1944 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1944 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Marty Marion of the St. Louis Cardinals.

[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
Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals †	190	0.565 (336)	7	506	50	135	6	63	1	43	50	0.267	0.324	0.362	Did not pitch
Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	189	0.563 (336)	4	582	116	167	33	122	3	93	71	0.287	0.391	0.545	Did not pitch
Dixie Walker	Brooklyn Dodgers	145	0.432 (336)	3	535	77	191	13	91	6	72	27	0.357	0.434	0.529	Did not pitch
Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals †	136	0.405 (336)	3	568	112	197	12	94	7	90	28	0.347	0.440	0.549	Did not pitch
Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	107	0.318 (336)	3	107	9	30	0	13	0	8	18	0.280	0.330	0.318	23 - 8	1	285.0	233	10	87	77	2.40
Bill Voiselle	New York Giants	107	0.318 (336)	0	105	8	22	0	8	0	8	24	0.210	0.265	0.257	21 - 16	0	312.2	276	31	118	161	3.02
Ray Mueller	Cincinnati Reds	85	0.253 (336)	2	555	54	159	10	73	4	53	47	0.286	0.353	0.398	Did not pitch
Walker Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals †	72	0.214 (336)	1	397	56	126	13	72	4	20	19	0.317	0.352	0.504	Did not pitch
Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals †	63	0.188 (336)	0	94	9	19	0	13	0	7	12	0.202	0.257	0.234	22 - 7	1	252.1	227	6	60	97	2.46
Bob Elliott	Pittsburgh Pirates	57	0.170 (336)	0	538	85	160	10	108	9	75	42	0.297	0.383	0.465	Did not pitch
Rip Sewell	Pittsburgh Pirates	49	0.146 (336)	0	112	10	25	1	12	1	2	19	0.223	0.237	0.304	21 - 12	2	286.0	263	15	99	87	3.18
Babe Dahlgren	Pittsburgh Pirates	33	0.098 (336)	1	599	67	173	12	101	2	47	56	0.289	0.347	0.419	Did not pitch
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	32	0.095 (336)	0	581	85	177	20	102	7	57	17	0.305	0.371	0.482	Did not pitch
Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	27	0.080 (336)	0	614	106	197	5	82	4	67	42	0.321	0.390	0.451	Did not pitch
Ray Sanders	St. Louis Cardinals †	25	0.074 (336)	0	601	87	177	12	102	2	71	50	0.295	0.371	0.441	Did not pitch
Mel Ott	New York Giants	20	0.060 (336)	0	399	91	115	26	82	2	90	47	0.288	0.423	0.544	Did not pitch
Jim Tobin	Boston Braves	13	0.039 (336)	0	116	13	22	2	18	0	16	28	0.190	0.288	0.302	18 - 19	3	299.1	271	18	97	83	3.01
Ron Northey	Philadelphia Blue Jays	10	0.030 (336)	0	570	72	164	22	104	1	67	51	0.288	0.367	0.496	Did not pitch
Johnny Hopp	St. Louis Cardinals †	10	0.030 (336)	0	527	106	177	11	72	15	58	47	0.336	0.404	0.499	Did not pitch
Joe Medwick	New York Giants	9	0.027 (336)	0	490	64	165	7	85	2	38	24	0.337	0.386	0.441	Did not pitch
Johnny Barrett	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	0.024 (336)	0	568	99	153	7	83	28	86	56	0.269	0.366	0.415	Did not pitch
Eddie Miller	Cincinnati Reds	7	0.021 (336)	0	536	48	112	4	55	9	41	41	0.209	0.269	0.289	Did not pitch
Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	6	0.018 (336)	0	631	93	195	13	73	4	61	11	0.309	0.372	0.456	Did not pitch
Ted Wilks	St. Louis Cardinals †	4	0.012 (336)	0	64	6	9	0	6	0	5	15	0.141	0.203	0.172	17 - 4	0	207.2	173	12	49	70	2.64
Tony Lupien	Philadelphia Blue Jays	3	0.009 (336)	0	597	82	169	5	52	18	56	29	0.283	0.347	0.377	Did not pitch
Max Lanier	St. Louis Cardinals †	2	0.006 (336)	0	77	11	14	0	2	0	4	2	0.182	0.222	0.195	17 - 12	0	224.1	192	5	71	141	2.65
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	2	0.006 (336)	0	383	65	108	3	32	5	53	21	0.282	0.369	0.352	Did not pitch
Connie Ryan	Boston Braves	2	0.006 (336)	0	332	56	98	4	25	13	36	40	0.295	0.364	0.416	Did not pitch
Whitey Kurowski	St. Louis Cardinals †	1	0.003 (336)	0	555	95	150	20	87	2	58	40	0.270	0.341	0.449	Did not pitch
Jim Russell	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0.003 (336)	0	580	109	181	8	66	6	79	63	0.312	0.399	0.460	Did not pitch
Augie Galan	Brooklyn Dodgers	1	0.003 (336)	0	547	96	174	12	93	4	101	23	0.318	0.426	0.495	Did not pitch