2012 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2012 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants.

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
Buster Posey San Francisco Giants † 422 .336 .408 .549 24 103 Did not pitch 27 4 1 - - - - - - -
Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers 285 .319 .391 .395 41 112 Did not pitch 3 15 10 4 - - - - - -
Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 245 .327 .400 .553 31 96 Did not pitch - 6 13 11 1 - 1 - - -
Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals † 241 .315 .373 .501 22 76 Did not pitch 2 6 8 13 - - - 1 - 1
Chase Headley San Diego Padres 127 .286 .376 .498 31 115 Did not pitch - - - 1 9 7 5 - 5 1
David Wright New York Mets 86 .306 .391 .492 21 93 Did not pitch - - - - 7 4 1 3 4 3
Adam LaRoche Washington Nationals † 86 .271 .343 .510 33 100 Did not pitch - - - - 6 5 2 5 1 -
Craig Kimbrel Atlanta Braves † 73 Did not bat 3 - 1 42 116 1.01 - 1 - - 3 5 2 2 3 1
Aramis Ramirez Milwaukee Brewers 47 .300 .360 .540 27 105 Did not pitch - - - - 1 1 4 6 1 -
Jay Bruce Cincinnati Reds † 46 .252 .327 .514 34 99 Did not pitch - - - 2 1 3 2 1 - -
Matt Holliday St. Louis Cardinals † 34 .295 .379 .497 27 102 Did not pitch - - - 1 - 1 2 2 3 2
Aroldis Chapman Cincinnati Reds † 20 Did not bat 5 - 5 38 122 1.51 - - - - - 1 1 1 3 2
Brandon Phillips Cincinnati Reds † 18 .281 .321 .429 18 77 Did not pitch - - - - - 2 1 1 - 1
Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds † 16 .337 .474 .567 14 56 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 1 - 1 5
R.A. Dickey New York Mets 16 .153 .164 .153 0 3 20 - 6 0 230 2.73 - - - - - 1 - 2 2 1
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers 15 .207 .230 .224 0 2 14 - 9 0 229 2.53 - - - - - - 3 - 1 1
Ian Desmond Washington Nationals † 15 .292 .335 .511 25 73 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 2 2 1
Michael Bourn Atlanta Braves † 12 .274 .348 .391 9 57 Did not pitch - - - - 1 - - 1 - -
Allen Craig St. Louis Cardinals † 10 .307 .354 .522 22 92 Did not pitch - - - - - - 2 - - 2
Gio Gonzalez Washington Nationals † 8 .094 .106 .156 1 4 21 - 8 0 207 2.89 - - - - 1 - - - 1 -
Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs 8 .262 .322 .499 32 108 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Kris Medlen Atlanta Braves † 8 .121 .216 .152 0 2 10 - 1 1 120 1.57 - - - - - - 2 - - -
Martin Prado Atlanta Braves † 8 .301 .359 .438 10 70 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals † 7 .282 .346 .478 26 95 Did not pitch - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Giancarlo Stanton Miami Marlins 7 .290 .361 .608 37 86 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Carlos Beltran St. Louis Cardinals † 6 .269 .346 .495 32 97 Did not pitch - - - - 1 - - - - -
Aaron Hill Arizona Diamondbacks 6 .302 .360 .522 26 85 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - - 2
Carlos Ruiz Philadelphia Phillies 4 .325 .394 .540 16 68 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Jason Heyward Atlanta Braves † 4 .269 .335 .479 27 82 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 1 2
Johnny Cueto Cincinnati Reds † 2 .090 .090 .104 0 2 19 - 9 0 170 2.78 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Bryce Harper Washington Nationals † 2 .270 .340 .477 22 59 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 1 -
Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves † 1 .287 .377 .455 14 62 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Miguel Montero Arizona Diamondbacks 1 .286 .391 .438 15 88 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Angel Pagan San Francisco Giants 1 .288 .338 .440 8 56 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1
Hunter Pence Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants		 1 .253 .319 .425 24 104 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1

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Preceded by
2011 		Most Valuable Player Award
American
2012 		Succeeded by
2013
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