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Pete Crow-Armstrong wins unanimous 2026 National League MVP award
The Cubs center fielder received all 30 first-place votes, finishing ahead of Shohei Ohtani and Brice Turang in the baseball writers’ ballot.
The numbers
- Crow-Armstrong’s first-place votes
- 30 of 30 first-place votes
- Crow-Armstrong’s MVP voting total
- 420 points
- Shohei Ohtani’s MVP voting total
- 264 points
- Brice Turang’s MVP voting total
- 190 points
- Crow-Armstrong’s reported season home runs
- 45 home runs
- Crow-Armstrong’s reported season stolen bases
- 41 stolen bases
- Crow-Armstrong’s reported batting average
- .280 batting average
- Crow-Armstrong’s reported on-base percentage
- .372 on-base percentage
- Crow-Armstrong’s reported slugging percentage
- .570 slugging percentage
Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won the 2026 National League Most Valuable Player award unanimously, taking all 30 first-place votes, the baseball writers’ association announced November 12.
Crow-Armstrong finished with 420 points. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani was second with 264, and the Milwaukee Brewers’ Brice Turang was third with 190, according to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
In the 2026 season, Crow-Armstrong hit 45 home runs and stole 41 bases, OutKick’s Ian Miller reported. Miller also reported a .280 batting average, a .372 on-base percentage and a .570 slugging percentage.
The association said two writers from each National League city submitted ballots before the postseason. A first-place vote carries 14 points and a second-place vote nine, with points awarded down through 10th place.
Crow-Armstrong is the first Cubs player to win the award unanimously and the team’s first MVP since Kris Bryant in 2016, the association said. Ohtani won the National League award in 2024 and 2025.
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The baseball writers’ association announced Crow-Armstrong as the unanimous National League MVP.
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Fox News · OutKick via Fox News · United States · Nov 12, 2026
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