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AL MVP Voting

MVP Award History · 1978 · 1980
Voting Results Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR G AB R H HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS W L ERA WHIP G GS SV IP H HR BB SO
1 Don Baylor CAL 347.0 20.0 89% 3.71 162 628 120 186 36 139 22 71 .296 .371 .530 .901
2 Ken Singleton BAL 241.0 3.0 61% 5.27 159 570 93 168 35 111 3 109 .295 .405 .533 .938
3 George Brett KCR 226.0 2.0 58% 8.59 154 645 119 212 23 107 17 51 .329 .376 .563 .939
4 Fred Lynn BOS 160.0 0.0 41% 8.86 147 531 116 177 39 122 2 82 .333 .423 .637 1.059
5 Jim Rice BOS 124.0 0.0 32% 6.36 158 619 117 201 39 130 9 57 .325 .381 .596 .977
6 Mike Flanagan BAL 100.0 3.0 26% 3.91 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 9 3.08 1.186 39 38 0 265.2 245 23 70 190
7 Gorman Thomas MIL 87.0 0.0 22% 4.77 156 557 97 136 45 123 1 98 .244 .356 .539 .895
8 Bobby Grich CAL 58.0 0.0 15% 5.94 153 534 78 157 30 101 1 59 .294 .365 .537 .903
9 Darrell Porter KCR 52.0 0.0 13% 7.64 157 533 101 155 20 112 3 121 .291 .421 .484 .905
10 Buddy Bell TEX 48.0 0.0 12% 6.82 162 670 89 200 18 101 5 30 .299 .327 .451 .778
11 Jim Kern TEX 25.0 0.0 6% 6.20 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 1.57 1.126 71 0 29 143.0 99 5 62 136
11 Mike Marshall MIN 25.0 0.0 6% 4.50 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 2.65 1.262 90 1 32 142.2 132 8 48 81
11 Eddie Murray BAL 25.0 0.0 6% 4.92 159 606 90 179 25 99 10 72 .295 .369 .475 .844
14 Brian Downing CAL 24.0 0.0 6% 5.59 148 509 87 166 12 75 3 77 .326 .418 .462 .880
15 Sixto Lezcano MIL 18.0 0.0 5% 5.63 138 473 84 152 28 101 4 77 .321 .414 .573 .987
16 Roy Smalley MIN 16.0 0.0 4% 4.31 162 621 94 168 24 95 2 80 .271 .353 .441 .794
17 Steve Kemp DET 15.0 0.0 4% 4.18 134 490 88 156 26 105 5 68 .318 .398 .543 .941
17 Willie Wilson KCR 15.0 0.0 4% 6.30 154 588 113 185 6 49 83 28 .315 .351 .420 .771
19 Mark Clear CAL 12.0 0.0 3% 1.84 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 3.63 1.422 52 0 14 109.0 87 6 68 98
20 Paul Molitor MIL 8.0 0.0 2% 5.64 140 584 88 188 9 62 33 48 .322 .372 .469 .842
21 Rick Burleson BOS 7.0 0.0 2% 3.77 153 627 93 174 5 60 9 35 .278 .315 .368 .683
22 Tommy John NYY 5.0 0.0 1% 5.52 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 2.96 1.205 37 36 0 276.1 268 9 65 111
23 Cecil Cooper MIL 4.0 0.0 1% 3.72 150 590 83 182 24 106 15 56 .308 .364 .508 .872
24 Willie Horton SEA 3.0 0.0 1% 1.03 162 646 77 180 29 106 1 42 .279 .326 .458 .784
24 Reggie Jackson NYY 3.0 0.0 1% 3.45 131 465 78 138 29 89 9 65 .297 .382 .544 .926
26 Dan Ford CAL 1.0 0.0 0% 2.51 142 569 100 165 21 101 8 40 .290 .333 .464 .797
26 Ron Guidry NYY 1.0 0.0 0% 6.54 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 2.78 1.159 33 30 2 236.1 203 20 71 201
26 Mike Hargrove CLE 1.0 0.0 0% 2.83 100 338 60 110 10 56 2 63 .325 .433 .500 .933

NL MVP Voting

MVP Award History · 1978 · 1980
Voting Results Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR G AB R H HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS W L ERA WHIP G GS SV IP H HR BB SO
1 Keith Hernandez STL 216.0 10.0 64% 7.57 161 610 116 210 11 105 11 80 .344 .417 .513 .930
1 Willie Stargell PIT 216.0 4.0 64% 2.53 126 424 60 119 32 82 0 47 .281 .352 .552 .904
3 Dave Winfield SDP 155.0 4.0 46% 8.30 159 597 97 184 34 118 15 85 .308 .395 .558 .953
4 Larry Parrish MON 128.0 0.0 38% 4.63 153 544 83 167 30 82 5 41 .307 .357 .551 .909
5 Ray Knight CIN 82.0 2.0 24% 3.07 150 551 64 175 10 79 4 38 .318 .360 .454 .814
6 Joe Niekro HOU 75.0 1.0 22% 3.22 38 83 1 10 0 4 0 2 .120 .140 .145 .284 21 11 3.00 1.244 38 38 0 263.2 221 17 107 119
7 Bruce Sutter CHC 69.0 0.0 21% 5.16 62 12 0 3 0 3 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 6 6 2.22 0.977 62 0 37 101.1 67 3 32 110
8 Kent Tekulve PIT 64.0 1.0 19% 3.33 94 15 3 2 0 1 0 1 .133 .188 .133 .321 10 8 2.75 1.176 94 0 31 134.1 109 5 49 75
9 Dave Concepcion CIN 63.0 0.0 19% 4.89 149 590 91 166 16 84 19 64 .281 .348 .415 .764
10 Dave Parker PIT 56.0 0.0 17% 6.66 158 622 109 193 25 94 20 67 .310 .380 .526 .906
11 Dave Kingman CHC 53.0 0.0 16% 4.09 145 532 97 153 48 115 4 45 .288 .343 .613 .956
12 George Foster CIN 34.0 0.0 10% 5.12 121 440 68 133 30 98 0 59 .302 .386 .561 .948
13 Mike Schmidt PHI 32.0 0.0 10% 7.89 160 541 109 137 45 114 9 120 .253 .386 .564 .950
14 Steve Garvey LAD 30.0 0.0 9% 2.84 162 648 92 204 28 110 3 37 .315 .351 .497 .848
15 Omar Moreno PIT 23.0 0.0 7% 2.87 162 695 110 196 8 69 77 51 .282 .333 .381 .714
15 Pete Rose PHI 23.0 0.0 7% 3.06 163 628 90 208 4 59 20 95 .331 .418 .430 .848
17 Gary Carter MON 15.0 1.0 4% 5.95 141 505 74 143 22 75 3 40 .283 .338 .485 .823
18 Bill Madlock TOT 14.0 1.0 4% 2.23 154 560 85 167 14 85 32 52 .298 .355 .438 .792
19 J.R. Richard HOU 12.0 0.0 4% 5.36 38 95 6 12 2 6 0 1 .126 .134 .221 .355 18 13 2.71 1.088 38 38 0 292.1 220 13 98 313
20 Phil Niekro ATL 11.0 0.0 3% 7.96 44 123 10 24 0 12 0 1 .195 .213 .244 .457 21 20 3.39 1.240 44 44 0 342.0 311 41 113 208
21 Joe Sambito HOU 9.0 0.0 3% 3.54 63 7 1 2 0 2 0 5 .286 .583 .429 1.012 8 7 1.77 1.128 63 0 22 91.1 80 8 23 83
21 Tom Seaver CIN 9.0 0.0 3% 3.52 33 76 3 12 2 8 0 1 .158 .169 .276 .445 16 6 3.14 1.153 32 32 0 215.0 187 16 61 131
23 Johnny Bench CIN 7.0 0.0 2% 5.56 130 464 73 128 22 80 4 67 .276 .364 .459 .824
24 Andre Dawson MON 6.0 0.0 2% 3.55 155 639 90 176 25 92 35 27 .275 .309 .468 .777
25 Garry Templeton STL 5.0 0.0 1% 4.27 154 672 105 211 9 62 26 18 .314 .331 .458 .790
26 Gary Matthews ATL 4.0 0.0 1% 4.34 156 631 97 192 27 90 18 60 .304 .363 .502 .865
27 Dave Collins CIN 3.0 0.0 1% 1.57 122 396 59 126 3 35 16 27 .318 .364 .402 .765
28 Bob Horner ATL 1.0 0.0 0% 2.50 121 487 66 153 33 98 0 22 .314 .346 .552 .898

AL Cy Young Voting

Cy Young Award History · 1978 · 1980
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP ERA+
1 Mike Flanagan BAL 136.0 26.0 97% 3.89 23 9 .719 3.08 39 38 0 16 5 0 265.2 245 107 91 23 70 1 190 3 0 6 1085 1.186 131
2 Tommy John NYY 51.0 1.0 36% 5.50 21 9 .700 2.96 37 36 1 17 3 0 276.1 268 109 91 9 65 1 111 4 1 11 1116 1.205 137
3 Ron Guidry NYY 26.0 1.0 19% 6.53 18 8 .692 2.78 33 30 3 15 2 2 236.1 203 83 73 20 71 0 201 0 0 9 946 1.159 146
4 Jim Kern TEX 25.0 0.0 18% 6.16 13 5 .722 1.57 71 0 57 0 0 29 143.0 99 35 25 5 62 6 136 2 0 5 578 1.126 264
5 Mike Marshall MIN 7.0 0.0 5% 4.45 10 15 .400 2.65 90 1 84 0 0 32 142.2 132 47 42 8 48 2 81 4 1 8 586 1.262 166
6 Jerry Koosman MIN 5.0 0.0 4% 7.22 20 13 .606 3.38 37 36 0 10 2 0 263.2 268 108 99 19 83 4 157 3 1 2 1101 1.331 130
7 Dennis Eckersley BOS 1.0 0.0 1% 7.32 17 10 .630 2.99 33 33 0 17 2 0 246.2 234 89 82 29 59 4 150 6 1 1 1018 1.188 149
7 Aurelio Lopez DET 1.0 0.0 1% 5.33 10 5 .667 2.41 61 0 49 0 0 21 127.0 95 37 34 12 51 3 106 3 0 3 519 1.150 181

NL Cy Young Voting

Cy Young Award History · 1978 · 1980
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP ERA+
1 Bruce Sutter CHC 72.0 10.0 60% 4.93 6 6 .500 2.22 62 0 56 0 0 37 101.1 67 29 25 3 32 5 110 0 0 9 403 0.977 188
2 Joe Niekro HOU 66.0 9.0 55% 3.47 21 11 .656 3.00 38 38 0 11 5 0 263.2 221 102 88 17 107 1 119 7 0 19 1095 1.244 117
3 J.R. Richard HOU 41.0 4.0 34% 5.58 18 13 .581 2.71 38 38 0 19 4 0 292.1 220 98 88 13 98 5 313 3 1 19 1175 1.088 130
4 Tom Seaver CIN 20.0 0.0 17% 3.33 16 6 .727 3.14 32 32 0 9 5 0 215.0 187 85 75 16 61 6 131 0 0 4 868 1.153 121
5 Kent Tekulve PIT 14.0 1.0 12% 3.25 10 8 .556 2.75 94 0 67 0 0 31 134.1 109 46 41 5 49 20 75 2 0 4 550 1.176 142
6 Phil Niekro ATL 3.0 0.0 2% 7.59 21 20 .512 3.39 44 44 0 23 1 0 342.0 311 160 129 41 113 8 208 11 4 18 1436 1.240 119

AL Rookie of the Year Voting

Rookie of the Year Award History · 1978 · 1980
Voting Results Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR G AB R H HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS W L ERA WHIP G GS SV IP H HR BB SO
1 John Castino MIN 7.0 7.0 25% 2.06 148 393 49 112 5 52 5 27 .285 .331 .397 .728
1 Alfredo Griffin TOR 7.0 7.0 25% 2.51 153 624 81 179 2 31 21 40 .287 .333 .364 .697
3 Mark Clear CAL 5.0 5.0 18% 1.84 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 3.63 1.422 52 0 14 109.0 87 6 68 98
4 Ross Baumgarten CHW 3.0 3.0 11% 3.97 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 3.54 1.353 28 28 0 190.2 175 18 83 72
4 Ron Davis NYY 3.0 3.0 11% 2.21 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 14 2 2.85 1.313 44 0 9 85.1 84 5 28 43
4 Pat Putnam TEX 3.0 3.0 11% 1.01 139 426 57 118 18 64 1 23 .277 .319 .458 .777

NL Rookie of the Year Voting

Rookie of the Year Award History · 1978 · 1980
Voting Results Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR G AB R H HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS W L ERA WHIP G GS SV IP H HR BB SO
1 Rick Sutcliffe LAD 20.0 20.0 83% 4.27 40 85 6 21 1 17 0 1 .247 .253 .318 .571 17 10 3.46 1.298 39 30 0 242.0 217 16 97 117
2 Jeffrey Leonard HOU 3.0 3.0 12% 2.03 134 411 47 119 0 47 23 46 .290 .360 .350 .710
3 Scot Thompson CHC 1.0 1.0 4% -0.49 128 346 36 100 2 29 4 17 .289 .322 .373 .694