The MVP Awards were announced on Thursday night on MLB Network. First basemen José Abreu of the White Sox and Freddie Freeman of the Braves were named the winners in the American League and National League, respectively.

Below are point totals for the balloting for the Most Valuable Player Awards, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Ballots for each award were submitted before the start of the postseason from two writers in every city, based on the league covered.

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The system rewards 14 points for first place, nine for second place, eight for third place, and so on, through one point for 10th place.

• Abreu, Freeman both 1st-time MVP winners

American League Results

José Abreu (CWS): 21 (1st place), 8 (2nd), 1 (3rd) - 374 points
José Ramírez (CLE): 8 (1st), 17 (2nd), 3 (3rd), 2 (4th) - 303 points
DJ LeMahieu (NYY): 1 (1st), 5 (2nd), 15 (3rd), 3 (4th), 2 (5th), 3 (6th), 1 (8th) - 230 points
Shane Bieber (CLE): 4 (3rd), 10 (4th), 9 (5th), 1 (6th), 2 (7th), 1 (8th), 1 (10th) - 173 points
Mike Trout (LAA): 4 (3rd), 10 (4th), 2 (5th), 7 (6th), 3 (7th), 3 (8th), 1 (9th) - 172 points
Nelson Cruz (MIN): 1 (3rd), 6 (5th), 6 (6th), 7 (7th), 8 (8th), 1 (9th) - 128 points
Tim Anderson (CWS): 1 (3rd), 3 (4th), 3 (5th), 8 (6th), 5 (7th), 2 (8th), 4 (9th), 4 (10th) - 125 points
Brandon Lowe (TB): 1 (4th), 7 (5th), 3 (7th), 9 (8th), 7 (9th), 2 (10th) - 104 points
Luke Voit (NYY): 1 (4th), 3 (6th), 8 (7th), 4 (8th), 8 (9th), 3 (10th) - 85 points
Anthony Rendon (LAA): 1 (3rd), 2 (6th), 2 (7th), 1 (8th), 4 (9th), 5 (10th) - 42 points
Teoscar Hernández (TOR): 1 (9th), 6 (10th) - 8 points
Alex Verdugo (BOS): 1 (5th) - 6 points
Liam Hendriks (OAK): 1 (9th), 2 (10th) - 4 points
Hyun Jin Ryu (TOR): 1 (8th), 1 (10th) - 4 points
George Springer (HOU): 2 (9th) - 4 points
Byron Buxton (MIN): 1 (9th) - 2 points
Xander Bogaerts (BOS): 1 (10th) - 1 point
David Fletcher (LAA): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Dallas Keuchel (CWS): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Kyle Lewis (SEA): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Salvador Perez (KC): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Eddie Rosario (MIN): 1 (10th) - 1 point

• All-time MVP Award winners: AL | NL

National League Results

Freddie Freeman (ATL): 28 (1st-place), 2 (2nd) - 410 points
Mookie Betts (LAD): 2 (1st), 21 (2nd), 5 (3rd), 1 (5th), 1 (6th) - 268 points
Manny Machado (SD): 2 (2nd), 16 (3rd), 7 (4th), 2 (5th), 2 (6th), 1 (7th) - 221 points
Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD): 2 (2nd), 5 (3rd), 14 (4th), 5 (5th), 2 (6th), 1 (7th), 1 (10th) - 201 points
Juan Soto (WSH): 3 (2nd), 2 (3rd), 5 (4th), 10 (5th), 4 (6th), 2 (7th), 2 (8th) - 172 points
Marcell Ozuna (ATL): 2 (3rd), 1 (4th), 11 (5th), 14 (6th), 2 (7th) - 167 points
Trea Turner (WSH): 2 (4th), 1 (6th), 6 (7th), 8 (8th), 6 (9th), 4 (10th) - 83 points
Mike Yastrzemski (SF): 1 (4th), 3 (6th), 8 (7th), 6 (8th), 3 (9th), 3 (10th) - 81 points
Corey Seager (LAD): 3 (6th), 2 (7th), 3 (8th), 4 (9th), 3 (10th) - 43 points
Trevor Bauer (CIN): 1 (5th), 3 (7th), 2 (8th), 2 (9th), 4 (10th) - 32 points
Trevor Story (COL): 2 (7th), 4 (8th), 1 (9th), 1 (10th) - 23 points
Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL): 2 (8th), 5 (9th), 5 (10th) - 21 points
Dominic Smith (NYM): 2 (8th), 4 (9th), 2 (10th) - 16 points
Yu Darvish (CHC): 2 (7th), 2 (9th), 2 (10th) - 14 points
Paul Goldschmidt (STL): 1 (7th), 1 (8th), 1 (9th) - 9 points
Brandon Belt (SF): 1 (9th) - 2 points
Wil Myers (SD): 1 (9th) - 2 points
Max Fried (ATL): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Ian Happ (CHC): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Dansby Swanson (ATL): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Ryan Tepera (CHC): 1 (10th) - 1 point
Devin Williams (MIL): 1 (10th) - 1 point