2005 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2005 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals †	378	0.844 (448)	18		591	129	195	41	117	16	97	65	0.330	0.430	0.609		Did not pitch
Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves †	351	0.783 (448)	13		586	95	154	51	128	5	64	112	0.263	0.347	0.575		Did not pitch
Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	263	0.587 (448)	1		594	120	199	46	107	15	85	109	0.335	0.418	0.662		Did not pitch
Morgan Ensberg	Houston Astros †	160	0.357 (448)	0		526	86	149	36	101	6	85	119	0.283	0.388	0.557		Did not pitch
Miguel Cabrera	Florida Marlins	146	0.326 (448)	0		613	106	198	33	116	1	64	125	0.323	0.385	0.561		Did not pitch
Carlos Delgado	Florida Marlins	84	0.188 (448)	0		521	81	157	33	115	0	72	121	0.301	0.399	0.582		Did not pitch
Pat Burrell	Philadelphia Phillies	65	0.145 (448)	0		562	78	158	32	117	0	99	160	0.281	0.389	0.504		Did not pitch
Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals †	52	0.116 (448)	0		77	7	5	0	2	0	5	23	0.065	0.120	0.091		21 - 5	0	241.2	204	18	51	213	2.83
Brian Giles	San Diego Padres †	48	0.107 (448)	0		545	92	164	15	83	13	119	64	0.301	0.423	0.483		Did not pitch
Jimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	45	0.100 (448)	0		677	115	196	12	54	41	47	71	0.290	0.338	0.431		Did not pitch
Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	42	0.094 (448)	0		92	14	24	1	11	0	3	13	0.261	0.289	0.337		22 - 10	0	236.1	213	11	55	170	2.63
Jason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates	41	0.092 (448)	0		599	110	183	32	101	21	95	142	0.306	0.402	0.559		Did not pitch
Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	22	0.049 (448)	0		543	93	158	28	105	16	69	109	0.291	0.376	0.540		Did not pitch
Chad Cordero	Washington Nationals	21	0.047 (448)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		2 - 4	47	74.1	55	9	17	61	1.82
Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	21	0.047 (448)	0		588	104	168	24	102	31	117	134	0.286	0.405	0.474		Did not pitch
Lance Berkman	Houston Astros †	21	0.047 (448)	0		468	76	137	24	82	4	91	72	0.293	0.411	0.524		Did not pitch
Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres †	19	0.042 (448)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		1 - 6	43	57.2	52	3	12	54	2.97
Carlos Lee	Milwaukee Brewers	19	0.042 (448)	0		618	85	164	32	114	13	57	87	0.265	0.324	0.487		Did not pitch
Jeff Kent	Los Angeles Dodgers	18	0.040 (448)	0		553	100	160	29	105	6	72	85	0.289	0.377	0.512		Did not pitch
David Wright	New York Mets	18	0.040 (448)	0		575	99	176	27	102	17	72	113	0.306	0.388	0.523		Did not pitch
David Eckstein	St. Louis Cardinals †	15	0.033 (448)	0		630	90	185	8	61	11	58	44	0.294	0.363	0.395		Did not pitch
Roger Clemens	Houston Astros †	8	0.018 (448)	0		58	2	12	0	4	0	5	18	0.207	0.281	0.241		13 - 8	0	211.1	151	11	62	185	1.87
Roy Oswalt	Houston Astros †	6	0.013 (448)	0		73	1	13	0	2	0	2	19	0.178	0.211	0.178		20 - 12	0	241.2	243	18	48	184	2.94
Andy Pettitte	Houston Astros †	5	0.011 (448)	0		62	1	5	0	3	0	1	19	0.081	0.094	0.081		17 - 9	0	222.1	188	17	41	171	2.39
Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds	5	0.011 (448)	0		491	85	148	35	92	0	54	93	0.301	0.369	0.576		Did not pitch
Marcus Giles	Atlanta Braves †	4	0.009 (448)	0		577	104	168	15	63	16	64	108	0.291	0.365	0.461		Did not pitch
Cliff Floyd	New York Mets	4	0.009 (448)	0		550	85	150	34	98	12	63	98	0.273	0.358	0.505		Did not pitch
Jim Edmonds	St. Louis Cardinals †	4	0.009 (448)	0		467	88	123	29	89	5	91	139	0.263	0.385	0.533		Did not pitch
Adam Dunn	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.009 (448)	0		543	107	134	40	101	4	114	168	0.247	0.387	0.540		Did not pitch
Brad Lidge	Houston Astros †	1	0.002 (448)	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---		4 - 4	42	70.2	58	5	23	103	2.29
Scott Eyre	San Francisco Giants	1	0.002 (448)	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.000	0.333	0.000		2 - 2	0	68.1	48	3	26	65	2.63
Jose Reyes	New York Mets	1	0.002 (448)	0		696	99	190	7	58	60	27	78	0.273	0.300	0.386		Did not pitch

Preceded by 2004

Most Valuable Player Award American 2005

Succeeded by 2006