Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins took home the National League MVP trophy over Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday in a very close vote. Rollins received 353 points beating out Holliday by 17 points.
Rollins became the first player in history to collect at least 200 hits, 25 homers, 15 triples and 25 steals in a season. Overall, the switch-hitter batted .296, with 38 doubles, 20 triples, 30 homers, 94 RBIs, 41 stolen bases, 212 hits and 139 runs scored.
Holliday was no slouch. Holliday batted .340, with 50 doubles, 36 homers, 137 RBIs, 216 hits and 120 runs scored. He also led the league in hitting, RBIs, hits, total bases, doubles and extra-base hits
Rollins Phillies’ teammate Ryan Howard won the award last year giving the Phillies back-to-back MVP’s. The last club to do this was the San Francisco Giants when Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds did it back in 2000 and 2001.
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, New York Mets third baseman David Wright and Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard rounded out the top 5.
For a complete look at the entire voting, continue reading after the jump
| 2007 NL MVP Award Voting | |||||||||||
| Player, Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Points |
| Jimmy Rollins, PHI | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 353 |
| Matt Holliday, COL | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 336 |
| Prince Fielder, MIL | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 284 |
| David Wright, NYM | – | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 182 |
| Ryan Howard, PHI | – | – | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 112 |
| Chipper Jones, ATL | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 107 |
| Jake Peavy, SD | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 97 |
| Chase Utley, PHI | – | – | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 89 |
| Albert Pujols, STL | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 50 |
| Hanley Ramirez, FLA | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | 1 | 49 |
| Eric Byrnes, ARI | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | – | 43 |
| Alfonso Soriano, CHC | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Aramis Ramirez, CHC | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 36 |
| Jose Valverde, ARI | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Miguel Cabrera, FLA | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 18 |
| Jose Reyes, NYM | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Brandon Webb, ARI | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| Troy Tulowitzki, COL | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 13 |
| Carlos Lee, HOU | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Adrian Gonzalez, SD | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 6 |
| Carlos Beltran, NYM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 6 |
| Brandon Phillips, CIN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Aaron Rowand, PHI | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
