2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Giancarlo Stanton of the Florida Marlins.

This was one of the closest raced in the award's history, as Stanton edged Joey Votto by just two points, 302 to 300, with both players receiving 10 first-place votes. One of the deciding factors in the final result was the vote of mlb.com reporter Mark Bowman, who gave his first-place vote to Kris Bryant, who was not otherwise considered a contender for the award by anyone else.

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
Giancarlo Stanton Miami Marlins 302 .281 .376 .631 59 132 Did not pitch 10 10 5 3 1 1 - - - -
Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds 300 .320 .454 .578 36 100 Did not pitch 10 9 4 5 2 - - - - -
Paul Goldschmidt Arizona Diamondbacks † 239 .297 .404 .563 36 120 Did not pitch 4 5 4 9 5 2 - 1 - -
Nolan Arenado Colorado Rockies † 229 .309 .373 .586 37 130 Did not pitch 2 3 8 11 4 1 1 - - -
Charlie Blackmon Colorado Rockies † 205 .331 .399 .601 37 104 Did not pitch 3 3 7 1 5 3 5 2 1 -
Anthony Rendon Washington Nationals † 141 .301 .403 .533 25 100 Did not pitch - - 1 1 6 10 7 4 - -
Kris Bryant Chicago Cubs † 132 .295 .409 .537 29 73 Did not pitch 1 - 1 - 5 8 6 4 1 2
Justin Turner Los Angeles Dodgers † 43 .322 .415 .530 21 71 Did not pitch - - - - - - 3 5 5 6
Cody Bellinger Los Angeles Dodgers † 38 .267 .352 .581 39 97 Did not pitch - - - - - 2 3 1 6 1
Max Scherzer Washington Nationals † 34 .161 .212 .210 1 5 16 - 6 0 258 2.51 - - - - 1 - 2 3 5 1
Tommy Pham St. Louis Cardinals 24 .306 .411 .520 23 73 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 3 3 5
Bryce Harper Washington Nationals † 21 .319 .413 .595 29 87 Did not pitch - - - - - 2 - 3 - 2
Anthony Rizzo Chicago Cubs † 17 .273 .392 .507 32 109 Did not pitch - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 3
J.D. Martinez Arizona Diamondbacks † 11 .302 .366 .741 29 65 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 3 2
Kenley Jansen Los Angeles Dodgers † 8 .500 .500 .750 0 1 5 - 0 41 109 1.32 - - - - - 1 - 1 - -
Marcell Ozuna Miami Marlins 8 .312 .376 .548 37 124 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 2 4
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles Dodgers † 6 .184 .245 .204 0 2 18 - 4 0 202 2.31 - - - - - - 1 - 1 -
Corey Seager Los Angeles Dodgers † 6 .295 .375 .479 22 77 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 2 - -
Daniel Murphy Washington Nationals † 3 .322 .384 .543 23 93 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - 1 1
Archie Bradley Arizona Diamondbacks † 1 .250 .250 .250 0 1 3 - 3 1 79 1.73 - - - - - - - - - 1
Zack Greinke Arizona Diamondbacks † 1 .210 .246 .274 0 4 17 - 7 0 202.1 3.20 - - - - - - - - - 1
Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals † 1 .303 .358 .573 36 108 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 1

Further Reading[edit]

  • Mark Bowman: "Why I put Bryant 1st on my ballot: MLB.com's Braves beat reporter explains his ballot", mlb.com, November 17, 2017. [1]
  • Joe Frisaro: "Stanton fishes out close vote, wins NL MVP: Slugger edges Votto by 2 points, becomes first Marlin to claim honor", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [2]
  • Steve Gardner: "Why Joey Votto should win the National League MVP Award", USA Today Sports, November 16, 2017. [3]
  • Richard Justice: "MVP: Stanton by a nose, Altuve towers over AL", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [4]
  • Jorge L. Ortiz: "Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton edges out Reds' Joey Votto for NL MVP in fourth closest election", US Today Sports, November 16, 2017. [5]
  • Joe Posnanski: "Voters get it right in competitive MVP races: NL's razor-thin result, AL's runaway both fascinating", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [6]
  • Andrew Simon and Matt Kelly: "DYK: Altuve, Stanton cap impressive seasons", mlb.com, November 16, 2017. [7]

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2016 		Most Valuable Player Award
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2017 		Succeeded by
2018
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