1974 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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The winner of the 1974 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

[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
Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers †	270	0.804 (336)	13	642	95	200	21	111	5	31	66	0.312	0.342	0.469	Did not pitch
Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	233	0.693 (336)	8	635	105	194	3	48	118	61	88	0.306	0.368	0.381	Did not pitch
Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers †	146	0.435 (336)	1	34	2	8	0	2	0	0	3	0.235	0.235	0.235	15 - 12	21	208.1	191	9	56	143	2.42
Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	141	0.420 (336)	0	621	108	174	33	129	5	80	90	0.280	0.363	0.507	Did not pitch
Jimmy Wynn	Los Angeles Dodgers †	137	0.408 (336)	2	535	104	145	32	108	18	108	104	0.271	0.387	0.497	Did not pitch
Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	136	0.405 (336)	0	568	108	160	36	116	23	106	138	0.282	0.395	0.546	Did not pitch
Al Oliver	Pittsburgh Pirates †	87	0.259 (336)	0	617	96	198	11	85	10	33	58	0.321	0.358	0.475	Did not pitch
Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	72	0.214 (336)	0	512	107	150	22	67	58	120	69	0.293	0.427	0.494	Did not pitch
Richie Zisk	Pittsburgh Pirates †	54	0.161 (336)	0	536	75	168	17	100	1	65	91	0.313	0.386	0.476	Did not pitch
Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates †	43	0.128 (336)	0	508	90	153	25	96	0	87	106	0.301	0.407	0.537	Did not pitch
Reggie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	39	0.116 (336)	0	517	79	160	23	100	4	71	70	0.309	0.389	0.528	Did not pitch
Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	11	0.033 (336)	0	606	87	214	11	54	26	28	52	0.353	0.383	0.503	Did not pitch
Ted Simmons	St. Louis Cardinals	7	0.021 (336)	0	599	66	163	20	103	0	47	35	0.272	0.327	0.447	Did not pitch
Dave Cash	Philadelphia Phillies	6	0.018 (336)	0	687	89	206	2	58	20	46	33	0.300	0.351	0.378	Did not pitch
Dave Concepcion	Cincinnati Reds	5	0.015 (336)	0	594	70	167	14	82	41	44	79	0.281	0.335	0.397	Did not pitch
Andy Messersmith	Los Angeles Dodgers †	4	0.012 (336)	0	96	12	23	1	11	0	11	28	0.240	0.312	0.354	20 - 6	0	292.1	227	24	94	221	2.59
Al Hrabosky	St. Louis Cardinals	4	0.012 (336)	0	13	2	4	0	2	0	0	2	0.308	0.308	0.462	8 - 1	9	88.1	71	3	38	82	2.95
Jack Billingham	Cincinnati Reds	4	0.012 (336)	0	67	0	5	0	1	0	1	31	0.075	0.088	0.075	19 - 11	0	212.1	233	16	64	103	3.94
Cesar Cedeno	Houston Astros	4	0.012 (336)	0	610	95	164	26	102	57	64	103	0.269	0.338	0.461	Did not pitch
Buzz Capra	Atlanta Braves	3	0.009 (336)	0	67	4	11	0	1	0	8	23	0.164	0.253	0.164	16 - 8	1	217.0	163	13	84	137	2.28
Lynn McGlothen	St. Louis Cardinals	2	0.006 (336)	0	83	3	15	0	4	0	2	19	0.181	0.200	0.193	16 - 12	0	237.1	212	12	89	142	2.69
Rennie Stennett	Pittsburgh Pirates †	2	0.006 (336)	0	673	84	196	7	56	8	32	51	0.291	0.322	0.374	Did not pitch
Bake McBride	St. Louis Cardinals	2	0.006 (336)	0	559	81	173	6	56	30	43	57	0.309	0.369	0.394	Did not pitch
Richie Hebner	Pittsburgh Pirates †	2	0.006 (336)	0	550	97	160	18	68	0	60	53	0.291	0.363	0.449	Did not pitch
Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (336)	0	577	88	151	18	97	1	76	68	0.262	0.349	0.397	Did not pitch
Bill Buckner	Los Angeles Dodgers †	1	0.003 (336)	0	580	83	182	7	58	31	30	24	0.314	0.351	0.412	Did not pitch