2008 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 2008 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Award Voting[edit]
- † indicates playoff team
Player | Team | Points | AVG | OBP | SLG | HR | RBI | W - L | SV | SO | ERA | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |||
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Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals | 369 | .357 | .462 | .653 | 37 | 116 | Did not pitch | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies † | 308 | .251 | .339 | .543 | 48 | 146 | Did not pitch | 12 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | ||||||
Ryan Braun | Milwaukee Brewers † | 139 | .285 | .335 | .553 | 37 | 106 | Did not pitch | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Manny Ramirez | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 138 | .396 | .489 | .743 | 17 | 53 | Did not pitch | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Lance Berkman | Houston Astros | 126 | .312 | .420 | .567 | 29 | 106 | Did not pitch | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
CC Sabathia | Milwaukee Brewers † | 121 | .229 | .229 | .333 | 1 | 6 | 11 - 2 | 0 | 128 | 1.65 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | |||
David Wright | New York Mets | 115 | .302 | .390 | .534 | 33 | 124 | Did not pitch | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Brad Lidge | Philadelphia Phillies † | 104 | Did not bat | 2 - 0 | 41 | 92 | 1.95 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Carlos Delgado | New York Mets | 96 | .271 | .353 | .518 | 38 | 115 | Did not pitch | - | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||
Aramis Ramirez | Chicago Cubs † | 66 | .289 | .380 | .518 | 27 | 111 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Hanley Ramirez | Florida Marlins | 55 | .301 | .400 | .540 | 33 | 67 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
Chipper Jones | Atlanta Braves | 44 | .364 | .470 | .574 | 22 | 75 | Did not pitch | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Geovany Soto | Chicago Cubs † | 41 | .285 | .364 | .504 | 23 | 86 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | ||||||
Johan Santana | New York Mets | 30 | .141 | .173 | .205 | 0 | 1 | 16 - 7 | 0 | 206 | 2.53 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | |||
Chase Utley | Philadelphia Phillies † | 30 | .292 | .380 | .535 | 33 | 104 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Ryan Ludwick | St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | .299 | .375 | .591 | 37 | 113 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Brandon Webb | Arizona Diamondbacks | 14 | .149 | .162 | .209 | 0 | 11 | 22 - 7 | 0 | 183 | 3.30 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
Adrian Gonzalez | San Diego Padres | 13 | .279 | .361 | .510 | 36 | 119 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Matt Holliday | Colorado Rockies | 13 | .321 | .409 | .538 | 25 | 88 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers † | 11 | .276 | .372 | .507 | 34 | 102 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Derrek Lee | Chicago Cubs † | 10 | .291 | .361 | .462 | 20 | 90 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
Carlos Beltran | New York Mets | 10 | .284 | .376 | .500 | 27 | 112 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants | 9 | .157 | .213 | .200 | 0 | 5 | 18 - 5 | 0 | 265 | 2.62 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | |||
Jose Reyes | New York Mets | 3 | .297 | .358 | .475 | 16 | 68 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Jose Valverde | Houston Astros | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 6 - 3 | 44 | 83 | 3.38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |||
Stephen Drew | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 | .291 | .333 | .502 | 21 | 67 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||||
Nate McLouth | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | .276 | .356 | .497 | 26 | 94 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Preceded by 2007 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 |
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