2012 NL MVP ballots

Buster Posey wins NL MVP award

Below is a breakdown of the 32 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the National League. Note that in some cases (*), if there are not enough eligible voters in one chapter, a voter from another chapter will represent that city. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.

NameAffiliationChapter1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Tom VerducciSI.comATL*PoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaLaRocheBruceHeadleyHollidayKimbrelWright
Jon HeymanCBS Sports.comATL*PoseyBraunMolinaMcCutchenLaRocheKimbrelMedlenRamirezHarperChapman
Nick PiecoroArizona RepublicAZPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaWrightHeadleyKershawDickeyCuetoHill
Bob NightengaleUSA TodayAZPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaHeadleyLaRocheCraigRamirezHollidayPhillips
Doug PadillaESPN Chicago.comCHIBraunMcCutchenPoseyBruceLaRocheHollidayHeadleyMolinaSorianoPence
Gordon WittenmyerChicago Sun TimesCHIPoseyMcCutchenMolinaBraunGonzalezPhillipsMedlenBruceRamirezSoriano
Hal McCoyAt LargeCINPoseyBraunMolinaMcCutchenLa RocheSorianoBrucePradoWrightHeadley
C.Trent RosecransCBS Sports.comCINPoseyMolinaBraunMcCutchenWrightHeadleyRamirezBournDesmondVotto
Troy RenckDenver PostCOLPoseyMcCutchenBraunMolinaHeadleyLaRocheStantonKimbrelWrightHill
Tracy RingolsbyFox Sports.comCOLPoseyKimbrelBraunHollidayZimmermanPhillipsMcCutchenWrightGonzalezMolina
Zachary LevineHouston ChronicleHOUPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaHeadleyWrightHillRamirezDickeyHolliday
Joel ShermanNew York PostHOU*PoseyBraunMolinaMcCutchenKimbrelLaRocheChapmanRuizHeadleyVotto
Hirokazu HiguchiChunichi ShimbunLAPoseyMolinaMcCutchenBraunLaRocheBruceKimbrelWrightHeadleyKershaw
Mark SaxonESPN Los Angeles.comLAPoseyMolinaBraunMcCutchenBournHeadleyKershawDickeyKimbrelVotto
Clark SpencerMiami HeraldMIAPoseyMolinaMcCutchenBraunHeadleyWrightRamirezLaRocheDickeyHeyward
Juan C. RodriguezSouth Florida Sun SentinelMIAPoseyMcCutchenBraunMolinaWrightHeadleyHollidayRamirezLaRocheDickey
Todd RosiakMilwaukee Journal SentinelMILBraunPoseyMcCutchenMolinaLaRocheHeadleyBruceHollidayRamirezWright
Tom HaudricourtMilwaukee Journal SentinelMILBraunPoseyMcCutchenMolinaBeltranLaRocheKimbrelRamirezHeadleyHolliday
Adam RubinESPN New York.comNYMolinaPoseyBraunMcCutchenHeadleyKimbrelLaRocheChapmanWrightMontero
Andy McCulloughNewark Star LedgerNYMolinaPoseyBraunMcCutchenHeadleyDickeyKershawStantonVottoWright
Ryan LawrencePhiladelphia Daily NewsPHIPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaKimbrelWrightRamirezLaRocheHeadleyVotto
Jayson StarkESPN.comPHIPoseyBraunMolinaMcCutchenWrightVottoHeadleyKimbrelKershawRuiz
Bill BrinkPittsburgh Post GazettePITPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaWrightHeadleyRamirezBournHollidayVotto
Rob BiertempfelPittburgh Tribune ReviewPITPoseyMcCutchenMolinaBraunWrightBruceHollidayLaRocheDesmondHeyward
Scott MillerCBS Sports.comSDPoseyMolinaBraunMcCutchenWrightHeadleyVottoPradoHollidayKimbrel
John MaffeiNorth County (CA) TimesSDPoseyMcCutchenBraunHeadleyBruceLaRocheCraigRamirezPradoZimmerman
Henry SchulmanSan Francisco ChronicleSFPoseyBraunMolinaBruceMcCutchenKimbrelDesmondWrightHeadleyChapman
Andrew BaggarlyAt LargeSFPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaKimbrelChapmanHeadleyDesmondWrightPagan
Rick HummelSt. Louis Post DispatchSTLPoseyMolinaBraunMcCutchenHeadleyKimbrelLaRochePhillipsChapmanCraig
Joe StraussSt. Louis Post DispatchSTLPoseyBraunMolinaMcCutchenHeadleyKimbrelPhillipsDesmondChapmanCraig
Ken RosenthalFox Sports.comWASPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaRamirezWrightHeadleyLaRocheHeywardC Jones
Amanda ComakWashington TimesWASPoseyBraunMcCutchenMolinaHeadleyRamirezWrightLaRocheKimbrelDesmond