1949 NL Awards

  The NL award winners were announced today by MLB. Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson (pictured left)was named the NL MVP. Robinson's #'s on the season: .372 BA, 20 HR, 125 RBI, 52 SB. Teammate Pee Wee Reese was the runner up. Boston's Warren Spahn (pictured right) was named the NL Cy Young Award winner. Spahn's #'s on the season: 21-13, 2.97 ERA, 316 IP, 153 K's. The Dodger's Preacher Roe was the runner up. Brooklyn's Burt Shotton was named NL Manager of the Year.

 

AWARDS VOTING FOR 1949 National League                         Date: 10/12/1949
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
J.Robinson(BRN) 399                     W.Spahn(BON) 111
P.Reese(BRN) 358                        P.Roe(BRN) 97
S.Musial(SLN) 213                       R.Barney(BRN) 52
C.Furillo(BRN) 132                      H.Pollet(SLN) 19
R.Kiner(PIN) 96                         D.Newcombe(BRN) 8
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  A.Seminick(PHN) 1,223,112            R.Campanella(BRN) 1,136,660
1B G.Hodges(BRN) 1,825,693              T.Kluszewski(CIN) 920,592
2B J.Robinson(BRN) 3,443,121            R.Schoendiens(SLN) 1,364,254
3B S.Gordon(NYN) 1,681,355              W.Jones(PHN) 1,529,272
SS P.Reese(BRN) 2,564,581               G.Hamner(PHN) 1,244,451
LF R.Kiner(PIN) 3,333,593               D.Ennis(PHN) 2,282,546
CF D.Snider(BRN) 1,927,231              B.Thomson(NYN) 1,913,894
RF S.Musial(SLN) 2,988,054              C.Furillo(BRN) 2,118,713
Pi P.Roe(BRN) 3,305,396                 W.Spahn(BON) 3,256,135
   R.Barney(BRN) 3,090,905              J.Konstanty(PHN) 2,881,190
   H.Pollet(SLN) 2,818,092              H.Borowy(PHN) 2,402,625
   S.Jones(NYN) 2,200,383               D.Newcombe(BRN) 2,141,352
   C.Chambers(PIN) 2,020,557            R.Branca(BRN) 1,965,299
   K.Heintzelman(PHN) 1,946,438         J.Hatten(BRN) 1,911,176
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  V.Bickford(BON)                      L.Jansen(NYN) 
C  R.Campanella(BRN)                    W.Cooper(CIN) 
1B G.Hodges(BRN)                        E.Fletcher(BON) 
2B R.Schoendiens(SLN)                   J.Robinson(BRN) 
3B G.Hatton(CIN)                        W.Jones(PHN) 
SS P.Reese(BRN)                         G.Hamner(PHN) 
OF D.Snider(BRN)                        W.Lockman(NYN) 
OF R.Ashburn(PHN)                       B.Thomson(NYN) 
OF C.Furillo(BRN)                       E.Slaughter(SLN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  A.Seminick(PHN)                      R.Campanella(BRN) 
1B G.Hodges(BRN)                        T.Kluszewski(CIN) 
2B J.Robinson(BRN)                      R.Schoendiens(SLN) 
3B S.Gordon(NYN)                        W.Jones(PHN) 
SS P.Reese(BRN)                         G.Hamner(PHN) 
LF R.Kiner(PIN)                         D.Ennis(PHN) 
CF D.Snider(BRN)                        B.Thomson(NYN) 
RF S.Musial(SLN)                        C.Furillo(BRN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
J.Konstanty(PHN) 46                     Burt Shotton(BRN) 
E.Palica(BRN) 41                        Eddie Dyer(SLN) 
T.Wilks(SLN) 35                         Eddie Sawyer(PHN) 
N.Potter(BON) 14                        Billy Southworth(BON) 
J.Banta(BRN) 12                         Leo Durocher(NYN)