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MLB Most Valuable Player Award
The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award) is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball.
Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers Association of America. A tally example of the 1999 American League Most Valuable Player Award can be found here that uses the Borda count voting method.
Baseball Writers Association of America's Most Valuable Player
Their selection was Lew Fonseca of Cleveland. The Sporting News went one step further, conducting a poll in January 1930 of the writers who had previously voted on the official awards; their choice was Al Simmons of the Philadelphia Athletics. |
In 1930, with neither league officially selecting an MVP, TSN made unofficial selections for both leagues, choosing Joe Cronin for the AL and Bill Terry for the NL, while the BBWAA gave a National League award (Hack Wilson) and the Associated Press an AL award (Cronin).
For the 1931 season, the BBWAA revisited its selection process and committed itself to electing most valuable players for both leagues; this is considered by most sources (including Total Baseball, The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract , and baseball-reference.com to be the beginning of the modern MVP award, though it was not officially recognized by the leagues.
The Sporting News continued to give its own awards until 1938, when it temporarily agreed to unify its selections with the BBWAA's (it continued to give its own trophy, however). TSN went back to its own selections for 1944 and 1945, until requested by Commissioner Happy Chandler to withdraw in order to lend legitimacy to the BBWAA awards. By 1948, however, TSN was back to making its own selections, which it has done ever since.
In 1956 the Cy Young Award was first given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball (the current practice of honoring the best pitcher in each league did not begin until 1967). After that, the belief arose that the Most Valuable Player ought to be a position player, based on two factors, one being that pitchers had their own award, and the other being that pitchers could not be considered as valuable as position players since they do not play every day. On occasion, though, pitchers still win the award, and the current rules for the MVP specifically state that pitchers are to be considered. Since 1967, when the Cy Young has been awarded in both leagues, pitchers have won the MVP award 7 times, the last being Dennis Eckersley in 1992.
Since 1944, the MVP Award has been called the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Award in honor of baseball's first commissioner; winners receive a trophy, and their names are engraved on a plaque in the National Baseball Library, an ongoing research project of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Since 1938, votes have been cast using the ranked choice method. Each elector votes for 10 players, ranking each player from 1-10. The player ranked first on a ballot is assigned 14 points, the player ranked second is assigned 9 points, on down to the player ranked 10th, who receives one point.
MVP winners since 1990
| Year | National League | American League |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates, OF | Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics, OF |
| 1991 | Terry Pendleton, Atlanta Braves, 3B | Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS |
| 1992 | Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates, OF | Dennis Eckersley, Oakland Athletics, P |
| 1993 | Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, OF | Frank Thomas", Chicago White Sox, 1B |
| 1994 | Jeff Bagwell", Houston Astros, 1B | Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox, 1B |
| 1995 | Barry Larkin, Cincinnati Reds, SS | Mo Vaughn, Boston Red Sox, 1B |
| 1996 | Ken Caminiti", San Diego Padres, 3B | Juan González, Texas Rangers, OF |
| 1997 | Larry Walker, Colorado Rockies, OF | Ken Griffey, Jr.", Seattle Mariners, OF |
| 1998 | Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, OF | Juan González, Texas Rangers, OF |
| 1999 | Chipper Jones, Atlanta Braves, 3B | Iván Rodríguez, Texas Rangers, C |
| 2000 | Jeff Kent, San Francisco Giants, 2B | Jason Giambi, Oakland Athletics, 1B |
| 2001 | Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, OF | Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners, OF |
| 2002 | Barry Bonds", San Francisco Giants, OF | Miguel Tejada, Oakland Athletics, SS |
| 2003 | Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, OF | Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers, SS |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants, OF | Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim Angels, OF |
| 2005 | Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B | Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees, 3B |
| 2006 | Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies, 1B | Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins, 1B |
Awards by Team
| Team | Awards |
|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 21 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 18 |
| New York/San Francisco Giants | 13 |
| Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics | 13 |
| Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers | 12 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 10 |
| Chicago Cubs | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 9 |
| Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 |
| Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins | 7 |
| St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles | 6 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 6 |
| Texas Rangers | 5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 4 |
| Cleveland Indians | 3 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 3 |
| California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels | 2 |
| Seattle Mariners | 2 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1 |
| Houston Astros | 1 |
| San Diego Padres | 1 |
| Colorado Rockies | 1 |
| New York Mets | 0 |
| Florida Marlins | 0 |
| Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 0 |
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