MLB Most Valuable Player MVP Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player Award is given annually to one player in each league. The award began in 1911 as the Chalmers Award, honoring the "most important and useful player to the club and to the league". This award was discontinued in 1914. From 1922 to 1928 in the American League and from 1924 to 1929 in the National League, an MVP award was given to "the baseball player who is of the greatest all-around service to his club". Prior winners were not eligible to win the MVP award again during this time. The current incarnation of the MVP award was established in 1931. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) votes on the MVP award at the conclusion of each season before the postseason starts.

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Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Year Lg Name Tm WAR BA OBP SLG HR RBI SB W L SV ERA IP SO Voting
2023 AL Shohei Ohtani LAA 9.9 .304 .412 .654 44 95 20 10 5 0 3.14 132.0 167 Voting
2023 NL Ronald Acuña Jr. ATL 8.2 .337 .416 .596 41 106 73 Voting
2022 AL Aaron Judge NYY 10.5 .311 .425 .686 62 131 16 Voting
2022 NL Paul Goldschmidt STL 7.7 .317 .404 .578 35 115 7 Voting
2021 AL Shohei Ohtani LAA 8.9 .257 .372 .592 46 100 26 9 2 0 3.18 130.1 156 Voting
2021 NL Bryce Harper PHI 5.9 .309 .429 .615 35 84 13 Voting
2020 AL José Abreu CHW 3.0 .317 .370 .617 19 60 0 Voting
2020 NL Freddie Freeman ATL 3.3 .341 .462 .640 13 53 2 Voting
2019 AL Mike Trout LAA 7.9 .291 .438 .645 45 104 11 Voting
2019 NL Cody Bellinger LAD 8.6 .305 .406 .629 47 115 15 Voting
2018 AL Mookie Betts BOS 10.7 .346 .438 .640 32 80 30 Voting
2018 NL Christian Yelich MIL 7.3 .326 .402 .598 36 110 22 Voting
2017 AL Jose Altuve HOU 7.7 .346 .410 .547 24 81 32 Voting
2017 NL Giancarlo Stanton MIA 7.9 .281 .376 .631 59 132 2 Voting
2016 AL Mike Trout LAA 10.5 .315 .441 .550 29 100 30 Voting
2016 NL Kris Bryant CHC 7.3 .292 .385 .554 39 102 8 Voting
2015 AL Josh Donaldson TOR 7.1 .297 .371 .568 41 123 6 Voting
2015 NL Bryce Harper WSN 9.7 .330 .460 .649 42 99 6 Voting
2014 AL Mike Trout LAA 7.7 .287 .377 .561 36 111 16 Voting
2014 NL Clayton Kershaw LAD 8.2 .175 .235 .206 0 3 1 21 3 0 1.77 198.1 239 Voting
2013 AL Miguel Cabrera DET 7.5 .348 .442 .636 44 137 3 Voting
2013 NL Andrew McCutchen PIT 7.8 .317 .404 .508 21 84 27 Voting
2012 AL Miguel Cabrera DET 7.1 .330 .393 .606 44 139 4 Voting
2012 NL Buster Posey SFG 7.6 .336 .408 .549 24 103 1 Voting
2011 AL Justin Verlander DET 8.6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 24 5 0 2.40 251.0 250 Voting
2011 NL Ryan Braun MIL 7.7 .332 .397 .597 33 111 33 Voting
2010 AL Josh Hamilton TEX 8.7 .359 .411 .633 32 100 8 Voting
2010 NL Joey Votto CIN 7.0 .324 .424 .600 37 113 16 Voting
2009 AL Joe Mauer MIN 7.8 .365 .444 .587 28 96 4 Voting
2009 NL Albert Pujols STL 9.7 .327 .443 .658 47 135 16 Voting
2008 AL Dustin Pedroia BOS 7.0 .326 .376 .493 17 83 20 Voting
2008 NL Albert Pujols STL 9.2 .357 .462 .653 37 116 7 Voting
2007 AL Alex Rodriguez NYY 9.4 .314 .422 .645 54 156 24 Voting
2007 NL Jimmy Rollins PHI 6.1 .296 .344 .531 30 94 41 Voting
2006 AL Justin Morneau MIN 4.3 .321 .375 .559 34 130 3 Voting
2006 NL Ryan Howard PHI 5.2 .313 .425 .659 58 149 0 Voting
2005 AL Alex Rodriguez NYY 9.4 .321 .421 .610 48 130 21 Voting
2005 NL Albert Pujols STL 8.4 .330 .430 .609 41 117 16 Voting
2004 AL Vladimir Guerrero ANA 5.6 .337 .391 .598 39 126 15 Voting
2004 NL Barry Bonds SFG 10.6 .362 .609 .812 45 101 6 Voting
2003 AL Alex Rodriguez TEX 8.4 .298 .396 .600 47 118 17 Voting
2003 NL Barry Bonds SFG 9.2 .341 .529 .749 45 90 7 Voting
2002 AL Miguel Tejada OAK 5.7 .308 .354 .508 34 131 7 Voting
2002 NL Barry Bonds SFG 11.8 .370 .582 .799 46 110 9 Voting
2001 AL Ichiro Suzuki SEA 7.7 .350 .381 .457 8 69 56 Voting
2001 NL Barry Bonds SFG 11.9 .328 .515 .863 73 137 13 Voting
2000 AL Jason Giambi OAK 7.8 .333 .476 .647 43 137 2 Voting
2000 NL Jeff Kent SFG 7.2 .334 .424 .596 33 125 12 Voting
1999 AL Iván Rodríguez TEX 6.4 .332 .356 .558 35 113 25 Voting
1999 NL Chipper Jones ATL 6.9 .319 .441 .633 45 110 25 Voting
1998 AL Juan González TEX 4.9 .318 .366 .630 45 157 2 Voting
1998 NL Sammy Sosa CHC 6.5 .308 .377 .647 66 158 18 Voting
1997 AL Ken Griffey Jr. SEA 9.1 .304 .382 .646 56 147 15 Voting
1997 NL Larry Walker COL 9.8 .366 .452 .720 49 130 33 Voting
1996 AL Juan González TEX 3.8 .314 .368 .643 47 144 2 Voting
1996 NL Ken Caminiti SDP 7.6 .326 .408 .621 40 130 11 Voting
1995 AL Mo Vaughn BOS 4.3 .300 .388 .575 39 126 11 Voting
1995 NL Barry Larkin CIN 5.9 .319 .394 .492 15 66 51 Voting
1994 AL Frank Thomas CHW 6.4 .353 .487 .729 38 101 2 Voting
1994 NL Jeff Bagwell HOU 8.2 .368 .451 .750 39 116 15 Voting
1993 AL Frank Thomas CHW 6.2 .317 .426 .607 41 128 4 Voting
1993 NL Barry Bonds SFG 9.9 .336 .458 .677 46 123 29 Voting
1992 AL Dennis Eckersley OAK 2.9 7 1 51 1.91 80.0 93 Voting
1992 NL Barry Bonds PIT 9.0 .311 .456 .624 34 103 39 Voting
1991 AL Cal Ripken Jr. BAL 11.5 .323 .374 .566 34 114 6 Voting
1991 NL Terry Pendleton ATL 6.1 .319 .363 .517 22 86 10 Voting
1990 AL Rickey Henderson OAK 9.9 .325 .439 .577 28 61 65 Voting
1990 NL Barry Bonds PIT 9.7 .301 .406 .565 33 114 52 Voting
1989 AL Robin Yount MIL 5.8 .318 .384 .511 21 103 19 Voting
1989 NL Kevin Mitchell SFG 6.9 .291 .388 .635 47 125 3 Voting
1988 AL José Canseco OAK 7.3 .307 .391 .569 42 124 40 Voting
1988 NL Kirk Gibson LAD 6.5 .290 .377 .483 25 76 31 Voting
1987 AL George Bell TOR 5.0 .308 .352 .605 47 134 5 Voting
1987 NL Andre Dawson CHC 4.0 .287 .328 .568 49 137 11 Voting
1986 AL Roger Clemens BOS 8.8 24 4 0 2.48 254.0 238 Voting
1986 NL Mike Schmidt PHI 6.1 .290 .390 .547 37 119 1 Voting
1985 AL Don Mattingly NYY 6.5 .324 .371 .567 35 145 2 Voting
1985 NL Willie McGee STL 8.2 .353 .384 .503 10 82 56 Voting
1984 AL Willie Hernández DET 4.8 9 3 32 1.92 140.1 112 Voting
1984 NL Ryne Sandberg CHC 8.5 .314 .367 .520 19 84 32 Voting
1983 AL Cal Ripken Jr. BAL 8.2 .318 .371 .517 27 102 0 Voting
1983 NL Dale Murphy ATL 7.1 .302 .393 .540 36 121 30 Voting
1982 AL Robin Yount MIL 10.6 .331 .379 .578 29 114 14 Voting
1982 NL Dale Murphy ATL 6.1 .281 .378 .507 36 109 23 Voting
1981 AL Rollie Fingers MIL 4.2 6 3 28 1.04 78.0 61 Voting
1981 NL Mike Schmidt PHI 7.7 .316 .435 .644 31 91 12 Voting
1980 AL George Brett KCR 9.4 .390 .454 .664 24 118 15 Voting
1980 NL Mike Schmidt PHI 8.9 .286 .380 .624 48 121 12 Voting
1979 AL Don Baylor CAL 3.7 .296 .371 .530 36 139 22 Voting
1979 NL Keith Hernandez STL 7.6 .344 .417 .513 11 105 11 Voting
1979 NL Willie Stargell PIT 2.5 .281 .352 .552 32 82 0 Voting
1978 AL Jim Rice BOS 7.6 .315 .370 .600 46 139 7 Voting
1978 NL Dave Parker PIT 7.0 .334 .394 .585 30 117 20 Voting
1977 AL Rod Carew MIN 9.7 .388 .449 .570 14 100 23 Voting
1977 NL George Foster CIN 8.4 .320 .382 .631 52 149 6 Voting
1976 AL Thurman Munson NYY 5.3 .302 .337 .432 17 105 14 Voting
1976 NL Joe Morgan CIN 9.6 .320 .444 .576 27 111 60 Voting
1975 AL Fred Lynn BOS 7.4 .331 .401 .566 21 105 10 Voting
1975 NL Joe Morgan CIN 11.0 .327 .466 .508 17 94 67 Voting
1974 AL Jeff Burroughs TEX 3.6 .301 .397 .504 25 118 2 Voting
1974 NL Steve Garvey LAD 4.4 .312 .342 .469 21 111 5 Voting
1973 AL Reggie Jackson OAK 7.8 .293 .383 .531 32 117 22 Voting
1973 NL Pete Rose CIN 8.3 .338 .401 .437 5 64 10 Voting
1972 AL Dick Allen CHW 8.6 .308 .420 .603 37 113 19 Voting
1972 NL Johnny Bench CIN 8.6 .270 .379 .541 40 125 6 Voting
1971 AL Vida Blue OAK 8.5 .118 .167 .127 0 2 0 24 8 0 1.82 312.0 301 Voting
1971 NL Joe Torre STL 5.9 .363 .421 .555 24 137 4 Voting
1970 AL Boog Powell BAL 5.1 .297 .412 .549 35 114 1 Voting
1970 NL Johnny Bench CIN 7.4 .293 .345 .587 45 148 5 Voting
1969 AL Harmon Killebrew MIN 6.1 .276 .427 .584 49 140 8 Voting
1969 NL Willie McCovey SFG 8.1 .320 .453 .656 45 126 0 Voting
1968 AL Denny McLain DET 7.4 .162 .170 .189 0 4 0 31 6 0 1.96 336.0 280 Voting
1968 NL Bob Gibson STL 11.9 .170 .233 .223 0 6 1 22 9 0 1.12 304.2 268 Voting
1967 AL Carl Yastrzemski BOS 12.5 .326 .418 .622 44 121 10 Voting
1967 NL Orlando Cepeda STL 6.8 .325 .399 .524 25 111 11 Voting
1966 AL Frank Robinson BAL 7.7 .316 .410 .637 49 122 8 Voting
1966 NL Roberto Clemente PIT 8.2 .317 .360 .536 29 119 7 Voting
1965 AL Zoilo Versalles MIN 7.2 .273 .319 .462 19 77 27 Voting
1965 NL Willie Mays SFG 11.2 .317 .398 .645 52 112 9 Voting
1964 AL Brooks Robinson BAL 8.1 .317 .368 .521 28 118 1 Voting
1964 NL Ken Boyer STL 6.1 .295 .365 .489 24 119 3 Voting
1963 AL Elston Howard NYY 5.2 .287 .342 .528 28 85 0 Voting
1963 NL Sandy Koufax LAD 9.9 .064 .111 .091 1 7 0 25 5 0 1.88 311.0 306 Voting
1962 AL Mickey Mantle NYY 6.0 .321 .486 .605 30 89 9 Voting
1962 NL Maury Wills LAD 6.0 .299 .347 .373 6 48 104 Voting
1961 AL Roger Maris NYY 6.9 .269 .372 .620 61 141 0 Voting
1961 NL Frank Robinson CIN 7.7 .323 .404 .611 37 124 22 Voting
1960 AL Roger Maris NYY 7.5 .283 .371 .581 39 112 2 Voting
1960 NL Dick Groat PIT 6.1 .325 .371 .394 2 50 0 Voting
1959 AL Nellie Fox CHW 6.1 .306 .380 .389 2 70 5 Voting
1959 NL Ernie Banks CHC 10.2 .304 .374 .596 45 143 2 Voting
1958 AL Jackie Jensen BOS 4.9 .286 .396 .535 35 122 9 Voting
1958 NL Ernie Banks CHC 9.3 .313 .366 .614 47 129 4 Voting
1957 AL Mickey Mantle NYY 11.3 .365 .512 .665 34 94 16 Voting
1957 NL Henry Aaron MLN 8.0 .322 .378 .600 44 132 1 Voting
1956 AL Mickey Mantle NYY 11.2 .353 .464 .705 52 130 10 Voting
1956 NL Don Newcombe BRO 5.3 .234 .312 .342 2 16 1 27 7 0 3.06 268.0 139 Voting
1955 AL Yogi Berra NYY 4.5 .272 .349 .470 27 108 1 Voting
1955 NL Roy Campanella BRO 5.2 .318 .395 .583 32 107 2 Voting
1954 AL Yogi Berra NYY 5.3 .307 .367 .488 22 125 0 Voting
1954 NL Willie Mays NYG 10.5 .345 .411 .667 41 110 8 Voting
1953 AL Al Rosen CLE 10.2 .336 .422 .613 43 145 8 Voting
1953 NL Roy Campanella BRO 6.8 .312 .395 .611 41 142 4 Voting
1952 AL Bobby Shantz PHA 9.4 .198 .252 .260 0 12 0 24 7 0 2.48 279.2 152 Voting
1952 NL Hank Sauer CHC 5.6 .270 .361 .531 37 121 1 Voting
1951 AL Yogi Berra NYY 5.3 .294 .350 .492 27 88 5 Voting
1951 NL Roy Campanella BRO 6.9 .325 .393 .590 33 108 1 Voting
1950 AL Phil Rizzuto NYY 6.8 .324 .418 .439 7 66 12 Voting
1950 NL Jim Konstanty PHI 4.4 .108 .108 .108 0 3 0 16 7 22 2.66 152.0 56 Voting
1949 AL Ted Williams BOS 9.0 .343 .490 .650 43 159 1 Voting
1949 NL Jackie Robinson BRO 9.3 .342 .432 .528 16 124 37 Voting
1948 AL Lou Boudreau CLE 10.4 .355 .453 .534 18 106 3 Voting
1948 NL Stan Musial STL 11.3 .376 .450 .702 39 131 7 Voting
1947 AL Joe DiMaggio NYY 4.7 .315 .391 .522 20 97 3 Voting
1947 NL Bob Elliott BSN 6.5 .317 .410 .517 22 113 3 Voting
1946 AL Ted Williams BOS 10.6 .342 .497 .667 38 123 0 Voting
1946 NL Stan Musial STL 9.3 .365 .434 .587 16 103 7 Voting
1945 AL Hal Newhouser DET 12.2 .257 .302 .321 0 17 0 25 9 2 1.81 313.1 212 Voting
1945 NL Phil Cavarretta CHC 5.9 .355 .449 .500 6 97 5 Voting
1944 AL Hal Newhouser DET 8.4 .242 .278 .275 0 5 1 29 9 2 2.22 312.1 187 Voting
1944 NL Marty Marion STL 4.5 .267 .324 .362 6 63 1 Voting
1943 AL Spud Chandler NYY 7.3 .258 .287 .371 2 7 0 20 4 0 1.64 253.0 134 Voting
1943 NL Stan Musial STL 9.5 .357 .425 .562 13 81 9 Voting
1942 AL Joe Gordon NYY 7.7 .322 .409 .491 18 103 12 Voting
1942 NL Mort Cooper STL 8.3 .184 .208 .194 0 7 0 22 7 0 1.78 278.2 152 Voting
1941 AL Joe DiMaggio NYY 9.3 .357 .440 .643 30 125 4 Voting
1941 NL Dolph Camilli BRO 6.8 .285 .407 .556 34 120 3 Voting
1940 AL Hank Greenberg DET 6.8 .340 .433 .670 41 150 6 Voting
1940 NL Frank McCormick CIN 5.3 .309 .367 .482 19 127 2 Voting
1939 AL Joe DiMaggio NYY 8.3 .381 .448 .671 30 126 3 Voting
1939 NL Bucky Walters CIN 9.8 .325 .357 .433 1 16 1 27 11 0 2.29 319.0 137 Voting
1938 AL Jimmie Foxx BOS 7.5 .349 .462 .704 50 175 5 Voting
1938 NL Ernie Lombardi CIN 4.8 .342 .391 .524 19 95 0 Voting
1937 AL Charlie Gehringer DET 7.8 .371 .458 .520 14 96 11 Voting
1937 NL Joe Medwick STL 8.4 .374 .414 .641 31 154 4 Voting
1936 AL Lou Gehrig NYY 9.7 .354 .478 .696 49 152 3 Voting
1936 NL Carl Hubbell NYG 10.1 .227 .248 .236 0 8 0 26 6 3 2.31 304.0 123 Voting
1935 AL Hank Greenberg DET 7.5 .328 .411 .628 36 168 4 Voting
1935 NL Gabby Hartnett CHC 4.9 .344 .404 .545 13 91 1 Voting
1934 AL Mickey Cochrane DET 4.5 .320 .428 .412 2 75 8 Voting
1934 NL Dizzy Dean STL 9.5 .246 .252 .339 2 9 1 30 7 7 2.66 311.2 195 Voting
1933 AL Jimmie Foxx PHA 9.0 .356 .449 .703 48 163 2 Voting
1933 NL Carl Hubbell NYG 9.0 .183 .198 .248 1 12 0 23 12 5 1.66 308.2 156 Voting
1932 AL Jimmie Foxx PHA 10.4 .364 .469 .749 58 169 3 Voting
1932 NL Chuck Klein PHI 7.5 .348 .404 .646 38 137 20 Voting
1931 AL Lefty Grove PHA 10.0 .200 .220 .226 0 12 0 31 4 5 2.06 288.2 175 Voting
1931 NL Frankie Frisch STL 3.9 .311 .368 .396 4 82 28 Voting
1930 AL Joe Cronin WSH 8.5 .346 .422 .513 13 126 17 Voting
1930 NL Hack Wilson CHC 7.4 .356 .454 .723 56 191 3 Voting
1929 AL Lew Fonseca CLE 5.6 .369 .427 .532 6 103 19 Voting
1929 NL Rogers Hornsby CHC 10.6 .380 .459 .679 39 149 2 Voting
1928 AL Mickey Cochrane PHA 3.4 .293 .395 .464 10 57 7 Voting
1928 NL Jim Bottomley STL 5.6 .325 .402 .628 31 136 10 Voting
1927 AL Lou Gehrig NYY 11.9 .373 .474 .765 47 173 10 Voting
1927 NL Paul Waner PIT 7.1 .380 .437 .549 9 131 5 Voting
1926 AL George Burns CLE 5.2 .358 .394 .494 4 115 13 Voting
1926 NL Bob O'Farrell STL 3.9 .293 .371 .433 7 68 1 Voting
1925 AL Roger Peckinpaugh WSH 2.7 .294 .367 .379 4 64 13 Voting
1925 NL Rogers Hornsby STL 10.2 .403 .489 .756 39 143 5 Voting
1924 AL Walter Johnson WSH 7.5 .283 .308 .389 1 14 0 23 7 0 2.72 277.2 158 Voting
1924 NL Dazzy Vance BRO 10.3 .151 .231 .208 2 11 0 28 6 0 2.16 308.1 262 Voting
1923 AL Babe Ruth NYY 14.1 .393 .545 .764 41 130 17 Voting
1922 AL George Sisler SLB 8.7 .420 .467 .594 8 105 51 Voting
1914 AL Eddie Collins PHA 9.1 .344 .452 .452 2 85 58 Voting
1914 NL Johnny Evers BSN 4.9 .279 .390 .338 1 40 12 Voting
1913 AL Walter Johnson WSH 16.6 .261 .293 .433 2 14 2 36 7 2 1.14 346.0 243 Voting
1913 NL Jake Daubert BRO 4.0 .350 .405 .423 2 52 25 Voting
1912 AL Tris Speaker BOS 10.2 .383 .464 .567 10 90 52 Voting
1912 NL Larry Doyle NYG 5.0 .330 .393 .471 10 91 36 Voting
1911 AL Ty Cobb DET 10.7 .419 .466 .620 8 127 83 Voting
1911 NL Frank Schulte CHC 5.2 .300 .384 .534 21 107 23 Voting