The 2015 National League MVP is Bryce Harper of the Nationals, and the 2015 American League MVP is Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays. The award results were announced Thursday night on MLB Network and, thanks to the Baseball Writers Association of America's transparency, we can see exactly how the balloting broke down.
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Here are the NL vote tallies, broken down by first- through 10th-place spots (each writer fills out a ballot of 10).
| 2015 National League MVP Voting | ||||||||||||
| Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | *Points |
| Bryce Harper | Nationals | 30 | 420 | |||||||||
| Paul Goldschmidt | Diamondbacks | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 234 | ||||
| Joey Votto | Reds | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 175 | ||||
| Anthony Rizzo | Cubs | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 162 | |
| Andrew McCutchen | Pirates | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 139 | |
| Jake Arrieta | Cubs | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 134 | |||
| Zack Greinke | Dodgers | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 130 | |||
| Nolan Arenado | Rockies | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 102 | |||
| Buster Posey | Giants | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 84 | ||||
| Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 49 | |||
| Kris Bryant | Cubs | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | |||||
| Matt Carpenter | Cardinals | 2 | 8 | 2 | 26 | |||||||
| Yoenis Cespedes | Mets | 2 | 3 | 2 | 24 | |||||||
| A.J. Pollock | Diamondbacks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | ||||||
| Jason Heyward | Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| Dee Gordon | Marlins | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Trevor Rosenthal | Cardinals | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Curtis Granderson | Mets | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Gerrit Cole | Pirates | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Adrian Gonzalez | Dodgers | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| * Based on 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system | ||||||||||||
Now here are how the individual NL Cy Young voters filled out their ballots:
(Click here for larger version of individual NL ballots)
Over in the AL, here's the voting breakdown by candidate:
| 2015 American League MVP Voting | ||||||||||||
| Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | *Points |
| Josh Donaldson | Blue Jays | 23 | 7 | 385 | ||||||||
| Mike Trout | Angels | 7 | 22 | 1 | 304 | |||||||
| Lorenzo Cain | Royals | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 225 | ||||||
| Manny Machado | Orioles | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 158 | ||
| Dallas Keuchel | Astros | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 107 | |||||
| Nelson Cruz | Mariners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 94 | |
| Adrian Beltre | Rangers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 83 | |||
| Jose Bautista | Blue Jays | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 82 | ||||
| David Price | Tigers/Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 62 | ||
| Jose Altuve | Astros | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| Miguel Cabrera | Tigers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 40 | |||
| Edwin Encarnacion | Blue Jays | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 38 | ||||||
| Prince Fielder | Rangers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||||||
| Chris Davis | Orioles | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||||
| J.D. Martinez | Tigers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
| Jason Kipnis | Indians | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Kevin Kiermaier | Rays | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Kendrys Morales | Royals | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Chris Sale | White Sox | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Mookie Betts | Red Sox | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Jose Abreu | White Sox | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Ian Kinsler | Tigers | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Mike Moustakas | Royals | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Carlos Correa | Astros | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Brian McCann | Yankees | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Eric Hosmer | Royals | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Russell Martin | Blue Jays | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Michael Brantley | Indians | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Wade Davis | Royals | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Brian Dozier | Twins | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| David Ortiz | Red Sox | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Alex Rodriguez | Yankees | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mark Teixeira | Yankees | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| * Based on 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system | ||||||||||||
And the individual ballots:
(Click here for larger version of individual AL ballots)
Necessary reminder: The votes are submitted at the conclusion of the regular season, so the writers had no idea what would happen in the postseason and, thus, it had no impact on the vote.
