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{{Short description|Major League Baseball award}}
{{about|the regular season award|other MVP awards given by MLB}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name = Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
| image = Hank Aaron's MVP award, May 2017.jpg
| alt = A black circle with an octagonal read "KENESAW MOUNTAIN LANDIS MEMORIAL BASEBALL AWARD". In the middle of the octagon is a baseball diamond which contains, from the top, Judge Landis' face in gold, "Most Valuable Player", the winner's league, his name in a gold rectangle, and his team.
| caption = The Most Valuable Player Award given to [[Hank Aaron]] in 1957
| sport = [[Baseball]]
| league = [[Major League Baseball]]
| givenfor = Regular season [[most valuable player]] of [[American League]] and [[National League (baseball)|National League]]
| presenter = [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]]
| country = United States, Canada
| first = 1931
| mostrecent = [[Shohei Ohtani]] (NL)<br>[[Aaron Judge]] (AL)
}}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 (baseball)|National League]]. The award has been presented by the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]] (BBWAA) since 1931.
==History==
Since 1931, the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]] (BBWAA) has bestowed a [[most valuable player]] award to a player in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] and a player in the [[American League]]. Before 1931, two similar awards were issued—the League Award was issued during 1922–1928 in the American League and during 1924–1929 in the National League,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_lge.shtml |title=League Award |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> and during 1911–1914, the Chalmers Award was issued to a player in each league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_chalm.shtml |title=Chalmers Award |website=[[Baseball Almanac]] |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> Criteria and a list of winners for these two earlier awards are detailed in below sections.
MVP voting takes place before the [[Major League Baseball postseason|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.<ref name="ESPN">Gillette & Palmer, pp. 1764–1765</ref> The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |title=Where Do You Find Value? Discussing the M.V.P. Criteria |date=September 4, 2011 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=SP3 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/baseball/blue-jays-bautista-and-yankees-granderson-discuss-mvp-criteria.html?scp=1&sq=baseball%20mvp&st=cse |access-date=September 6, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027083831/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/sports/baseball/blue-jays-bautista-and-yankees-granderson-discuss-mvp-criteria.html?scp=1&sq=baseball%20mvp&st=cse |archive-date=October 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>For the definition that appears on the BBWAA ballot (including pitchers and designated hitters), go to [http://bbwaa.com/voting-faq/ Voting FAQ] and '''scroll down'''. Baseball Writers' Association of America. Retrieved November 7, 2016.</ref>
In 1944, the award was named after [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]], the first [[Commissioner of Baseball]], who served from 1920 until his death on November 25, 1944.<ref name=LandisNBHoF>{{cite web|title=Landis, Kenesaw|publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/landis-kenesaw|access-date=2011-11-22|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20111122191002/http://baseballhall.org/hof/landis-kenesaw|archive-date=2011-11-22}}</ref><ref name="ESPN 1763">{{cite book|last=Gillette|first=Gary|author2=Palmer, Pete|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co|location=New York|year=2007|edition=Fourth|page=1763|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7}}</ref> Formally named the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, that naming appeared on a plaque given to winning players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-kenesaw-mountain-landis-memorial-baseball-award-news-photo/72458556 |title=MLB Award Trophies and Plaques |website=gettyimages.com |date=November 2006 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> Starting in 2020, Landis' name no longer appears on the MVP plaque<ref>{{cite news |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2021/4/13/22381960/jose-abreu-white-sox-mvp-chants-hitting-groove |title='MVP' chants ahead of MVP hitting groove for White Sox' Jose Abreu |first=Daryl |last=Van Schouwen |website=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |date=April 13, 2021 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> after the BBWAA received complaints from several former MVP winners about Landis' role against the [[Baseball color line|integration of MLB]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/players-support-kenesaw-mountain-landis-name-off-mvp-award |title=Former MVPs want Landis removed from plaque |first=David |last=Adler |website=MLB.com |date=July 1, 2020 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kenesaw-mountain-landis-name-removed-mvp-trophies |title=Landis' name to be removed from MVP trophies |first=Matt |last=Kelly |website=MLB.com |date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref>
[[First basemen]], with 35 winners, have won the most MVPs among [[infielder]]s, followed by [[second basemen]] (16), [[third basemen]] (15), and [[shortstop]]s (15). Of the 25 [[pitcher]]s who have won the award, 15 are [[right-handed]] while 10 are [[left-handed]]. [[Walter Johnson]], [[Carl Hubbell]], and [[Hal Newhouser]] are the only pitchers who have won multiple times, with Newhouser winning consecutively in 1944 and 1945.<ref name="BD 2000">{{cite journal|date=December 2000|title=Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Player Award Winners|journal=Baseball Digest|publisher=Century Publishing Co.|location=Evanston, Illinois|volume=59|issue=12|pages=86–89|issn=0005-609X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=my0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86|access-date=December 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml |title=Walter Johnson Statistics and History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=2016-01-23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121736/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml |archive-date=2018-05-08 }}</ref>
[[Hank Greenberg]], [[Stan Musial]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], and [[Robin Yount]] have won at different positions,<ref name="BD 2000"/> while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions.<ref name="Rodriguez">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml|title=Alex Rodriguez Statistics|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712225632/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml|archive-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref> Rodriguez and [[Andre Dawson]] are the only players to win the award while on a last-place team, the [[2003 Texas Rangers]] and [[1987 Chicago Cubs]], respectively. [[Barry Bonds]] has won the most often (seven times) and the most consecutively (four from 2001 to 2004).<ref name="Bonds">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml|title=Barry Bonds Statistics|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110703020046/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml|archive-date=July 3, 2011}}</ref> [[Jimmie Foxx]] was the first player to win multiple times<ref name="Foxx">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxxji01.shtml|title=Jimmie Foxx Statistics|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412052533/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxxji01.shtml|archive-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> – 10 players have won three times, and 19 have won twice.<ref name="winner list">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml|title=Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123655/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml|archive-date=January 9, 2010}}</ref> [[Frank Robinson]] and [[Shohei Ohtani]] are the only players to win the award in both the American and National Leagues.
The award's only tie occurred in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 1979, when [[Keith Hernandez]] and [[Willie Stargell]] received an equal number of points.<ref name="BD 2000"/><ref name="1979 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1979.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1979|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330113241/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1979.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref> There have been 23 unanimous winners, who received all the first-place votes.<ref name="ESPN"/> The [[New York Yankees]] have the most winning players with 24, followed by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] with 21 winners. The award has never been presented to a member of the following three teams: [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[New York Mets]], and [[Tampa Bay Rays]].
In recent decades, pitchers have rarely won the award. When [[Shohei Ohtani]] won the AL award in 2021, he became the first pitcher in either league to be named the MVP since [[Clayton Kershaw]] in 2014, and the first in the American League since [[Justin Verlander]] in 2011. Ohtani also became the first [[two-way player]] to win the award <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/11/18/shohei-ohtani-wins-al-mvp-los-angeles-angels/8667555002/|work=usatoday.com|first=Jesse|last=Yomtov|title=Angels star Shohei Ohtani is unanimous American League MVP, becoming first two-way player to win|date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> and in 2023, he became the first player in MLB history to win MVP by unanimous vote twice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shohei Ohtani first player to win MVP by unanimous vote twice |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-11-16/shohei-ohtani-wins-2023-american-league-mvp-angels |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117032419/https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-11-16/shohei-ohtani-wins-2023-american-league-mvp-angels |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the creation of the Cy Young Award in 1956, he is the only pitcher to win an MVP award without winning a Cy Young in the same year ([[Don Newcombe]], [[Sandy Koufax]], [[Bob Gibson]], [[Denny McLain]], [[Vida Blue]], [[Rollie Fingers]], [[Willie Hernández]], [[Roger Clemens]], [[Dennis Eckersley]], Justin Verlander, and Clayton Kershaw all won a Cy Young award in their MVP seasons). Ohtani is also the only MVP winner to have played most of his games as a [[designated hitter]], a position that normally does not contribute on defense. In 2024, after winning his third career unanimously MVP award, Ohtani became the first MVP winner to have played exclusively as a designated hitter in a given season. To date, Ohtani is the only player to win both the MVP and the [[Edgar Martínez Award]], an award usually given to the top-performing designated hitter in a season.
Ironically, there was no award given by either league in 1930, which meant that one of the single greatest performances ever went unheralded when [[Hack Wilson]] of the [[Chicago Cubs]] set the (still standing) MLB record for RBI with 191. He also batted .356 and set the NL record with 56 HRs, a record which stood for 68 years until Sammy Sosa (66) and Mark McGwire (70) both eclipsed him.
==Key==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''Year'''
|Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{dagger}}
|Member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] as a player<ref name="Espn HOF">Gillette & Palmer, pp. 1755–1760</ref><ref name="HOF">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml|title=Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104093600/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|^
|Player is still active{{ref label|Number|a|a}}
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|§
|Unanimous selection{{ref label|Number|b|b}}<ref name="ESPN"/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''Player''' {{small|(X)}}
|Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center|*
|Team won the league pennant
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''P'''
|[[Pitcher]] (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed)
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''C'''
|[[Catcher]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''1B'''
|[[First baseman]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''2B'''
|[[Second baseman]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''3B'''
|[[Third baseman]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''SS'''
|[[Shortstop]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''OF'''
|[[Outfielder]]
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''DH'''
|[[Designated hitter]]
|}
==Chalmers Award (1911–1914)==
{{anchor|Chalmers Award}}
[[File:Ty-Cobb-1913-NPC-detail-1.jpeg|thumb|right|Ty Cobb won the first American League Chalmers Award in 1911 and was at the center of the controversy over the previous season's award.|alt=Ty Cobb looking just to the left of the camera.]]
Before the [[1910 Major League Baseball season|1910 season]], Hugh Chalmers of [[Chalmers Automobile]] announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] in Major League Baseball at the end of the season. The [[1910 Chalmers Award|1910 race for best average in the American League]] was between the [[Detroit Tigers]]' widely disliked<ref name="ESPN"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Doyle |first=Havey |date=July 4, 1941 |title=Mirrors of Sport |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-mirrors-of-sport/155648201/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014142.html|title=He was a pain ... but a great pain|last=Schwartz|first=Larry|work=[[ESPN.com]]|access-date=January 19, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003064854/http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014142.html|archive-date=October 3, 2009}}</ref> [[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 (baseball)|bunt]] hits against the [[St. Louis Browns]].<ref name="LoC">{{cite web |last1=Queen |first1=Mike |title=Embarrassing Baseball Scandals Fans Want to Forget |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2023/07/embarrassing-baseball-scandals-fans-want-to-forget/ |website=Headlines and Heroes: Newspapers, Comics and More Fine Print [Blog] |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=17 August 2023 |date=11 July 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ESPN"/>
In the [[1911 Major League Baseball season|following season]], Chalmers created the Chalmers Award. A committee of baseball writers was to convene after the season to determine the "most important and useful player to the club and the league". Since the award was not as [[sponsor (commercial)|effective at advertising]] as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.<ref name="ESPN"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|American League winner
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|National League winner
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|{{mlby|1911}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Cobb Ty|[[Ty Cobb]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}{{sup|§}}
|[[Detroit Tigers]] || OF
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|Schulte Frank|[[Frank Schulte]]}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]] || OF || <ref name="1911 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1911.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1911|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210021246/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1911.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1912}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Speaker Tris|[[Tris Speaker]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|[[Boston Red Sox]] || OF
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|Doyle Larry|[[Larry Doyle (baseball)|Larry Doyle]]}}
|{{sort|New York Giants|[[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]}} || 2B || <ref name="1912 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1912.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1912|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130064151/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1912.shtml|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1913}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Johnson Walter|[[Walter Johnson]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|{{sort|Washington Senators|[[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]]}} || RHP
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|Daubert Jake|[[Jake Daubert]]}}
|[[Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Superbas]] || 1B || <ref name="1913 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1913.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1913|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129201224/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1913.shtml|archive-date=January 29, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1914}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Collins Eddie|[[Eddie Collins]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|{{sort|Philadelphia Athletics|[[Philadelphia Athletics]]}} || 2B
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Evers Johnny|[[Johnny Evers]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|{{sort|Boston Braves|[[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]]}} || 2B || <ref name="1914 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1914.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1914|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130064549/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1914.shtml|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>
|}
==League Awards (1922–1929)==
{{anchor|League Awards}}
[[File:Babe Ruth2.jpg|thumb|right|Babe Ruth was ineligible for the award in his famous 1927 season by the rules of the American League award because he had previously won in 1923.|alt=A man in full baseball attire wears a pinstriped jersey and a hat with overlapping white "N" and "Y". Looking to the left of the camera, he is holding a baseball upward.]]
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".<ref name="A-Rod">{{cite web|url=http://www.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/article.jsp?story=111405b|title=One of a kind: Another MVP for A-Rod|last=Newman|first=Mark|date=November 14, 2009|work=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=December 5, 2009|archive-date=March 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312161719/http://www.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/article.jsp?story=111405b|url-status=dead}}</ref> Winners, voted on by a committee of eight baseball writers chaired by [[James Crusinberry]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0qshAAAAIBAJ&pg=5771,1741643|title=Rogers Hornsby Voted Most Valuable Player in National League|last=Gould|first=Alan|date=December 8, 1929|work=[[Reading Eagle]]|access-date=January 6, 2010}}</ref> received a bronze medal and a cash prize.<ref>{{cite news|title=Player Award Goes to Hornsby again|date=December 8, 1929|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=S2}}</ref> Voters were required to select one player from each team, and [[player-coach]]es and prior award winners were ineligible. Famously, these criteria resulted in Babe Ruth winning only a single MVP award before it was dropped after 1928. The National League award, without these restrictions, lasted from 1924 to 1929.<ref name="ESPN"/>
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!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|American League winner
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|National League winner
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|{{mlby|1922}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Sisler George|[[George Sisler]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
| {{sort|St. Louis Browns|[[St. Louis Browns]]}} || 1B
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|—
|{{sort|-01|—}} || {{sort|-01|—}} || <ref name="1922 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1922.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1922|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216191726/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1922.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1923}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Ruth Babe|[[Babe Ruth]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}{{sup|§}}
|[[New York Yankees]] || OF
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|—
|{{sort|-02|—}} || {{sort|-02|—}} || <ref name="1923 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1923.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1923|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208112708/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1923.shtml|archive-date=February 8, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1924}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Johnson Walter|[[Walter Johnson]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}} {{small|(2)}}
|[[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] || RHP
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Vance Dazzy|[[Dazzy Vance]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|{{sort|Brooklyn Robins|[[Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Robins]]}} || RHP || <ref name="1924 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1924.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1924|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 5, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216190820/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1924.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1925}}
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|Peckinpaugh Roger|[[Roger Peckinpaugh]]}}
|Washington Senators || SS
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Hornsby Rogers|[[Rogers Hornsby]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|[[St. Louis Cardinals]] || 2B || <ref name="1925 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1925.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1925|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216191731/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1925.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1926}}
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|Burns George|[[George Burns (first baseman)|George Burns]]}}
|[[Cleveland Indians]] || 1B
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sort|O'Farrell Bob|[[Bob O'Farrell]]}}
|St. Louis Cardinals || C || <ref name="1926 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1926.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1926|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216190826/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1926.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1927}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Gehrig Lou|[[Lou Gehrig]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|New York Yankees || 1B
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Waner Paul|[[Paul Waner]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] || OF || <ref name="1927 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1927.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1927|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216191736/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1927.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1928}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Cochrane Mickey|[[Mickey Cochrane]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|{{sort|Oakland Athletics|[[Philadelphia Athletics]]}} || C
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Bottomley Jim|[[Jim Bottomley]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}}
|St. Louis Cardinals || 1B || <ref name="1928 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1928.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1928|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105031701/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1928.shtml|archive-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{mlby|1929}}
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|—
| {{sort|-01|—}} || {{sort|-01|—}}
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#ffb;"|{{sort|Hornsby Rogers|[[Rogers Hornsby]]}}{{sup|{{dagger}}}} {{small|(2)}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]] || 2B || <ref name="1929 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1929.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1929|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 8, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329225221/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1929.shtml|archive-date=March 29, 2009}}</ref>
|}
==BBWAA Most Valuable Player (1931–present)==
The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) was first awarded the modern MVP after the [[1931 Major League Baseball season|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 reduced to two per league city.<ref name="ESPN"/>
[[File:Jimmie Foxx 1937 cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards.|alt=A man is pictured from his belt up looking to the left of the camera. His button-down baseball jersey says "RED SOX" across it and he is wearing a baseball hat with a "B".]]
[[File:Hank Greenberg 1937 cropped.jpg|thumb|Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF).]]
[[File:Jim Konstanty.jpg|thumb|Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950.]]
[[File:Willie Mays cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965 with the same team in different cities.|alt=The face of a dark-skinned man who is smiling widely. The letters "S" and "F" overlap on his hat.]]
[[File:Frank Robinson 1961.jpg|thumb|right|Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is the first player to win the award in both leagues (NL in 1961 and AL in 1966).]]
[[File:BarryBonds1993.jpg|thumb|right|Barry Bonds' seven MVPs are the most for any individual player.|alt=An African-American man looks just right off the camera. His helmet and white jersey both have an orange "S" over the "F" logo on them. The man's left arm is crossed over his body and his right is out of the picture. There is a black and orange glove on his left hand.]]
[[File:Alex Rodriguez Talking.jpg|thumb|right|Alex Rodriguez won the award with two different teams at two different positions.|alt=A Hispanic man walking while shouting at someone out of the picture. His helmet is emblazoned with a white "N" and "Y" intertwined, and "NEW YORK" is stitched in black letters across his button-down jersey. The player is holding a black baseball bat almost vertically with black, gray, and white gloves.]]
[[File:DSC05863 Albert Pujols.jpg|thumb|right|Albert Pujols won the award three times, at first base with the St. Louis Cardinals.|alt=A right-handed batter is at the plate, looking toward the pitcher's mound. Wearing a red uniform and white pants, there is a crowd behind him with jerseys of various colors.]]
[[File:Miguel Cabrera batting against Angels (2012-09-09).JPG|thumb|right|Miguel Cabrera was the winner of back-to-back AL Awards from 2012 to 2013.]]
[[File:Mike Trout 2018.jpg|thumb|right|Mike Trout won the award three times.]]
[[File:Dodgers_at_Nationals_(53677192000)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Shohei Ohtani is currently the only player to win the award three times by unanimous vote.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year !! American League winner !! Team !! Position !! National League winner !! Team !! Position !! class="unsortable"| Ref
|-
|{{MLB Year|1931}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Lefty|Grove}}<sup>†</sup> || {{sort|Oakland Athletics|[[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]}}* || LHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Frankie|Frisch}}<sup>†</sup> || [[St. Louis Cardinals]]* || 2B || <ref name="1931 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1931.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1931|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304162927/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1931.shtml|archive-date=March 4, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1932}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jimmie|Foxx}}<sup>†</sup> || {{sort|Oakland Athletics|[[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]}} || 1B|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Chuck|Klein}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Philadelphia Phillies]] || OF || <ref name="1932 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1932.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1932|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105031419/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1932.shtml|archive-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1933}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jimmie|Foxx}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Philadelphia Athletics || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Carl|Hubbell}}<sup>†</sup> || {{sort|San Francisco Giants|[[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]]}}* || LHP || <ref name="1933 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1933.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1933|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110918095246/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1933.shtml|archive-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1934}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mickey|Cochrane}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || [[Detroit Tigers]]* || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Dizzy|Dean}}<sup>†</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals* || RHP || <ref name="1934 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1934.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1934|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522004048/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1934.shtml|archive-date=May 22, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1935}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Hank|Greenberg}}<sup>†§</sup> || Detroit Tigers* || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Gabby|Hartnett}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Chicago Cubs]]* || C || <ref name="1935 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1935.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1935|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212232150/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1935.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1936}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Lou|Gehrig}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || [[New York Yankees]]* || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Carl|Hubbell}}<sup>†§</sup> (2) || New York Giants* || LHP || <ref name="1936 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1936.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1936|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214435/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1936.shtml|archive-date=September 16, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1937}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Charlie|Gehringer}}<sup>†</sup> || Detroit Tigers || 2B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Medwick}}<sup>†</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals || OF || <ref name="1937 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1937.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1937|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621075602/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1937.shtml|archive-date=June 21, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1938}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jimmie|Foxx}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || [[Boston Red Sox]] || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ernie|Lombardi}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Cincinnati Reds]] || C || <ref name="1938 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1938.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1938|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209013025/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1938.shtml|archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1939}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|DiMaggio}}<sup>†</sup> || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Bucky|Walters}} || Cincinnati Reds* || RHP || <ref name="1939 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1939.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1939|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202094840/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1939.shtml|archive-date=February 2, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1940}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Hank|Greenberg}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Detroit Tigers* || OF || {{sortname|Frank|McCormick}} || Cincinnati Reds* || 1B || <ref name="1940 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1940.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1940|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212154418/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1940.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1941}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|DiMaggio}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Dolph|Camilli}} || {{sort|Los Angeles Dodgers|[[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]]}}* || 1B || <ref name="1941 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1941.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1941|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201144058/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1941.shtml|archive-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1942}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Gordon}}<sup>†</sup> || New York Yankees* || 2B || {{sortname|Mort|Cooper}} || St. Louis Cardinals* || RHP || <ref name="1942 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1942.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1942|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201150147/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1942.shtml|archive-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1943}}|| {{sortname|Spud|Chandler}} || New York Yankees* || RHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Stan|Musial}}<sup>†</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals* || OF || <ref name="1943 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1943.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1943|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193418/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1943.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
|-
|{{MLB Year|1944}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Hal|Newhouser}}<sup>†</sup> || Detroit Tigers || LHP || {{sortname|Marty|Marion}} || St. Louis Cardinals* || SS || <ref name="1944 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1944.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1944|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210025944/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1944.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1945}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Hal|Newhouser}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Detroit Tigers* || LHP || {{sortname|Phil|Cavarretta}} || Chicago Cubs* || 1B || <ref name="1945 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1945.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1945|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413153155/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1945.shtml|archive-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1946}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ted|Williams}}<sup>†</sup> || Boston Red Sox* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Stan|Musial}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || St. Louis Cardinals* || 1B || <ref name="1946 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1946.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1946|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193424/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1946.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1947}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|DiMaggio}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Bob|Elliott|dab=baseball}} || {{sort|Atlanta Braves|[[History of the Boston Braves|Boston Braves]]}} || 3B || <ref name="1947 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1947.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1947|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104224124/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1947.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1948}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Lou|Boudreau}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Cleveland Indians]]* || SS || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Stan|Musial}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || St. Louis Cardinals || OF || <ref name="1948 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1948.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1948|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193429/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1948.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1949}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ted|Williams}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Boston Red Sox || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jackie|Robinson}}<sup>†</sup> || Broolyn Dodgers* || 2B || <ref name="1949 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1949.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1949|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193435/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1949.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1950}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Phil|Rizzuto}}<sup>†</sup> || New York Yankees* || SS || {{sortname|Jim|Konstanty}} || Philadelphia Phillies* || RHP || <ref name="1950 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1950.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1950|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193441/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1950.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1951}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Yogi|Berra}}<sup>†</sup> || New York Yankees* || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Roy|Campanella}}<sup>†</sup> || Brooklyn Dodgers || C || <ref name="1951 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1951.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1951|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228204857/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1951.shtml|archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1952}} || {{sortname|Bobby|Shantz}} || {{sort|Oakland Athletics|[[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]}} || LHP || {{sortname|Hank|Sauer}} || Chicago Cubs || OF || <ref name="1952 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1952.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1952|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329092634/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1952.shtml|archive-date=March 29, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1953}}|| {{sortname|Al|Rosen}}<sup>§</sup> || Cleveland Indians || 3B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Roy|Campanella}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Brooklyn Dodgers* || C || <ref name="1953 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1953.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1953|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228210829/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1953.shtml|archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1954}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Yogi|Berra}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || New York Yankees || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Willie|Mays}}<sup>†</sup> || New York Giants* || OF || <ref name="1954 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1954.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1954|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807044128/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1954.shtml|archive-date=August 7, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1955}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Yogi|Berra}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || New York Yankees* || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Roy|Campanella}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || Brooklyn Dodgers* || C || <ref name="1955 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1955.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1955|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306075706/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1955.shtml|archive-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1956}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}<sup>†§</sup> || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Don|Newcombe}} || Brooklyn Dodgers* || RHP || <ref name="1956 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1956.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1956|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210021251/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1956.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1957}}|| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || New York Yankees* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Hank|Aaron}}<sup>†</sup> || {{sort|Atlanta Braves|[[History of the Atlanta Braves#Milwaukee|Milwaukee Braves]]}}* || OF || <ref name="1957 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1957.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1957|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222233402/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1957.shtml|archive-date=February 22, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1958}}||{{sortname|Jackie|Jensen}} || Boston Red Sox || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ernie|Banks}}<sup>†</sup> || Chicago Cubs || SS || <ref name="1958 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1958.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1958|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807044133/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1958.shtml|archive-date=August 7, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1959}}|| style="background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Nellie|Fox}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Chicago White Sox]]* || 2B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ernie|Banks}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Chicago Cubs || SS || <ref name="1959 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1959.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1959|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411154731/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1959.shtml|archive-date=April 11, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1960}}||{{sortname|Roger|Maris}} || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Dick|Groat}} || [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]* || SS || <ref name="1960 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1960.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1960|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104080744/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1960.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1961}}||{{sortname|Roger|Maris}} (2) || New York Yankees* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}<sup>†</sup> || Cincinnati Reds* || OF || <ref name="1961 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1961.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1961|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214172035/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1961.shtml|archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1962}}|| style="background:#ffb;"|{{sortname|Mickey|Mantle}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || New York Yankees* || OF || {{sortname|Maury|Wills}} || [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] || SS || <ref name="1962 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1962.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1962|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 11, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210033852/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1962.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1963}} || {{sortname|Elston|Howard}} || New York Yankees* || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Sandy|Koufax}}<sup>†</sup> || Los Angeles Dodgers* || LHP || <ref name="1963 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1963.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1963|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214215558/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1963.shtml|archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1964}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Baltimore Orioles]] || 3B || {{sortname|Ken|Boyer}} || St. Louis Cardinals* || 3B || <ref name="1964 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1964.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1964|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330112104/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1964.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1965}} || {{sortname|Zoilo|Versalles}} || [[Minnesota Twins]]* || SS || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Willie|Mays}}<sup>†</sup> (2)|| [[San Francisco Giants]] || OF || <ref name="1965 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1965.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1965|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330111827/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1965.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1966}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Frank|Robinson}}<sup>†§</sup> (2) || Baltimore Orioles* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Roberto|Clemente}}<sup>†</sup> || Pittsburgh Pirates || OF || <ref name="1966 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1966.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1966|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223193447/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1966.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1967}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Carl|Yastrzemski}}<sup>†</sup> || Boston Red Sox* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Orlando|Cepeda}}<sup>†§</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals* || 1B || <ref name="1967 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1967.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1967|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212112836/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1967.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1968}} || {{sortname|Denny|McLain}}<sup>§</sup> || Detroit Tigers* || RHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Bob|Gibson}}<sup>†</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals* || RHP || <ref name="1968 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1968|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330112109/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1968.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1969}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Harmon|Killebrew}}<sup>†</sup> || Minnesota Twins || 3B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Willie|McCovey}}<sup>†</sup> || San Francisco Giants || 1B || <ref name="1969 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1969.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1969|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201085337/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1969.shtml|archive-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1970}} || {{sortname|Boog|Powell}} || Baltimore Orioles* || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Johnny|Bench}}<sup>†</sup> || Cincinnati Reds* || C || <ref name="1970 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1970.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1970|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222234500/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1970.shtml|archive-date=February 22, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1971}} ||| {{sortname|Vida|Blue}} || [[Oakland Athletics]] || LHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Torre}}<sup>†</sup>{{ref label|Number|c|c}}  || St. Louis Cardinals || 3B || <ref name="1971 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1971.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1971|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330112114/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1971.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1972}} ||| {{sortname|Dick|Allen}} || Chicago White Sox || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Johnny|Bench}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Cincinnati Reds* || C || <ref name="1972 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1972.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1972|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831104032/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1972.shtml|archive-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1973}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Reggie|Jackson}}<sup>†§</sup> || Oakland Athletics* || OF || {{sortname|Pete|Rose}} || Cincinnati Reds || OF || <ref name="1973 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1973.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1973|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 12, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228202330/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1973.shtml|archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1974}} ||| {{sortname|Jeff|Burroughs}} || [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] || OF || {{sortname|Steve|Garvey}} || Los Angeles Dodgers* || 1B || <ref name="1974 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1974.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1974|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306075709/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1974.shtml|archive-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1975}} || {{sortname|Fred|Lynn}} || Boston Red Sox* || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Morgan}}<sup>†</sup> || Cincinnati Reds* || 2B || <ref name="1975 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1975.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1975|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421162727/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1975.shtml|archive-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1976}} || {{sortname|Thurman|Munson}} || New York Yankees* || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Morgan}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Cincinnati Reds* || 2B || <ref name="1976 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1976.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1976|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329092639/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1976.shtml|archive-date=March 29, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1977}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Rod|Carew}}<sup>†</sup> || Minnesota Twins || 1B || {{sortname|George|Foster|dab=baseball}} || Cincinnati Reds || OF || <ref name="1977 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1977.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1977|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212112654/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1977.shtml|archive-date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1978}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jim|Rice}}<sup>†</sup> || Boston Red Sox || OF || {{sortname|Dave|Parker}} || Pittsburgh Pirates || OF || <ref name="1978 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1978.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1978|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228210336/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1978.shtml|archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref>
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|rowspan="2"|{{MLB Year|1979}} ||rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Don|Baylor}} ||rowspan="2"|{{sort|Los Angeles Angels|[[California Angels]]}} ||rowspan="2"| LF/DH<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=baylodo01&t=b&year=1979|title=Don Baylor 1979 Batting Splits - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071623/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=baylodo01&t=b&year=1979|archive-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> || {{sortname|Keith|Hernandez}}{{ref label|Number|d|d}} || St. Louis Cardinals || 1B ||rowspan="2"| <ref name="1979 awards"/>
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| style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Willie|Stargell}}<sup>†</sup>{{ref label|Number|d|d}} || Pittsburgh Pirates* || 1B
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|{{MLB Year|1980}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|George|Brett}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Kansas City Royals]]* || 3B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mike|Schmidt}}<sup>†§</sup> || Philadelphia Phillies* || 3B || <ref name="1980 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1980.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1980|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104230244/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1980.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1981}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Rollie|Fingers}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Milwaukee Brewers]] || RHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mike|Schmidt}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Philadelphia Phillies || 3B || <ref name="1981 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1981.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1981|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210020225/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1981.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1982}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Robin|Yount}}<sup>†</sup> || Milwaukee Brewers* || SS || {{sortname|Dale|Murphy}} || [[Atlanta Braves]] || OF || <ref name="1982 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1982.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1982|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104224740/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1982.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1983}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Cal|Ripken Jr.}}<sup>†</sup> || Baltimore Orioles* || SS || {{sortname|Dale|Murphy}} (2) || Atlanta Braves || OF || <ref name="1983 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1983.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1983|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330113248/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1983.shtml|archive-date=March 30, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1984}} || {{sortname|Willie|Hernández||Hernandez, Willie}} || Detroit Tigers* || LHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ryne|Sandberg}}<sup>†</sup> || Chicago Cubs || 2B || <ref name="1984 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1984.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1984|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104234351/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1984.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1985}} || {{sortname|Don|Mattingly}} || New York Yankees || 1B || {{sortname|Willie|McGee}} || St. Louis Cardinals* || OF || <ref name="1985 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1985.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1985|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104233657/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1985.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1986}} || {{sortname|Roger|Clemens}} || Boston Red Sox* || RHP || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Mike|Schmidt}}<sup>†</sup> (3) || Philadelphia Phillies || 3B || <ref name="1986 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1986.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1986|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415192415/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1986.shtml|archive-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1987}} || {{sortname|George|Bell|dab=outfielder}} || [[Toronto Blue Jays]] || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Andre|Dawson}}<sup>†</sup> || Chicago Cubs || OF || <ref name="1987 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1987.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1987|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104070918/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1987.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1988}} || {{sortname|Jose|Canseco}}<sup>§</sup>  || Oakland Athletics* || OF || {{sortname|Kirk|Gibson}} || Los Angeles Dodgers* || OF || <ref name="1988 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1988.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1988|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328095542/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1988.shtml|archive-date=March 28, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1989}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Robin|Yount}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Milwaukee Brewers || OF || {{sortname|Kevin|Mitchell|dab=baseball player}} || San Francisco Giants* || OF || <ref name="1989 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1989.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1989|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110223121535/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1989.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1990}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Rickey|Henderson}}<sup>†</sup> || Oakland Athletics* || OF || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} || Pittsburgh Pirates || OF || <ref name="1990 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1990|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415185017/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml|archive-date=April 15, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1991}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Cal|Ripken Jr.}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Baltimore Orioles || SS || {{sortname|Terry|Pendleton}} || Atlanta Braves* || 3B || <ref name="1991 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1991.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1991|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410103618/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1991.shtml|archive-date=April 10, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1992}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Dennis|Eckersley}}<sup>†</sup> || Oakland Athletics || RHP || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} (2) || Pittsburgh Pirates || OF || <ref name="1992 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1992.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1992|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406011331/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1992.shtml|archive-date=April 6, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1993}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Frank|Thomas|dab=designated hitter}}<sup>†§</sup> || Chicago White Sox || 1B || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} (3) || San Francisco Giants || OF || <ref name="1993 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1993|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414172552/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1993.shtml|archive-date=April 14, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1994}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Frank|Thomas|dab=designated hitter}}<sup>†</sup> (2) || Chicago White Sox || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Jeff|Bagwell}}<sup>†§</sup> || [[Houston Astros]] || 1B || <ref name="1994 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1994.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1994|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144628/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1994.shtml|archive-date=May 9, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1995}} || {{sortname|Mo|Vaughn}} || Boston Red Sox || 1B || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Barry|Larkin}}<sup>†</sup> || Cincinnati Reds || SS || <ref name="1995 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1995.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1995|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418061553/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1995.shtml|archive-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1996}} || {{sortname|Juan|González|Juan González (baseball)|Gonzalez, Juan}} || Texas Rangers || OF || {{sortname|Ken|Caminiti}}<sup>§</sup> || [[San Diego Padres]] || 3B || <ref name="1996 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1996.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1996|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110223121535/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1996.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1997}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Ken|Griffey Jr.}}<sup>†§</sup> || [[Seattle Mariners]] || OF || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Larry|Walker}}<sup>†</sup> || [[Colorado Rockies]] || OF || <ref name="1997 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1997.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1997|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409140334/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1997.shtml|archive-date=April 9, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1998}} || {{sortname|Juan|González|Juan González (baseball)|Gonzalez, Juan}} (2) || Texas Rangers || OF || {{sortname|Sammy|Sosa}} || Chicago Cubs || OF || <ref name="1998 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1998.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1998|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414172557/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1998.shtml|archive-date=April 14, 2008}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|1999}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Iván|Rodríguez||Rodriguez, Ivan}}<sup>†</sup> || Texas Rangers || C || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Chipper|Jones}}<sup>†</sup> || Atlanta Braves* || 3B || <ref name="1999 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1999.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 1999|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110223121536/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1999.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2000}} || {{sortname|Jason|Giambi}} || Oakland Athletics || 1B || {{sortname|Jeff|Kent}} || San Francisco Giants || 2B || <ref name="2000 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2000.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2000|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831104042/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2000.shtml|archive-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2001}} ||| {{sortname|Ichiro|Suzuki}} || Seattle Mariners || OF || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} (4) || San Francisco Giants || OF || <ref name="2001 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2001.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2001|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210032913/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2001.shtml|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Pujols">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4686092|title=Albert Pujols of St. Louis Cardinals is unanimous National League MVP|date=November 25, 2009|agency=[[The Associated Press]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=July 14, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209130050/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4686092|archive-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2002}} ||| {{sortname|Miguel|Tejada}} || Oakland Athletics || SS || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}}<sup>§</sup> (5) || San Francisco Giants* || OF || <ref name="2002 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2002.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2002|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104204117/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2002.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2003}} ||| {{sortname|Alex|Rodriguez}} || Texas Rangers || SS || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} (6) || San Francisco Giants || OF || <ref name="2003 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2003.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2003|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110223121536/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2003.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2004}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Vladimir|Guerrero}}<sup>†</sup> || {{sort|Los Angeles Angels|[[Anaheim Angels]]}} || OF || {{sortname|Barry|Bonds}} (7) || San Francisco Giants || OF || <ref name="2004 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2004.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2004|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123651/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2004.shtml|archive-date=January 9, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2005}} ||| {{sortname|Alex|Rodriguez}} (2) || New York Yankees || 3B || {{sortname|Albert|Pujols}} || St. Louis Cardinals || 1B || <ref name="2005 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2005.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2005|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104080234/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2005.shtml|archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2006}} || {{sortname|Justin|Morneau}} || Minnesota Twins || 1B || | {{sortname|Ryan|Howard}} || Philadelphia Phillies || 1B || <ref name="2006 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2006.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2006|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214071643/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2006.shtml|archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2007}} ||| {{sortname|Alex|Rodriguez}} (3) || New York Yankees || 3B || {{sortname|Jimmy|Rollins}} || Philadelphia Phillies || SS || <ref name="2007 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2007.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2007|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218041942/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2007.shtml|archive-date=February 18, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2008}} ||| {{sortname|Dustin|Pedroia}}|| Boston Red Sox || 2B || {{sortname|Albert|Pujols}} (2) || St. Louis Cardinals || 1B || <ref name="2008 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2008.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2008|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105061329/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2008.shtml|archive-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2009}} || style="background:#ffb;"| {{sortname|Joe|Mauer}}<sup>†</sup> || Minnesota Twins || C || {{sortname|Albert|Pujols}}<sup>§</sup> (3) || St. Louis Cardinals || 1B || <ref name="Pujols"/><ref name="2009 awards">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2009.shtml|title=Baseball Awards Voting for 2009|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 3, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122192040/http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2009.shtml|archive-date=November 22, 2009}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2010}} || {{sortname|Josh|Hamilton}} || Texas Rangers* || OF ||| {{sortname|Joey|Votto}} || Cincinnati Reds || 1B || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/2010/11/2010-al-mvp/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707141117/http://bbwaa.com/2010/11/2010-al-mvp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2012|title=Rangers Outfielder Josh Hamilton Honored|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/2010/11/2010-nl-mvp/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701144840/http://bbwaa.com/2010/11/2010-nl-mvp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2012|title=Reds' Joey Votto Runs Away With Award|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2011}} || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Justin|Verlander}}<sup>^</sup> || Detroit Tigers || RHP ||| {{sortname|Ryan|Braun}} || [[Milwaukee Brewers]] || OF || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-al-mvp/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710150803/http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-al-mvp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=Justin Verlander Completes Rare Double, Adding MVP to Cy Young|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-nl-mvp/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701142107/http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-nl-mvp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2012|title=Ryan Braun Slugs His Way to Award|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 22, 2011}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2012}} || {{sortname|Miguel|Cabrera}} || Detroit Tigers* || 3B ||| {{sortname|Buster|Posey}}|| San Francisco Giants* || C || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-al-mvp/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710150803/http://bbwaa.com/2011/11/2011-al-mvp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|title=Mike Trout Highest WAR at Youngest Age|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/12-nl-mvp/|title=YadierMolina |agency= Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2013}} || {{sortname|Miguel|Cabrera}} (2) || Detroit Tigers || 3B || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Andrew|McCutchen}}<sup>^</sup> || Pittsburgh Pirates || OF || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/13-al-mvp/|title=Miguel Cabrera Goes Back-to-Back|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/13-nl-mvp/|title=Andrew McCutchen Wins Pirates' 1st MVP since 1992|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2014}} || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Mike|Trout}}<sup>^§</sup> || [[Los Angeles Angels]] || OF || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}}<sup>^</sup> || Los Angeles Dodgers || LHP || <ref name="Kershaw">{{cite web|title=Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers|url=http://bbwaa.com/14-nl-mvp/|access-date=January 19, 2015|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America}}</ref><ref name="Mike Trout, Angels">{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/14-al-mvp/|title=Mike Trout, Angels|work=Baseball Writers' Association of America|access-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2015}} || {{sortname|Josh|Donaldson}} || Toronto Blue Jays || 3B || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Bryce|Harper}}<sup>^§</sup> || [[Washington Nationals]] || OF || <ref name=JoshDonaldson>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/15-al-mvp/ |title=Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays |work=Baseball Writers' Association of America |access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Harper>{{cite web|url=http://bbwaa.com/15-nl-mvp/ |title=Bryce Harper, Nationals |work=Baseball Writers' Association of America |access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2016}} || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Mike|Trout}}<sup>^</sup> (2) || Los Angeles Angels || OF || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Kris|Bryant}}<sup>^</sup> || Chicago Cubs* || 3B/OF || <ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/11/17/al-mvp-mike-trout-mookie-betts-jose-altuve/94039898/|title=Angels' Mike Trout wins second AL MVP, outpoints Red Sox's Mookie Betts|website=usatoday.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20171117175249/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/11/17/al-mvp-mike-trout-mookie-betts-jose-altuve/94039898/|archive-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2017}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Jose|Altuve}}<sup>^</sup>|| [[Houston Astros]]* || 2B ||style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Giancarlo|Stanton}}<sup>^</sup>|| [[Miami Marlins]] || OF || <ref name=GiancarloStanton>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/marlins-giancarlo-stanton-wins-nl-mvp-award/c-262051396|title=Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton wins NL MVP Award|website=mlb.com|access-date=2 Oct 2018}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2018}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Mookie|Betts}}<sup>^</sup>|| Boston Red Sox* ||OF|| style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Christian|Yelich}}<sup>^</sup>|| Milwaukee Brewers || OF || <ref name=BettsYelich>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/red-soxs-mookie-betts-brewers-christian-yelich-win-2018-mlb-mvp-honors/|title=Red Sox's Mookie Betts, Brewers' Christian Yelich win 2018 MLB MVP honors|website=cbssports.com|access-date=15 Oct 2018}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2019}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Mike|Trout}}<sup>^</sup> (3) ||Los Angeles Angels || OF || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Cody|Bellinger}}<sup>^</sup>|| Los Angeles Dodgers || OF || <ref name=TroutBellinger>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2019-mvp-award-winners|title=Angel's Mike Trout, Dodgers' Cody Bellinger win 2019 MLB MVP honors|website=mlb.com|access-date=14 Nov 2019}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2020}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|José|Abreu}}<sup>^</sup> ||Chicago White Sox || 1B || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Freddie|Freeman}}<sup>^</sup>|| Atlanta Braves || 1B || <ref name=AbreuFreeman>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mvp-award-winners-2020|title=Abreu, Freeman both 1st-time MVP winners|website=mlb.com|access-date=12 Nov 2020}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2021}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Shohei|Ohtani|Shohei Ohtani}}<sup>^§</sup> ||Los Angeles Angels || RHP/DH || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Bryce|Harper}}<sup>^</sup> (2) || Philadelphia Phillies || OF || <ref name=BryceOhtani>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mvp-award-winners-2021|title=A 2-time and a 2-way MVP in Bryce, Ohtani|website=mlb.com|access-date=18 Nov 2021}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2022}} || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Aaron|Judge}}<sup>^</sup>|| New York Yankees || OF || style="background:#cfecec;"| {{sortname|Paul|Goldschmidt}}<sup>^</sup> || St. Louis Cardinals || 1B || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bbwaa.com/22-nl-mvp/ |title=Paul Goldschmidt wins the 18th MVP in Cardinals' history, most in the National League |website=BBWAA.com}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2023}} ||  style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Shohei|Ohtani|Shohei Ohtani}}<sup>^§</sup>(2) || Los Angeles Angels || RHP/DH || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Ronald|Acuña Jr.|Ronald Acuña Jr. }}<sup>^§</sup>||  Atlanta Braves||OF
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angels' Shohei Ohtani makes history with 2nd unanimous MVP selection |url=https://bbwaa.com/23-al-mvp/}}</ref>
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|{{MLB Year|2024}} ||  style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Aaron|Judge|Aaron Judge}}<sup>^§</sup>(2) || New York Yankees* || OF || style="background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Shohei|Ohtani|Shohei Ohtani}}<sup>^§</sup>(3) || Los Angeles Dodgers* || DH
|<ref name=JudgeOhtani>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mvp-award-winners-2024|title=Unanimous MVPs Judge, Ohtani made it a no-doubter with historic seasons|website=mlb.com|access-date=21 Nov 2024}}</ref>
|}
==Wins by team==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Teams !!Awards !!Years
|-
|[[New York Yankees]]
|24
|1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1941–1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954–1957, 1960–1963, 1976, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2022, 2024
|-
|[[St. Louis Cardinals]]
|21
|1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1942–1944, 1946, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
|-
|[[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers]]
|15
|1913, 1924, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1988, 2014, 2019, 2024
|-
|[[San Francisco Giants|New York/San Francisco Giants]]
|14
|1912, 1933, 1936, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1989, 1993, 2000–2004, 2012
|-
|[[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics]]
|13
|1914, 1928, 1931–1933, 1952, 1971, 1973, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002
|-
|[[Cincinnati Reds]]
|rowspan=3|12
|1938–1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975–1977, 1995, 2010
|-
|[[Detroit Tigers]]
| 1911, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2011–2013
|-
|[[Boston Red Sox]]
|1912, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1995, 2008, 2018
|-
|[[Chicago Cubs]]
|11
|1911, 1929, 1935, 1945, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1984, 1987, 1998, 2016
|-
|[[Atlanta Braves|Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves]]
|9
|1914, 1947, 1957, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2020, 2023
|-
|[[Minnesota Twins|Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins]]
| rowspan="3" |8
|1913, 1924, 1925, 1965, 1969, 1977, 2006, 2009
|-
|[[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
|1927, 1960, 1966, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1992, 2013
|-
|[[Philadelphia Phillies]]
|1932, 1950, 1980, 1981, 1986, 2006, 2007, 2021
|-
|[[Los Angeles Angels|California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels]]
|7
|1979, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023
|-
|[[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns]]
| rowspan="2" |6
|1922, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1983, 1991
|-
|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
|1974, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2010
|-
|[[Milwaukee Brewers]]
| rowspan="2" |5
|1981, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2018
|-
|[[Chicago White Sox]]
|1959, 1972, 1993, 1994, 2020
|-
|[[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians / Guardians]]
|3
|1926, 1948, 1953
|-
|[[Seattle Mariners]]
|rowspan=3|2
|1997, 2001
|-
|[[Toronto Blue Jays]]
|1987, 2015
|-
|[[Houston Astros]]
|1994, 2017
|-
|[[Kansas City Royals]]
|rowspan=5|1
|1980
|-
|[[San Diego Padres]]
|1996
|-
|[[Colorado Rockies]]
|1997
|-
|[[Washington Nationals]]
|2015
|-
|[[Miami Marlins]]
|2017
|-
|[[Arizona Diamondbacks]]
|rowspan=3|0
|none
|-
|[[New York Mets]]
|none
|-
|[[Tampa Bay Rays]]
|none
|}
==See also==
*[[This Year in Baseball Awards#Awards|"Esurance MLB Awards"]] Best Major Leaguer (in MLB; all positions) (there are also Best Hitter and Best Pitcher awards (in MLB))
*"[[Players Choice Award]]s" Player of the Year (in MLB; all positions) (there are also Outstanding Player and Outstanding Pitcher awards (in each league))
*[[Baseball America Major League Player of the Year|''Baseball America'' Major League Player of the Year]] (in MLB; all positions)
*''[[Baseball Digest]]'' Player of the Year (in MLB; position players only; from 1969 to 1993, included all positions; in 1994, a separate Pitcher of the Year award was added)
*[[Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award]] (in MLB; all positions)
*[[The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award|''The Sporting News'' Most Valuable Player Award]] (in each league) (''discontinued in 1946'')
*[[The Sporting News Player of the Year Award|''Sporting News'' Player of the Year]] (in MLB; position players only)
*[[List of Major League Baseball awards]]
*[[Baseball awards#U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB|Baseball awards]]
==Notes==
*{{note label|Number|a|a}} A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.
*{{note label|Number|b|b}} A unanimous victory indicates that the player received all possible first-place votes.
*{{note label|Number|c|c}} Torre is a member of the Hall of Fame, but not as a player. He was inducted in {{bhofy|2014}} as a [[Manager (baseball)|manager]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/torre-joe |title=Joe Torre |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20141115133605/http://baseballhall.org/hof/torre-joe |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref>
*{{note label|Number|d|d}} Hernandez and Stargell both received 216&nbsp;points in the 1979 voting.<ref name="1979 awards"/>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MLB Most Valuable Player Award}}
*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp_cya.shtml Most Valuable Player MVP Awards & Cy Young Awards Winners] (1911&ndash;present) (and "Multiple Winners of the MVP and Cy Young Awards"). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
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{{AL MVPs}}
{{NL MVPs}}
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[[Category:Major League Baseball trophies and awards|Most Valuable Player Award]]
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[[Category:Most valuable player awards|Major League Baseball]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1931]]