NL MVP Award

1) 65 Points-Oscar Charleston - (13, 0, 0 / 13 ballots)

2) 13 Points-Mickey Mantle - -  (0, 3, 4 / 7 ballots)

3) 13 Points-Ted Williams - - - (0, 4, 1 / 5 ballots)

4)  8 Points-Reggie Jackson - - (0, 2, 2 / 4 ballots)

5)  7 Points-Orator Shaffer - - (0, 2, 1 / 3 ballots)

6)  5 Points-George Brett - - - (0, 1, 2 / 3 ballots)

7)  4 Points-Frank Robinson - - (0, 1, 1 / 2 ballots)

8)  1 Points-Roger Connor - - - (0, 0, 1 / 1 ballots)

9)  1 Points-Norm Cash - - - - -(0, 0, 1 / 1 ballots)

Unanimously, and without any doubts from any of his competitors, Oscar Charleston wins the NL MVP Award.   In second place is a tie for Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams who can keep the pace with Oscar in terms of rate stats (they all had between 8.2 and 8.4 RC/27) but Oscar played more and is a plus defender.

Two side notes:

• It was nice to see George Brett get some praise.  He may truly be the Most Valuable as the Zero's have no chance at the post-season without him.
• Frank Robinson is interesting, with lone 2nd and 3rd place votes.  He led the league in RBI, impressive, but that .298 OBP sticks out as a primary negative.