2018 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 2018 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers.

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
Christian Yelich Milwaukee Brewers † 415 .326 .402 .598 36 110 Did not pitch 29 1 - - - - - - - -
Javier Baez Chicago Cubs † 250 .290 .326 .554 34 111 Did not pitch - 19 4 5 2 - - - - -
Nolan Arenado Colorado Rockies † 203 .297 .374 .561 38 110 Did not pitch - 3 8 9 5 2 1 1 1 -
Freddie Freeman Atlanta Braves † 174 .309 .388 .505 23 98 Did not pitch - - 8 8 3 2 4 2 1 2
Jacob deGrom New York Mets 141 .164 .211 .179 0 5 10 - 9 0 269 1.70 1 7 1 1 4 1 2 2 3 -
Paul Goldschmidt Arizona Diamondbacks 115 .290 .389 .533 33 83 Did not pitch - - 1 2 3 8 5 4 1 1
Lorenzo Cain Milwaukee Brewers † 109 .308 .395 .417 10 38 Did not pitch - - 1 2 4 4 3 5 7 2
Trevor Story Colorado Rockies † 108 .291 .348 .567 37 108 Did not pitch - - 3 - 4 6 2 5 2 3
Matt Carpenter St. Louis Cardinals 105 .257 .374 .523 36 81 Did not pitch - - 2 2 2 3 7 4 2 4
Max Scherzer Washington Nationals 59 .243 .274 .271 0 6 18 - 7 0 300 2.53 - - 2 1 2 3 - 2 - 3
Anthony Rendon Washington Nationals 21 .308 .374 .535 24 92 Did not pitch - - - - - 1 - 1 5 3
Ronald Acuna Atlanta Braves † 19 .293 .366 .552 26 64 Did not pitch - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 1
Aaron Nola Philadelphia Phillies 16 .048 .063 .065 0 4 17 - 6 0 224 2.37 - - - - - - 2 2 - 2
Justin Turner Los Angeles Dodgers † 10 .312 .406 .518 14 52 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - 1 4
Max Muncy Los Angeles Dodgers † 8 .263 .391 .582 35 79 Did not pitch - - - - - - 1 - 2 -
Jesus Aguilar Milwaukee Brewers † 7 .274 .352 .539 35 108 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 2 -
Anthony Rizzo Chicago Cubs † 6 .283 .376 .470 25 101 Did not pitch - - - - - - - 1 1 1
Nick Markakis Atlanta Braves † 2 .297 .366 .440 14 93 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 2
Eugenio Suarez Cincinnati Reds 2 .283 .366 .526 34 104 Did not pitch - - - - - - - - - 2

Further Reading[edit]

  • Richard Justice: "Betts, Yelich win first career MVP Awards", mlb.com, November 15, 2018. [1]
  • Gabe Lacques: "Brewers' Christian Yelich wins NL Most Valuable Player award", USA Today, November 15, 2018. [2]

Related Sites[edit]


Preceded by
2017 		Most Valuable Player Award
American
2018 		Succeeded by
2019
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