2016 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2016 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs.

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
Kris Bryant Chicago Cubs † 415 .292 .385 .554 39 102 Did not pitch 29 1 - - - - - - - -
Daniel Murphy Washington Nationals † 245 .347 .390 .595 25 104 Did not pitch 1 11 10 6 1 - 1 - - -
Corey Seager Los Angeles Dodgers † 340 .308 .365 .512 26 72 Did not pitch - 11 10 7 2 - - - - -
Anthony Rizzo Chicago Cubs † 202 .292 .385 .544 32 109 Did not pitch - 3 4 10 10 1 2 - - -
Nolan Arenado Colorado Rockies 199 .294 .362 .570 41 133 Did not pitch - 3 6 6 11 3 - - - 1
Freddie Freeman Atlanta Braves 129 .302 .400 .569 34 91 Did not pitch - 1 - 1 2 12 6 4 2 1
Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds 100 .326 .434 .550 29 97 Did not pitch - - - - 1 4 12 5 5 1
Yoenis Cespedes New York Mets † 45 .280 .354 .530 31 86 Did not pitch - - - - - 3 2 5 3 1
Justin Turner Los Angeles Dodgers † 44 .275 .339 .493 27 90 Did not pitch - - - - 1 3 1 4 3 1
Max Scherzer Washington Nationals † 39 .186 .208 .200 0 12 20 - 7 0 284 2.96 - - - - 1 1 2 4 4 -
Paul Goldschmidt Arizona Diamondbacks 18 .297 .411 .489 24 95 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 2 3 6
Brandon Crawford San Francisco Giants † 15 .275 .342 .430 12 84 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1
Jean Segura Arizona Diamondbacks 14 .319 .368 .499 20 64 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 2 7
Buster Posey San Francisco Giants † 11 .288 .362 .434 14 80 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 1 - 1 -
D.J. LeMahieu Colorado Rockies 8 .348 .416 .495 11 66 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 3 2
Madison Bumgarner San Francisco Giants † 7 .186 .268 .360 3 9 15 - 9 0 251 2.74 - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Jeurys Familia New York Mets † 6 Did not bat 3 - 4 51 84 2.55 - - - - - - - 2 - -
Wilson Ramos Washington Nationals † 6 .307 .354 .496 22 80 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 2 - -
Addison Russell Chicago Cubs † 5 .238 .321 .417 21 95 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 - - - -
Noah Syndergaard New York Mets † 5 .190 .277 .397 3 6 14 - 9 0 218 2.60 - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Christian Yelich Miami Marlins 5 .298 .376 .483 21 98 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 2 1
Yasmani Grandal Los Angeles Dodgers † 4 .228 .339 .477 27 72 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - - -
Kyle Hendricks Chicago Cubs † 2 .138 .167 .138 0 2 16 - 8 0 170 2.13 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers 2 .305 .365 .538 30 91 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - - 2
Yadier Molina St. Louis Cardinals 2 .307 .360 .427 8 58 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - - 2
Charlie Blackmon Colorado Rockies 1 .324 .381 .552 29 82 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - - 1
Johnny Cueto San Francisco Giants † 1 .114 .137 .114 0 5 18 - 5 0 198 2.79 - - - - - - - - - 1

Further Reading[edit]

  • Carrie Muskat: "Bryant wins NL MVP year after winning ROY", mlb.com November 17, 2016. [1]
  • Jorge L. Ortiz: "Cubs' Kris Bryant near unanimous National League MVP", USA Today Sports, November 17, 2016. [2]

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Preceded by
2015 		Most Valuable Player Award
American
2016 		Succeeded by
2017
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