1979 MLB MVP VOTING RESULTS
1979 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 Don Baylor CAL 20 347 392 0.89 | 628 186 36 .296 .901 22|
2 Ken Singleton BAL 3 241 392 0.61 | 570 168 35 .295 .938 3|
3 George Brett KCR 2 226 392 0.58 | 645 212 23 .329 .939 17|
4 Fred Lynn BOS 0 160 392 0.41 | 531 177 39 .333 1.059 2|
5 Jim Rice BOS 0 124 392 0.32 | 619 201 39 .325 .977 9|
6 Mike Flanagan BAL 3 100 392 0.26 | | 23-9 266 3.08 1.186 190
7 Gorman Thomas MIL 0 87 392 0.22 | 557 136 45 .244 .895 1|
8 Bobby Grich CAL 0 58 392 0.15 | 534 157 30 .294 .903 1|
9 Darrell Porter KCR 0 52 392 0.13 | 533 155 20 .291 .905 3|
10 Buddy Bell TEX 0 48 392 0.12 | 670 200 18 .299 .778 5|
11 Jim Kern TEX 0 25 392 0.06 | | 13-5 143 1.57 1.126 136 29
11 Mike Marshall MIN 0 25 392 0.06 | | 10-15 143 2.65 1.261 81 32
11 Eddie Murray BAL 0 25 392 0.06 | 606 179 25 .295 .844 10|
14 Brian Downing CAL 0 24 392 0.06 | 509 166 12 .326 .880 3|
15 Sixto Lezcano MIL 0 18 392 0.05 | 473 152 28 .321 .987 4|
16 Roy Smalley MIN 0 16 392 0.04 | 621 168 24 .271 .794 2|
17 Steve Kemp DET 0 15 392 0.04 | 490 156 26 .318 .941 5|
17 Willie Wilson KCR 0 15 392 0.04 | 588 185 6 .315 .771 83|
19 Mark Clear CAL 0 12 392 0.03 | | 11-5 109 3.63 1.422 98 14
20 Paul Molitor MIL 0 8 392 0.02 | 584 188 9 .322 .842 33|
21 Rick Burleson BOS 0 7 392 0.02 | 627 174 5 .278 .683 9|
22 Tommy John NYY 0 5 392 0.01 | | 21-9 276 2.96 1.205 111
23 Cecil Cooper MIL 0 4 392 0.01 | 590 182 24 .308 .872 15|
24 Willie Horton SEA 0 3 392 0.01 | 646 180 29 .279 .784 1|
24 Reggie Jackson NYY 0 3 392 0.01 | 465 138 29 .297 .926 9|
26 Dan Ford CAL 0 1 392 0.00 | 569 165 21 .290 .797 8|
26 Ron Guidry NYY 0 1 392 0.00 | | 18-8 236 2.78 1.160 201 2
26 Mike Hargrove TOT 0 1 392 0.00 | 338 110 10 .325 .933 2|
1979 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 Keith Hernandez STL 10 216 336 0.64 | 610 210 11 .344 .930 11|
1 Willie Stargell PIT 4 216 336 0.64 | 424 119 32 .281 .904 0|
3 Dave Winfield SDP 4 155 336 0.46 | 597 184 34 .308 .953 15|
4 Larry Parrish MON 0 128 336 0.38 | 544 167 30 .307 .909 5|
5 Ray Knight CIN 2 82 336 0.24 | 551 175 10 .318 .814 4|
6 Joe Niekro HOU 1 75 336 0.22 | 83 10 0 .120 .284 0| 21-11 264 3.00 1.244 119
7 Bruce Sutter CHC 0 69 336 0.21 | 12 3 0 .250 .558 1| 6-6 101 2.22 0.977 110 37
8 Kent Tekulve PIT 1 64 336 0.19 | 15 2 0 .133 .321 0| 10-8 134 2.75 1.176 75 31
9 Dave Concepcion CIN 0 63 336 0.19 | 590 166 16 .281 .764 19|
10 Dave Parker PIT 0 56 336 0.17 | 622 193 25 .310 .906 20|
11 Dave Kingman CHC 0 53 336 0.16 | 532 153 48 .288 .956 4|
12 George Foster CIN 0 34 336 0.10 | 440 133 30 .302 .948 0|
13 Mike Schmidt PHI 0 32 336 0.10 | 541 137 45 .253 .950 9|
14 Steve Garvey LAD 0 30 336 0.09 | 648 204 28 .315 .848 3|
15 Omar Moreno PIT 0 23 336 0.07 | 695 196 8 .282 .714 77|
15 Pete Rose PHI 0 23 336 0.07 | 628 208 4 .331 .848 20|
17 Gary Carter MON 1 15 336 0.04 | 505 143 22 .283 .823 3|
18 Bill Madlock TOT 1 14 336 0.04 | +560 167 14 .298 .792 32|
19 J.R. Richard HOU 0 12 336 0.04 | 95 12 2 .126 .355 0| 18-13 292 2.71 1.088 313
20 Phil Niekro ATL 0 11 336 0.03 | 123 24 0 .195 .457 0| 21-20 342 3.39 1.240 208
21 Joe Sambito HOU 0 9 336 0.03 | 7 2 0 .286 1.012 0| 8-7 91 1.77 1.128 83 22
21 Tom Seaver CIN 0 9 336 0.03 | 76 12 2 .158 .445 0| 16-6 215 3.14 1.153 131
23 Johnny Bench CIN 0 7 336 0.02 | 464 128 22 .276 .824 4|
24 Andre Dawson MON 0 6 336 0.02 | 639 176 25 .275 .777 35|
25 Garry Templeton STL 0 5 336 0.01 | 672 211 9 .314 .790 26|
26 Gary Matthews ATL 0 4 336 0.01 | 631 192 27 .304 .865 18|
27 Dave Collins CIN 0 3 336 0.01 | 396 126 3 .318 .765 16|
28 Bob Horner ATL 0 1 336 0.00 | 487 153 33 .314 .898 0|