1	15	0.239	0.250	0.282		20 - 6	0	229.1	202	13	74	157	2.47
Randy Johnson	Seattle Mariners	2	0.004 (448)	0		7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.143	0.143	0.143		9 - 10	0	160.0	146	19	60	213	4.33
Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	2	0.004 (448)	0		662	97	219	22	122	14	28	76	0.331	0.357	0.509		Did not pitch
Mickey Morandini	Chicago Cubs †	1	0.002 (448)	0		582	93	172	8	53	13	72	84	0.296	0.380	0.385		Did not pitch
Javy Lopez	Atlanta Braves †	1	0.002 (448)	0		489	73	139	34	106	5	30	85	0.284	0.328	0.540		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1997

Most Valuable Player Award American 1998

Succeeded by 1999