2009 National League Most Valuable Player Award
The winner of the 2009 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a unanimous choice and won his third MVP award, having won previously in 2005 and 2008
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 † | 448 | .327 | .443 | .658 | 47 | 135 | Did not pitch | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Hanley Ramirez | Florida Marlins | 233 | .342 | .410 | .543 | 24 | 106 | Did not pitch | - | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | ||||||
Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies † | 217 | .279 | .360 | .571 | 45 | 141 | Did not pitch | - | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers | 203 | .299 | .412 | .602 | 46 | 141 | Did not pitch | - | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Troy Tulowitzki | Colorado Rockies † | 172 | .297 | .377 | .552 | 32 | 92 | Did not pitch | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Andre Ethier | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 113 | .272 | .361 | .508 | 31 | 106 | Did not pitch | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | - | ||||||
Pablo Sandoval | San Francisco Giants | 89 | .330 | .387 | .556 | 25 | 90 | Did not pitch | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Chase Utley | Philadelphia Phillies † | 84 | .282 | .397 | .508 | 31 | 93 | Did not pitch | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Derrek Lee | Chicago Cubs | 66 | .306 | .393 | .579 | 35 | 111 | Did not pitch | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | ||||||
Matt Kemp | Los Angeles Dodgers † | 49 | .297 | .352 | .490 | 26 | 101 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Ryan Braun | Milwaukee Brewers | 41 | .320 | .386 | .551 | 32 | 114 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
Adrian Gonzalez | San Diego Padres | 30 | .277 | .407 | .551 | 40 | 99 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
Todd Helton | Colorado Rockies † | 28 | .325 | .416 | .489 | 15 | 86 | Did not pitch | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||||||
Chris Carpenter | St. Louis Cardinals † | 25 | .175 | .212 | .270 | 1 | 7 | 17 - 4 | 0 | 144 | 2.24 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | |||
Adam Wainwright | St. Louis Cardinals † | 16 | .180 | .189 | .326 | 2 | 4 | 19 - 8 | 0 | 212 | 2.63 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Matt Holliday | St. Louis Cardinals † | 15 | .353 | .419 | .604 | 13 | 55 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | ||||||
Jayson Werth | Philadelphia Phillies † | 10 | .268 | .373 | .506 | 36 | 99 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
Shane Victorino | Philadelphia Phillies † | 8 | .292 | .358 | .445 | 10 | 62 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | ||||||
Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants | 8 | .152 | .219 | .167 | 0 | 3 | 15 - 7 | 0 | 261 | 2.48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | |||
Yunel Escobar | Atlanta Braves | 6 | .299 | .377 | .436 | 14 | 76 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Mark Reynolds | Arizona Diamondbacks | 6 | .260 | .349 | .543 | 44 | 102 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Joey Votto | Cincinnati Reds | 4 | .322 | .414 | .567 | 25 | 84 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
Yadier Molina | St. Louis Cardinals † | 3 | .293 | .366 | .383 | 6 | 54 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Miguel Tejada | Houston Astros | 3 | .313 | .340 | .455 | 14 | 86 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||||
Huston Street | Colorado Rockies † | 2 | Did not bat | 4 - 1 | 35 | 70 | 3.06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||||||
Justin Upton | Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 | .300 | .366 | .532 | 26 | 86 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||||||
Ryan Zimmerman | Washington Nationals | 2 | .292 | .364 | .525 | 33 | 106 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||||||
Jeremy Affeldt | San Francisco Giants | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 | 55 | 1.73 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
Chris Coghlan | Florida Marlins | 1 | .321 | .390 | .460 | 9 | 47 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||||
Brad Hawpe | Colorado Rockies † | 1 | .285 | .384 | .519 | 23 | 86 | Did not pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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Preceded by 2008 |
Most Valuable Player Award American 2009 |
Succeeded by 2010 |
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