Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

Willie Mays was the first player to win multiple All-Star Game MVP Awards (1963, 1968).

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to the most outstanding player in each year's MLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962, it was originally called the "Arch Ward Memorial Award" in honor of Arch Ward, the man who conceived of the All-Star Game. The award's name was changed to the "Commissioner's Trophy" in 1970, but this name change was reversed in 1985 when the World Series Trophy was renamed the Commissioner's Trophy. Finally, the trophy was renamed the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002, in honor of former Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams, who had died earlier that year.^[1] No award was presented for the 2002 All-Star Game, which ended in a tie.^[2] Thus, the Anaheim Angels' Garret Anderson was the first recipient of the newly named Ted Williams Award in 2003.

As of 2011^[update], a National League player has won the award 26 times (including one award shared by two players), and American League players have won 24 times. Baltimore Orioles players have won the most awards for a single franchise (with six); players from the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants are tied for the most in the National League with five each. Four players have won the award twice: Willie Mays (1963, 1968), Steve Garvey (1974, 1978), Gary Carter (1981, 1984), and Cal Ripken, Jr. (1991, 2001). The award has been shared by multiple players once; Bill Madlock and Jon Matlack shared the award in 1975.^[3] Two players have won the award for a game in which their league lost: Brooks Robinson in 1966 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1970.^[4][5] One pair of awardees were father and son (Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr.),^[6] and another were brothers (Roberto Alomar and Sandy Alomar, Jr.).^[7] Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers is the most recent winner.

Winners

Brooks Robinson won the award in 1966, the first of only two times a player from the losing team has won the award.

Garret Anderson won the award in 2003, the first year it was presented as the "Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award".

Brian McCann won the award in 2010.

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Player (X)	Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point
†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
^	Denotes player who is still active
*	Denotes year in which the award was shared

Year	Player	Team	League	Position
1962[a]	Wills, MauryMaury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	National	SS
1962[b]	Wagner, LeonLeon Wagner	Los Angeles Angels	American	LF
1963	Mays, WillieWillie Mays†	San Francisco Giants	National	CF
1964	Callison, JohnnyJohnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	National	RF
1965	Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal†	San Francisco Giants	National	P
1966	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson†	Baltimore Orioles	American	3B
1967	Perez, TonyTony Perez†	Cincinnati Reds	National	3B
1968	Mays, WillieWillie Mays† (2)	San Francisco Giants	National	CF
1969	McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey†	San Francisco Giants	National	1B
1970	Yastrzemski, CarlCarl Yastrzemski†	Boston Red Sox	American	LF
1971	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson†	Baltimore Orioles	American	RF
1972	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan†	Cincinnati Reds	National	2B
1973	Bonds, BobbyBobby Bonds	San Francisco Giants	National	RF
1974	Garvey, SteveSteve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	National	1B
1975*[c]	Madlock, BillBill Madlock	Chicago Cubs	National	3B
1975*[c]	Matlack, JonJon Matlack	New York Mets	National	P
1976	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	Cincinnati Reds	National	LF
1977	Sutton, DonDon Sutton†	Los Angeles Dodgers	National	P
1978	Garvey, SteveSteve Garvey (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	National	1B
1979	Parker, DaveDave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	National	RF
1980	Griffey, Sr., KenKen Griffey, Sr.	Cincinnati Reds	National	RF
1981	Carter, GaryGary Carter†	Montreal Expos	National	C
1982	Concepción, DaveDave Concepción	Cincinnati Reds	National	SS
1983	Lynn, FredFred Lynn	California Angels	American	CF
1984	Carter, GaryGary Carter† (2)	Montreal Expos	National	C
1985	Hoyt, LaMarrLaMarr Hoyt	San Diego Padres	National	P
1986	Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	American	P
1987	Raines, TimTim Raines	Montreal Expos	National	LF
1988	Steinbach, TerryTerry Steinbach	Oakland Athletics	American	C
1989	Jackson, BoBo Jackson	Kansas City Royals	American	LF
1990	Franco, JulioJulio Franco	Texas Rangers	American	2B
1991	Ripken, Jr., CalCal Ripken, Jr.†	Baltimore Orioles	American	SS
1992	Griffey, Jr., KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	American	CF
1993	Puckett, KirbyKirby Puckett†	Minnesota Twins	American	CF
1994	McGriff, FredFred McGriff	Atlanta Braves	National	1B
1995	Conine, JeffJeff Conine	Florida Marlins	National	LF
1996	Piazza, MikeMike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	National	C
1997	Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	American	C
1998	Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar†	Baltimore Orioles	American	2B
1999	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez	Boston Red Sox	American	P
2000	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter^	New York Yankees	American	SS
2001	Ripken, Jr., CalCal Ripken, Jr.† (2)	Baltimore Orioles	American	SS/3B[d]
2002[e]	—	—	—	—
2003	Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson	Anaheim Angels	American	LF
2004	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano^	Texas Rangers	American	LF
2005	Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada^	Baltimore Orioles	American	SS
2006	Young, MichaelMichael Young^	Texas Rangers	American	SS
2007	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki^	Seattle Mariners	American	CF
2008	Drew, J. D.J. D. Drew^	Boston Red Sox	American	RF
2009	Crawford, CarlCarl Crawford^	Tampa Bay Rays	American	LF
2010	McCann, BrianBrian McCann^	Atlanta Braves	National	C
2011	Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder^	Milwaukee Brewers	National	1B

Notes

• ^{a b} Two All-Star games were played in 1962.^[1]
• ^c The 1975 award was shared by two players.^[3]
• ^d Ripken was elected as an American League All-Star at third base in 2001 but had spent the vast majority of his career at shortstop. Ripken had announced earlier that year that he would retire and Alex Rodriguez, the American League's starting shortstop, switched fielding positions with Ripken in the first inning as homage.^[8]
• ^e A winner was not chosen in 2002, when the game ended in a tie.^[2] Fox broadcasters Joe Buck and Tim McCarver stated if the National League won, then Damian Miller would be named MVP. Meanwhile, if the American League won, then Paul Konerko would be named.

See also

• Baseball awards
• World Series MVP Award

References

General

• "All-Star MVPs". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/all_star_event.jsp?story=2. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
• "Post-Season Awards & All-Star Game MVP Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/postmvp.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} "All Star Game Most Valuable Player Award". Baseball-Almanac.com. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_mvpa.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Adam McCalvy (2002-07-09). "All-Star Game finishes in tie". Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20020709&content_id=78899&vkey=allstar2002&fext=.jsp&c_id=null. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "1975 All-Star Game Box Score". Baseball-Almanac.com. http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/07151975.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
4. ^ "Jul 12, 1966, AL All-Stars at NL All-Stars Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS196607120.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
5. ^ "Jul 14, 1970, AL All-Stars at NL All-Stars Box Score and Play by Play". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS197007140.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
6. ^ "Ken Griffey Sr." and "Ken Griffey Jr.". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/griffke02.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
7. ^ "Roberto Alomar" and "Sandy Alomar, Jr.". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alomasa02.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
8. ^ Anthony McCarron (2008-07-14). "Alex Rodriguez fondly recalls 2001 All-Star tribute to Cal Ripken Jr.". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/07/13/2008-07-13_alex_rodriguez_fondly_recalls_2001_allst.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31.