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Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
The Most Valuable Player awardAwarded for Major League Baseball's Regular Season MVP Presented by Baseball Writers Association of America Country United States First awarded 1931 Currently held by The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award, given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The winners receive the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, which is named in honor of the first MLB commissioner, who served from 1920 to 1944.[1]
MVP voting takes place before the postseason, but the results are not announced until after the World Series. The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961.[2] The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgement to the individual voters.[3]
First basemen, with 34 winners, have won the most MVPs among infielders, followed by second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (14). Of the 23 pitchers who have won the award, 14 are right-handed while 9 are left-handed. Walter Johnson, Carl Hubbell, and Hal Newhouser are the only pitchers who have won multiple times, Newhouser winning consecutively in 1944 and 1945.[4][5] No pitcher has been named MVP since Dennis Eckersley in 1992. Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions,[4] while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions.[6] Barry Bonds has won the most often (seven times) and the most consecutively (2001–04).[7] Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times;[7] 9 players have won three times, and 19 have won twice.[8]
The award's only tie occurred in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell received an equal number of points.[4][9] There have been 17 unanimous winners, who received all the first-place votes.[2] The New York Yankees have the most winning players with 22, followed by the St. Louis Cardinals with 17 winners. Five franchises have not had a winner. The most recent recipients are Josh Hamilton in the American League, and Joey Votto in the National League.
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Chalmers Award (1911–1914)
Before the 1910 season, Hugh Chalmers of Chalmers Automobile announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest batting average in Major League Baseball at the end of the season. The 1910 race for best average in the American League was between the Detroit Tigers' widely disliked[2][10][11] Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians. On the last day of the season, Lajoie overtook Cobb's batting average with seven bunt hits against the St. Louis Browns. American League President Ban Johnson said a recalculation showed that Cobb had won the race anyway, and Chalmers ended up awarding cars to both players.[2]
The following season, Chalmers created the Chalmers Award. A committee of baseball writers were to convene after the season to determine the "most important and useful player to the club and to the league". Since the award was not as effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.[2]
Year American League winner Team Position National League winner Team Position Ref 1911 Ty Cobb†§ Detroit Tigers OF Frank Schulte Chicago Cubs OF [12] 1912 Tris Speaker† Boston Red Sox OF Larry Doyle New York Giants 2B [13] 1913 Walter Johnson† Washington Senators RHP Jake Daubert Brooklyn Dodgers 1B [14] 1914 Eddie Collins† Philadelphia Athletics 2B Johnny Evers† Boston Braves 2B [15] League Awards (1922–1929)
In 1922 the American League created a new award to honor "the baseball player who is of the greatest all-around service to his club".[16] Winners, voted on by a committee of eight baseball writers chaired by James Crusinberry,[17] received a bronze medal and a cash prize.[18] Voters were required to select one player from each team and player-coaches and prior award winners were ineligible. These flaws resulted in the award's being dropped after 1928. The National League award, without these restrictions, lasted from 1924 to 1929.[2]
Year American League winner Team Position National League winner Team Position Ref 1922 George Sisler† St. Louis Browns 1B — — — [19] 1923 Babe Ruth†§ New York Yankees OF — — — [20] 1924 Walter Johnson† (2) Washington Senators RHP Dazzy Vance† Brooklyn Robins RHP [21] 1925 Roger Peckinpaugh Washington Senators SS Rogers Hornsby† St. Louis Cardinals 2B [22] 1926 George Burns Cleveland Indians 1B Bob O'Farrell St. Louis Cardinals C [23] 1927 Lou Gehrig† New York Yankees 1B Paul Waner† Pittsburgh Pirates OF [24] 1928 Mickey Cochrane† Philadelphia Athletics C Jim Bottomley† St. Louis Cardinals 2B [25] 1929 — — — Rogers Hornsby (2) † Chicago Cubs 2B [26] Baseball Writers Association of America's Most Valuable Player (1931–present)
The BBWAA first awarded the modern MVP after the 1931 season, adopting the format the National League used to distribute its league award. One writer in each city with a team filled out a ten-place ballot, with ten points for the recipient of a first-place vote, nine for a second-place vote, and so on. In 1938, the BBWAA raised the number of voters to three per city and gave 14 points for a first-place vote. The only significant change since then occurred in 1961, when the number of voters was lowered to two per league city.[2]
Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season † Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum[108][109] ^ Denotes player who is still active[a] § Unanimous selection[b][2] Player (X) Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point P Pitcher (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed) C Catcher 1B First Baseman 2B Second baseman 3B Third baseman SS Shortstop OF Outfielder DH Designated hitter See also
- MLB This Year in Baseball Awards Player of the Year
- Players Choice Awards (Player of the Year in MLB and Outstanding Player in each league)
- Baseball America Major League Player of the Year
- Baseball Digest Player of the Year
- Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award
- The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award (discontinued in 1946)
- The Sporting News Player of the Year
- List of Major League Baseball awards
- Baseball awards
Notes
- a A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
- b A unanimous victory indicates that the player received all possible first-place votes.
- c Hernandez and Stargell both received 216 points in the 1979 voting.[9]
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Major League Baseball awards and trophies Team Commissioner's Trophy (list of winners) · Warren Giles Trophy (NL pennant winners) · William Harridge Trophy (AL pennant winners)Individual Most Valuable Player (MVP) · Cy Young · Manager of the Year · Rookie of the Year · Roberto Clemente · Hank Aaron · Gold Glove · Silver Slugger · World Series MVP · All-Star Game MVP · Rolaids Relief Man · Comeback Player of the Year · League Championship Series MVP · Major League Baseball Delivery Man AwardOther American League MVP Award 1931: Grove | 1932: Foxx | 1933: Foxx | 1934: Cochrane | 1935: Greenberg | 1936: Gehrig | 1937: Gehringer | 1938: Foxx | 1939: DiMaggio | 1940: Greenberg | 1941: DiMaggio | 1942: Gordon | 1943: Chandler | 1944: Newhouser | 1945: Newhouser | 1946: Williams | 1947: DiMaggio | 1948: Boudreau | 1949: Williams | 1950: Rizzuto | 1951: Berra | 1952: Shantz | 1953: Rosen | 1954: Berra | 1955: Berra | 1956: Mantle | 1957: Mantle | 1958: Jensen | 1959: Fox | 1960: Maris | 1961: Maris | 1962: Mantle | 1963: Howard | 1964: B. Robinson | 1965: Versalles | 1966: F. Robinson | 1967: Yastrzemski | 1968: McLain | 1969: Killebrew | 1970: Powell | 1971: Blue | 1972: Allen | 1973: Jackson | 1974: Burroughs | 1975: Lynn | 1976: Munson | 1977: Carew | 1978: Rice | 1979: Baylor | 1980: Brett | 1981: Fingers | 1982: Yount | 1983: Ripken, Jr. | 1984: Hernández | 1985: Mattingly | 1986: Clemens | 1987: Bell | 1988: Canseco | 1989: Yount | 1990: Henderson | 1991: Ripken, Jr. | 1992: Eckersley | 1993: Thomas | 1994: Thomas | 1995: Vaughn | 1996: González | 1997: Griffey Jr. | 1998: González | 1999: I. Rodríguez | 2000: Giambi | 2001: Ichiro | 2002: Tejada | 2003: A. Rodriguez | 2004: Guerrero | 2005: A. Rodriguez | 2006: Morneau | 2007: A. Rodriguez | 2008: Pedroia | 2009: Mauer | 2010: HamiltonNational League MVP Award 1931: Frisch | 1932: Klein | 1933: Hubbell | 1934: Dean | 1935: Hartnett | 1936: Hubbell | 1937: Medwick | 1938: Lombardi | 1939: Walters | 1940: McCormick | 1941: Camilli | 1942: Cooper | 1943: Musial | 1944: Marion | 1945: Cavarretta | 1946: Musial | 1947: Elliott | 1948: Musial | 1949: J. Robinson | 1950: Konstanty | 1951: Campanella | 1952: Sauer | 1953: Campanella | 1954: Mays | 1955: Campanella | 1956: Newcombe | 1957: Aaron | 1958: Banks | 1959: Banks | 1960: Groat | 1961: F. Robinson | 1962: Wills | 1963: Koufax | 1964: Boyer | 1965: Mays | 1966: Clemente | 1967: Cepeda | 1968: B. Gibson | 1969: McCovey | 1970: Bench | 1971: Torre | 1972: Bench | 1973: Rose | 1974: Garvey | 1975: Morgan | 1976: Morgan | 1977: Foster | 1978: Parker | 1979: Hernandez, Stargell | 1980: Schmidt | 1981: Schmidt | 1982: Murphy | 1983: Murphy | 1984: Sandberg | 1985: McGee | 1986: Schmidt | 1987: Dawson | 1988: K. Gibson | 1989: Mitchell | 1990: Bonds | 1991: Pendleton | 1992: Bonds | 1993: Bonds | 1994: Bagwell | 1995: Larkin | 1996: Caminiti | 1997: Walker | 1998: Sosa | 1999: Jones | 2000: Kent | 2001: Bonds | 2002: Bonds | 2003: Bonds | 2004: Bonds | 2005: Pujols | 2006: Howard | 2007: Rollins | 2008: Pujols | 2009: Pujols | 2010: Votto
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