1929 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1929 National League Most Valuable Player Award, the League Award, was Rogers Hornsby of the Chicago Cubs.

[edit] Award Voting

† indicates playoff team

Player	Team	Points	Points Share (Max Points)	First Votes	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	ERA
Rogers Hornsby	Chicago Cubs †	60	0.750 (80)	3	602	156	229	39	149	2	87	65	0.380	0.459	0.679	Did not pitch
Lefty O'Doul	Philadelphia Phillies	54	0.675 (80)	2	638	152	254	32	122	2	76	19	0.398	0.465	0.622	Did not pitch
Bill Terry	New York Giants	48	0.600 (80)	Unk	607	103	226	14	117	10	48	35	0.372	0.418	0.522	Did not pitch
Burleigh Grimes	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	0.438 (80)	Unk	91	11	26	0	12	0	4	10	0.286	0.316	0.385	17 - 7	2	232.2	245	11	70	62	3.13
Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	30	0.375 (80)	Unk	662	134	234	5	74	6	37	20	0.353	0.395	0.479	Did not pitch
Red Lucas	Cincinnati Reds	29	0.363 (80)	Unk	140	15	41	0	13	1	13	15	0.293	0.353	0.336	19 - 12	0	270.0	267	14	58	72	3.60
Pie Traynor	Pittsburgh Pirates	27	0.338 (80)	Unk	540	94	192	4	108	13	30	7	0.356	0.393	0.472	Did not pitch
Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs †	24	0.300 (80)	Unk	574	135	198	39	159	3	78	83	0.345	0.425	0.618	Did not pitch
Babe Herman	Brooklyn Robins	24	0.300 (80)	Unk	569	105	217	21	113	21	55	45	0.381	0.436	0.612	Did not pitch
Guy Bush	Chicago Cubs †	16	0.200 (80)	Unk	91	5	15	0	3	1	3	19	0.165	0.191	0.165	18 - 7	8	270.2	277	16	107	82	3.66
Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	15	0.188 (80)	Unk	616	126	219	43	145	5	54	61	0.356	0.407	0.657	Did not pitch
Mel Ott	New York Giants	15	0.188 (80)	Unk	545	138	179	42	151	6	113	38	0.328	0.449	0.635	Did not pitch
Taylor Douthit	St. Louis Cardinals †	14	0.175 (80)	Unk	613	128	206	9	62	8	79	49	0.336	0.416	0.471	Did not pitch
Charlie Grimm	Chicago Cubs †	13	0.163 (80)	Unk	463	66	138	10	91	3	42	25	0.298	0.358	0.436	Did not pitch
Rabbit Maranville	Boston Braves	8	0.100 (80)	0	560	87	159	0	55	13	47	33	0.284	0.344	0.366	Did not pitch
Travis Jackson	New York Giants	8	0.100 (80)	0	551	92	162	21	94	10	64	56	0.294	0.367	0.490	Did not pitch
Hughie Critz	Cincinnati Reds	5	0.063 (80)	0	425	55	105	1	50	9	27	21	0.247	0.292	0.336	Did not pitch
Bernie Friberg	Philadelphia Phillies	4	0.050 (80)	0	455	74	137	7	55	1	49	54	0.301	0.370	0.437	Did not pitch
Pat Malone	Chicago Cubs †	3	0.038 (80)	0	105	8	22	2	11	0	4	23	0.210	0.239	0.295	22 - 10	2	267.0	283	12	102	166	3.57
Pinky Whitney	Philadelphia Phillies	2	0.025 (80)	0	612	89	200	8	115	7	61	35	0.327	0.390	0.482	Did not pitch
Frankie Frisch	St. Louis Cardinals †	2	0.025 (80)	0	527	93	176	5	74	24	53	12	0.334	0.397	0.484	Did not pitch
Johnny Frederick	Brooklyn Robins	2	0.025 (80)	0	628	127	206	24	75	6	39	34	0.328	0.372	0.545	Did not pitch
Zack Taylor	Boston Braves	1	0.013 (80)	0	101	8	25	0	10	0	7	9	0.248	0.303	0.317	Did not pitch
Zack Taylor	Chicago Cubs †	1	0.013 (80)	0	215	29	59	1	31	0	19	18	0.274	0.336	0.391	Did not pitch
Riggs Stephenson	Chicago Cubs †	1	0.013 (80)	0	495	91	179	17	110	10	67	21	0.362	0.445	0.562	Did not pitch