1978 MLB MVP VOTING RESULTS
1978 American League Most Valuable Player
1st Max | Season Results
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
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1 Jim Rice BOS 20 352 392 0.90 | 677 213 46 .315 .970 7|
2 Ron Guidry NYY 8 291 392 0.74 | | 25-3 274 1.74 0.946 248
3 Larry Hisle MIL 0 201 392 0.51 | 520 151 34 .290 .906 10|
4 Amos Otis KCR 0 90 392 0.23 | 486 145 22 .298 .905 32|
5 Rusty Staub DET 0 88 392 0.22 | 642 175 24 .273 .782 3|
6 Graig Nettles NYY 0 86 392 0.22 | 587 162 27 .276 .803 1|
7 Don Baylor CAL 0 51 392 0.13 | 591 151 34 .255 .804 22|
8 Eddie Murray BAL 0 50 392 0.13 | 610 174 27 .285 .836 6|
9 Carlton Fisk BOS 0 49 392 0.12 | 571 162 20 .284 .841 7|
10 Darrell Porter KCR 0 48 392 0.12 | 520 138 18 .265 .802 0|
11 Rod Carew MIN 0 46 392 0.12 | 564 188 5 .333 .853 27|
12 Mike Caldwell MIL 0 41 392 0.10 | | 22-9 293 2.36 1.064 131 1
13 Rich Gossage NYY 0 39 392 0.10 | | 10-11 134 2.01 1.087 122 27
14 Al Oliver TEX 0 26 392 0.07 | 525 170 14 .324 .848 8|
15 Jim Sundberg TEX 0 24 392 0.06 | 518 144 6 .278 .739 2|
16 Ron LeFlore DET 0 21 392 0.05 | 666 198 12 .297 .766 68|
17 Reggie Jackson NYY 0 18 392 0.05 | 511 140 27 .274 .834 14|
18 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 0 17 392 0.04 | 523 145 17 .277 .790 4|
19 George Brett KCR 0 14 392 0.04 | 510 150 9 .294 .809 23|
20 Andre Thornton CLE 0 12 392 0.03 | 508 133 33 .262 .893 4|
21 Lou Piniella NYY 0 11 392 0.03 | 472 148 6 .314 .806 3|
22 Thurman Munson NYY 0 9 392 0.02 | 617 183 6 .297 .705 2|
23 Lyman Bostock CAL 0 8 392 0.02 | 568 168 5 .296 .740 15|
23 Larry Gura KCR 0 8 392 0.02 | | 16-4 222 2.72 1.096 81
25 Dave LaRoche CAL 0 6 392 0.02 | | 10-9 96 2.82 1.264 70 25
25 Fred Lynn BOS 0 6 392 0.02 | 541 161 22 .298 .872 3|
25 Mickey Rivers NYY 0 6 392 0.02 | 559 148 11 .265 .699 25|
25 Bob Stanley BOS 0 6 392 0.02 | | 15-2 142 2.60 1.242 38 10
29 Don Money MIL 0 5 392 0.01 | 518 152 14 .293 .801 3|
29 Willie Randolph NYY 0 5 392 0.01 | 499 139 3 .279 .738 36|
31 Dennis Eckersley BOS 0 4 392 0.01 | | 20-8 268 2.99 1.226 162
31 Hal McRae KCR 0 4 392 0.01 | 623 170 16 .273 .757 17|
33 Leon Roberts SEA 0 3 392 0.01 | 472 142 22 .301 .879 6|
34 Rich Gale KCR 0 2 392 0.01 | | 14-8 192 3.09 1.409 88
34 Ken Singleton BAL 0 2 392 0.01 | 502 147 20 .293 .871 0|
36 Rick Burleson BOS 0 1 392 0.00 | 626 155 5 .248 .633 8|
36 Frank Tanana CAL 0 1 392 0.00 | | 18-12 239 3.65 1.251 137
1978 National League Most Valuable Player
1st Max | Season Results
Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
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1 Dave Parker PIT 21 320 336 0.95 | 581 194 30 .334 .979 20|
2 Steve Garvey LAD 0 194 336 0.58 | 639 202 21 .316 .852 10|
3 Larry Bowa PHI 3 189 336 0.56 | 654 192 3 .294 .689 27|
4 Reggie Smith LAD 0 164 336 0.49 | 447 132 29 .295 .942 12|
5 Jack Clark SFG 0 107 336 0.32 | 592 181 25 .306 .895 15|
6 George Foster CIN 0 104 336 0.31 | 604 170 40 .281 .906 4|
7 Greg Luzinski PHI 0 48 336 0.14 | 540 143 35 .265 .914 8|
8 Gaylord Perry SDP 0 45 336 0.13 | 87 8 0 .092 .227 0| 21-6 261 2.73 1.178 154
9 Willie Stargell PIT 0 39 336 0.12 | 390 115 28 .295 .949 3|
10 Dave Winfield SDP 0 37 336 0.11 | 587 181 24 .308 .866 21|
11 Pete Rose CIN 0 35 336 0.10 | 655 198 7 .302 .783 13|
12 Vida Blue SFG 0 33 336 0.10 | 79 6 1 .076 .366 0| 18-10 258 2.79 1.174 171
13 Kent Tekulve PIT 0 23 336 0.07 | 21 2 0 .095 .232 0| 8-7 135 2.33 1.259 77 31
14 Rollie Fingers SDP 0 16 336 0.05 | 12 2 0 .167 .333 0| 6-13 107 2.52 1.053 72 37
15 Burt Hooton LAD 0 15 336 0.04 | 67 10 0 .149 .394 0| 19-10 236 2.71 1.089 104
16 Davey Lopes LAD 0 12 336 0.04 | 587 163 17 .278 .776 45|
17 Bill Buckner CHC 0 8 336 0.02 | 446 144 5 .323 .765 7|
17 Phil Niekro ATL 0 8 336 0.02 | 120 27 0 .225 .506 0| 19-18 334 2.88 1.188 248 1
19 Jeff Burroughs ATL 0 7 336 0.02 | 488 147 23 .301 .961 1|
20 Bruce Sutter CHC 0 5 336 0.01 | 13 1 0 .077 .277 0| 8-10 99 3.18 1.172 106 27
21 Garry Maddox PHI 0 4 336 0.01 | 598 172 11 .288 .741 33|
22 Enos Cabell HOU 0 2 336 0.01 | 660 195 7 .295 .720 33|
23 Bob Boone PHI 0 1 336 0.00 | 435 123 12 .283 .772 2|