2020 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 2020 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves.

Award Voting

† 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
Freddie Freeman	Atlanta Braves †	410		.341	.462	.640	13	53		Did not pitch					28	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mookie Betts	Los Angeles Dodgers †	268		.292	.366	.562	16	39		Did not pitch					2	21	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Manny Machado	San Diego Padres †	221		.304	.370	.580	16	47		Did not pitch					-	2	16	7	2	2	1	-	-	-
Fernando Tatis Jr.	San Diego Padres †	201		.277	.366	.571	17	45		Did not pitch					-	2	5	14	5	2	1	-	-	1
Juan Soto	Washington Nationals	172		.351	.490	.695	13	37		Did not pitch					-	3	2	5	10	4	2	2	-	-
Marcell Ozuna	Atlanta Braves †	167		.338	.431	.636	18	56		Did not pitch					-	-	2	1	11	14	2	-	-	-
Trea Turner	Washington Nationals	83		.335	.394	.588	12	41		Did not pitch					-	-	-	2	-	1	6	8	6	4
Mike Yastrzemski	San Francisco Giants	81		.297	.400	.568	10	35		Did not pitch					-	-	-	1	-	3	8	6	3	3
Corey Seager	Los Angeles Dodgers †	43		.307	.358	.585	15	41		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	4	3
Trevor Bauer	Cincinnati Reds †	32		Did not bat						5 - 4	0	100	1.73		-	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	2	4
Trevor Story	Colorado Rockies	23		.289	.355	.519	11	28		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	1
Ronald Acuna	Atlanta Braves †	21		.250	.406	.581	14	29		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	5
Dominic Smith	New York Mets	16		.316	.377	.616	10	42		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2
Yu Darvish	Chicago Cubs †	14		Did not bat						8 - 3	0	93	2.01		-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2
Paul Goldschmidt	St. Louis Cardinals †	9		.304	.417	.466	6	21		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Brandon Belt	San Francisco Giants	2		.309	.425	.591	9	30		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Wil Myers	San Diego Padres †	2		.288	.353	.606	15	40		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Max Fried	Atlanta Braves †	1		Did not bat						7 - 0	0	50	2.25		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ian Happ	Chicago Cubs †	1		.258	.361	.505	12	28		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Dansby Swanson	Atlanta Braves †	1		.274	.345	.464	10	35		Did not pitch					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ryan Tepera	Chicago Cubs †	1		Did not bat						0 - 1	0	31	3.92		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Devin Williams	Milwaukee Brewers †	1		Did not bat						4 - 1	0	53	0.33		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note: The 10th-place vote for Ryan Tepera was cast be mistake; the voter intended to vote for Trea Turner.

Further Reading

• Mark Bowman: "MVFree: Freddie wins 1st NL MVP Award: After four top-10 finishes, Braves 1B claims honor", mlb.com November 12, 2020. [1]
• Richard Justice: "Abreu, Freeman both 1st-time MVP winners", mlb.com, November 12, 2020. [2]
• Gabe Lacques: "Braves slugger Freddie Freeman beats Mookie Betts for NL MVP honor", USA Today, November 12, 2020. [3]

Related Sites

• BR page
• Story on BBWAA web site

Preceded by 2019

Most Valuable Player Award American 2020

Succeeded by 2021