With everyone and their brother picking Andrew McCutchen to be Pittsburgh’s first Most Valuable Player since the George H.W. Bush administration, I thought it’d be fun to look at which teams have toiled the longest without one of their players winning the big one. Today we’ll look at the National League.
MVP droughts, N.L. edition
Dilip Vishwanat
| Team | Last MVP | Player | Notes |
| Giants | 2012 | Buster Posey | Good baseball player (insight). |
| Brewers | 2011 | Ryan Braun | If Brewers don't want Braundo, he can play for my team. |
| Reds | 2010 | Joey Votto | Selfish, RBI-hating jerk only cares about scoring runs for his team. |
| Cardinals | 2009 | Albert Pujols | Greatest first baseman since ... Jimmie Foxx? |
| Phillies | 2007 | Jimmy Rollins | Classic narrative pick. Wright or Utley would've been better. |
| Braves | 1999 | Chipper Jones | Edged Bagwell in stretch performance vs. rival Mets. |
| Cubs | 1998 | Sammy Sosa | McGwire was better. Monstrous '01 overshadowed by Bonds. |
| Rockies | 1997 | Larry Walker | Biggio or Piazza more deserving, but Walker was HOF great. |
| Padres | 1996 | Ken Caminiti | Tony "Mr. Padre" Gwynn might be best player to never win MVP. |
| Pirates | 1992 | Barry Bonds | Also Pittsburgh's last winning season, not coincidentally. |
| Dodgers | 1988 | Kirk Gibson | Who will be the next Dodger MVP? Kemp? Puig? Kershaw? |
| Mets | - | - | Case against New York bias in award voting starts here. |
| Nationals | - | - | Raines jobbed in '87 by terrible Dawson pick. |
| Marlins | - | - | Best season by a Marlin: Hanley in '08 or Sheffield in '96? |
| D'backs | - | - | Randy Johnson probably should've won in '99 or '00. |
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