1938 National League Most Valuable Player Award

The winner of the 1938 National League Most Valuable Player Award was Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds.

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
Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	229	0.682 (336)	10		489	60	167	19	95	0	40	14	0.342	0.391	0.524		Did not pitch
Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs †	166	0.494 (336)	5		101	10	20	0	13	1	4	20	0.198	0.229	0.248		22 - 9	2	291.0	281	18	74	121	2.66
Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	163	0.485 (336)	5		541	88	174	7	68	14	104	21	0.322	0.433	0.444		Did not pitch
Mel Ott	New York Giants	132	0.393 (336)	1		527	116	164	36	116	2	118	47	0.311	0.442	0.583		Did not pitch
Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	130	0.387 (336)	1		640	89	209	5	106	1	18	17	0.327	0.348	0.425		Did not pitch
Johnny Rizzo	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	0.286 (336)	0		555	97	167	23	111	1	54	61	0.301	0.368	0.514		Did not pitch
Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs †	87	0.259 (336)	0		609	109	195	4	67	16	94	39	0.320	0.411	0.432		Did not pitch
Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	70	0.208 (336)	0		119	8	21	2	15	0	2	24	0.176	0.190	0.235		21 - 14	3	307.0	315	20	49	132	2.93
Mace Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates	62	0.185 (336)	1		38	1	5	0	5	0	0	8	0.132	0.132	0.184		15 - 9	5	132.2	155	5	44	55	3.80
Gabby Hartnett	Chicago Cubs †	61	0.182 (336)	1		299	40	82	10	59	1	48	17	0.274	0.380	0.445		Did not pitch
Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	55	0.164 (336)	0		590	100	190	21	122	0	42	41	0.322	0.369	0.536		Did not pitch
Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	28	0.083 (336)	0		531	85	179	27	102	0	74	47	0.337	0.422	0.614		Did not pitch
Tony Cuccinello	Boston Bees	23	0.068 (336)	0		555	62	147	9	76	4	52	32	0.265	0.331	0.366		Did not pitch
Pep Young	Pittsburgh Pirates	19	0.057 (336)	0		562	58	156	4	79	7	40	64	0.278	0.329	0.381		Did not pitch
Clay Bryant	Chicago Cubs †	16	0.048 (336)	0		106	16	24	3	15	0	2	10	0.226	0.241	0.349		19 - 11	2	270.1	235	6	125	135	3.10
Harry Danning	New York Giants	13	0.039 (336)	0		448	59	137	9	60	1	23	40	0.306	0.345	0.438		Did not pitch
Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	11	0.033 (336)	0		568	103	166	30	92	3	53	51	0.292	0.368	0.533		Did not pitch
Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	6	0.018 (336)	0		83	6	15	0	2	0	0	23	0.181	0.181	0.181		15 - 10	0	225.1	177	12	103	125	3.12
Dick Coffman	New York Giants	6	0.018 (336)	0		28	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	0.071	0.071	0.071		8 - 4	12	111.1	116	3	21	21	3.48
Leo Durocher	Brooklyn Dodgers	6	0.018 (336)	0		479	41	105	1	56	3	47	30	0.219	0.293	0.284		Did not pitch
Al Lopez	Boston Bees	5	0.015 (336)	0		236	19	63	1	14	5	11	24	0.267	0.305	0.314		Did not pitch
Debs Garms	Boston Bees	5	0.015 (336)	0		428	62	135	0	47	4	34	22	0.315	0.371	0.364		Did not pitch
Lloyd Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	5	0.015 (336)	0		619	79	194	5	57	5	28	11	0.313	0.343	0.401		Did not pitch
Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	5	0.015 (336)	0		509	106	128	24	100	6	119	101	0.251	0.393	0.485		Did not pitch
Charley Root	Chicago Cubs †	3	0.009 (336)	0		48	2	8	0	3	0	4	16	0.167	0.231	0.188		8 - 7	8	160.2	163	10	30	70	2.86
Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	3	0.009 (336)	0		94	6	16	0	5	0	2	15	0.170	0.188	0.191		10 - 20	1	267.1	294	14	120	90	4.61
Johnny Hudson	Brooklyn Dodgers	3	0.009 (336)	0		498	59	130	2	37	7	39	76	0.261	0.315	0.335		Did not pitch
Jo-Jo Moore	New York Giants	3	0.009 (336)	0		506	76	153	11	56	2	22	27	0.302	0.335	0.437		Did not pitch
Lee Handley	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0.006 (336)	0		570	91	153	6	51	7	53	31	0.268	0.332	0.372		Did not pitch
Freddie Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn Dodgers	1	0.003 (336)	0		70	8	12	0	4	0	4	14	0.171	0.216	0.200		11 - 8	0	202.2	205	8	43	38	3.02
Lon Warneke	St. Louis Cardinals	1	0.003 (336)	0		71	5	23	0	6	0	2	7	0.324	0.342	0.366		13 - 8	0	197.0	199	14	64	89	3.97
Hersh Martin	Philadelphia Phillies	1	0.003 (336)	0		466	58	139	3	39	8	34	48	0.298	0.347	0.421		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1937

Most Valuable Player Award American 1938

Succeeded by 1939