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[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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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 |
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