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Quick facts for kids Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
The Most Valuable Player Award given to Hank Aaron in 1957
Sport	Baseball
League	Major League Baseball
Given for	Regular season most valuable player of American League and National League
Country	United States, Canada
Presented by	Baseball Writers' Association of America
History
First award	1931
Most recent	Ronald Acuña Jr. (NL) Shohei Ohtani (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. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931.

History
Key
Chalmers Award (1911–1914)
League Awards (1922–1929)
Baseball Writers' Association of America's Most Valuable Player (1931–present)
Wins by team
See also

History

Since 1931, a Most Valuable Player Award has been bestowed by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) to a player in the 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, and during 1911–1914, the Chalmers Award was issued to a player in each league. Criteria and a list of winners for these two earlier awards are detailed in below sections.

MVP voting takes place before the postseason, but the results are not announced until after the World Series. The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961. The BBWAA does not offer a clear-cut definition of what "most valuable" means, instead leaving the judgment to the individual voters.

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. Formally named the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, that naming appeared on a plaque given to winning players. Starting in 2020, Landis' name no longer appears on the MVP plaque after the BBWAA received complaints from several former MVP winners about Landis' role against the integration of MLB.

First basemen, with 35 winners, have won the most MVPs among infielders, followed by second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (15). Of the 25 pitchers 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.

Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions, while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions. 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). Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times – 10 players have won three times, and 19 have won twice. Frank Robinson is the only player to win the award in both the American and National Leagues.

The award's only tie occurred in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell received an equal number of points. There have been 19 unanimous winners, who received all the first-place votes. The New York Yankees have the most winning players with 23, 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 and in 2023, he became the first player in MLB history to win MVP by unanimous vote twice. 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).

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 McGuire (70) both eclipsed him.

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball season
	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player
^	Player is still active
§	Unanimous selection
Player (X)	Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point
*	Team won the league pennant
P	Pitcher (RHP indicates right-handed; LHP indicates left-handed)
C	Catcher
1B	First baseman
2B	Second baseman
3B	Third baseman
SS	Shortstop
OF	Outfielder
DH	Designated hitter

Chalmers Award (1911–1914)

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.

Before the 1910 season, Hugh Chalmers of Chalmers Automobile announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest batting average in Major League Baseball at the end of the season. The 1910 race for best average in the American League was between the Detroit Tigers' widely disliked Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians. On the last day of the season, Lajoie overtook Cobb's batting average with seven bunt hits against the St. Louis Browns. American League President Ban Johnson said a recalculation showed that Cobb had won the race anyway, and Chalmers ended up awarding cars to both players.

In the 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 effective at advertising as Chalmers had hoped, it was discontinued after 1914.

Year	American League winner	Team	Position	National League winner	Team	Position
1911	Cobb Ty Ty Cobb^§	Detroit Tigers	OF	Schulte Frank Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	OF
1912	Speaker Tris Tris Speaker	Boston Red Sox	OF	Doyle Larry Larry Doyle	New York Giants New York Giants	2B
1913	Johnson Walter Walter Johnson	Washington Senators Washington Senators	RHP	Daubert Jake Jake Daubert	Brooklyn Superbas	1B
1914	Collins Eddie Eddie Collins	Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	2B	Evers Johnny Johnny Evers	Boston Braves Boston Braves	2B

League Awards (1922–1929)

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.

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". Winners, voted on by a committee of eight baseball writers chaired by James Crusinberry, received a bronze medal and a cash prize. Voters were required to select one player from each team, and player-coaches 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.

Year	American League winner	Team	Position	National League winner	Team	Position
1922	Sisler George George Sisler	St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns	1B	—	-01 —	-01 —
1923	Ruth Babe Babe Ruth^§	New York Yankees	OF	—	-02 —	-02 —
1924	Johnson Walter Walter Johnson (2)	Washington Senators Washington Senators	RHP	Vance Dazzy Dazzy Vance	Brooklyn Robins Brooklyn Robins	RHP
1925	Peckinpaugh Roger Roger Peckinpaugh	Washington Senators Washington Senators	SS	Hornsby Rogers Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
1926	Burns George George Burns	Cleveland Indians	1B	O'Farrell Bob Bob O'Farrell	St. Louis Cardinals	C
1927	Gehrig Lou Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B	Waner Paul Paul Waner	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1928	Cochrane Mickey Mickey Cochrane	Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	C	Bottomley Jim Jim Bottomley	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1929	—	-01 —	-01 —	Hornsby Rogers Rogers Hornsby (2)	Chicago Cubs	2B

Baseball Writers' Association of America's Most Valuable Player (1931–present)

The BBWAA was first awarded the modern MVP after the 1931 season, adopting the format the National League used to distribute its league award. One writer in each city with a team filled out a ten-place ballot, with ten points for the recipient of a first-place vote, nine for a second-place vote, and so on. In 1938, the BBWAA raised the number of voters to three per city and gave 14 points for a first-place vote. The only significant change since then occurred in 1961 when the number of voters was reduced to two per league city.

Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards.

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).

Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950.

Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965 with the same team in different cities.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is the only player to win the award in both leagues (NL in 1961, and AL in 1966).

Barry Bonds' seven MVPs are the most for any individual player.

Alex Rodriguez won the award with two different teams at two different positions.

Albert Pujols won the award three times, at first base with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Miguel Cabrera was the winner of back-to-back AL Awards from 2012 to 2013.

Mike Trout is the most recent player to win the award three times.

Shohei Ohtani is currently the only player to unanimously win the award twice.

Year	American League winner	Team	Position	National League winner	Team	Position
1931	Grove, LeftyLefty Grove^†	Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics*	LHP	Frisch, FrankieFrankie Frisch^†	St. Louis Cardinals*	2B
1932	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx^†	Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Klein, ChuckChuck Klein^†	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1933	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx^† (2)	Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell^†	San Francisco Giants New York Giants*	LHP
1934	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane^† (2)	Detroit Tigers*	C	Dean, DizzyDizzy Dean^†	St. Louis Cardinals*	RHP
1935	Greenberg, HankHank Greenberg^†§	Detroit Tigers*	1B	Hartnett, GabbyGabby Hartnett^†	Chicago Cubs*	C
1936	Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig^† (2)	New York Yankees*	1B	Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell^†§ (2)	San Francisco Giants New York Giants*	LHP
1937	Gehringer, CharlieCharlie Gehringer^†	Detroit Tigers	2B	Medwick, JoeJoe Medwick^†	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1938	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx^† (3)	Boston Red Sox	1B	Lombardi, ErnieErnie Lombardi^†	Cincinnati Reds	C
1939	DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio^†	New York Yankees*	OF	Walters, BuckyBucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds*	RHP
1940	Greenberg, HankHank Greenberg^† (2)	Detroit Tigers*	OF	McCormick, FrankFrank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds*	1B
1941	DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio^† (2)	New York Yankees*	OF	Camilli, DolphDolph Camilli	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers*	1B
1942	Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon^†	New York Yankees*	2B	Cooper, MortMort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals*	RHP
1943	Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler	New York Yankees*	RHP	Musial, StanStan Musial^†	St. Louis Cardinals*	OF
1944	Newhouser, HalHal Newhouser^†	Detroit Tigers	LHP	Marion, MartyMarty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals*	SS
1945	Newhouser, HalHal Newhouser^† (2)	Detroit Tigers*	LHP	Cavarretta, PhilPhil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs*	1B
1946	Williams, TedTed Williams^†	Boston Red Sox*	OF	Musial, StanStan Musial^† (2)	St. Louis Cardinals*	1B
1947	DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio^† (3)	New York Yankees*	OF	Elliott, BobBob Elliott	Atlanta Braves Boston Braves	3B
1948	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau^†	Cleveland Indians*	SS	Musial, StanStan Musial^† (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1949	Williams, TedTed Williams^† (2)	Boston Red Sox	OF	Robinson, JackieJackie Robinson^†	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers*	2B
1950	Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto^†	New York Yankees*	SS	Konstanty, JimJim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies*	RHP
1951	Berra, YogiYogi Berra^†	New York Yankees*	C	Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella^†	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers	C
1952	Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz	Oakland Athletics Philadelphia Athletics	LHP	Sauer, HankHank Sauer	Chicago Cubs	OF
1953	Rosen, AlAl Rosen^§	Cleveland Indians	3B	Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella^† (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers*	C
1954	Berra, YogiYogi Berra^† (2)	New York Yankees	C	Mays, WillieWillie Mays^†	San Francisco Giants New York Giants*	OF
1955	Berra, YogiYogi Berra^† (3)	New York Yankees*	C	Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella^† (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers*	C
1956	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle^†§	New York Yankees*	OF	Newcombe, DonDon Newcombe	Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers*	RHP
1957	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle^† (2)	New York Yankees*	OF	Aaron, HankHank Aaron^†	Atlanta Braves Milwaukee Braves*	OF
1958	Jensen, JackieJackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF	Banks, ErnieErnie Banks^†	Chicago Cubs	SS
1959	Fox, NellieNellie Fox^†	Chicago White Sox*	2B	Banks, ErnieErnie Banks^† (2)	Chicago Cubs	SS
1960	Maris, RogerRoger Maris	New York Yankees*	OF	Groat, DickDick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates*	SS
1961	Maris, RogerRoger Maris (2)	New York Yankees*	OF	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson^†	Cincinnati Reds*	OF
1962	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle^† (3)	New York Yankees*	OF	Wills, MauryMaury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS
1963	Howard, ElstonElston Howard	New York Yankees*	C	Koufax, SandySandy Koufax^†	Los Angeles Dodgers*	LHP
1964	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson^†	Baltimore Orioles	3B	Boyer, KenKen Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals*	3B
1965	Versalles, ZoiloZoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins*	SS	Mays, WillieWillie Mays^† (2)	San Francisco Giants	OF
1966	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson^†§ (2)	Baltimore Orioles*	OF	Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente^†	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1967	Yastrzemski, CarlCarl Yastrzemski^†	Boston Red Sox*	OF	Cepeda, OrlandoOrlando Cepeda^†§	St. Louis Cardinals*	1B
1968	McLain, DennyDenny McLain^§	Detroit Tigers*	RHP	Gibson, BobBob Gibson^†	St. Louis Cardinals*	RHP
1969	Killebrew, HarmonHarmon Killebrew^†	Minnesota Twins	3B	McCovey, WillieWillie McCovey^†	San Francisco Giants	1B
1970	Powell, BoogBoog Powell	Baltimore Orioles*	1B	Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench^†	Cincinnati Reds*	C
1971	Blue, VidaVida Blue	Oakland Athletics	LHP	Torre, JoeJoe Torre^†	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
1972	Allen, DickDick Allen	Chicago White Sox	1B	Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench^† (2)	Cincinnati Reds*	C
1973	Jackson, ReggieReggie Jackson^†§	Oakland Athletics*	OF	Rose, PetePete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1974	Burroughs, JeffJeff Burroughs	Texas Rangers	OF	Garvey, SteveSteve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers*	1B
1975	Lynn, FredFred Lynn	Boston Red Sox*	OF	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan^†	Cincinnati Reds*	2B
1976	Munson, ThurmanThurman Munson	New York Yankees*	C	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan^† (2)	Cincinnati Reds*	2B
1977	Carew, RodRod Carew^†	Minnesota Twins	1B	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1978	Rice, JimJim Rice^†	Boston Red Sox	OF	Parker, DaveDave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1979	Baylor, DonDon Baylor	Los Angeles Angels California Angels	LF/DH	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1979	Baylor, DonDon Baylor	Los Angeles Angels California Angels	LF/DH	Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell^†	Pittsburgh Pirates*	1B
1980	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett^†	Kansas City Royals*	3B	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^†§	Philadelphia Phillies*	3B
1981	Fingers, RollieRollie Fingers^†	Milwaukee Brewers	RHP	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^† (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1982	Yount, RobinRobin Yount^†	Milwaukee Brewers*	SS	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	OF
1983	Ripken Jr., CalCal Ripken Jr.^†	Baltimore Orioles*	SS	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy (2)	Atlanta Braves	OF
1984	Hernandez, WillieWillie Hernández	Detroit Tigers*	LHP	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg^†	Chicago Cubs	2B
1985	Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	New York Yankees	1B	McGee, WillieWillie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals*	OF
1986	Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens	Boston Red Sox*	RHP	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt^† (3)	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1987	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson^†	Chicago Cubs	OF
1988	Canseco, JoseJose Canseco^§	Oakland Athletics*	OF	Gibson, KirkKirk Gibson	Los Angeles Dodgers*	OF
1989	Yount, RobinRobin Yount^† (2)	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	Mitchell, KevinKevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants*	OF
1990	Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson^†	Oakland Athletics*	OF	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1991	Ripken Jr., CalCal Ripken Jr.^† (2)	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Pendleton, TerryTerry Pendleton	Atlanta Braves*	3B
1992	Eckersley, DennisDennis Eckersley^†	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1993	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas^†§	Chicago White Sox	1B	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants	OF
1994	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas^† (2)	Chicago White Sox	1B	Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell^†§	Houston Astros	1B
1995	Vaughn, MoMo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	1B	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin^†	Cincinnati Reds	SS
1996	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González	Texas Rangers	OF	Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti^§	San Diego Padres	3B
1997	Griffey Jr., KenKen Griffey Jr.^†§	Seattle Mariners	OF	Walker, LarryLarry Walker^†	Colorado Rockies	OF
1998	Gonzalez, JuanJuan González (2)	Texas Rangers	OF	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	OF
1999	Rodriguez, IvanIván Rodríguez^†	Texas Rangers	C	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones^†	Atlanta Braves*	3B
2000	Giambi, JasonJason Giambi	Oakland Athletics	1B	Kent, JeffJeff Kent	San Francisco Giants	2B
2001	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	OF	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (4)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2002	Tejada, MiguelMiguel Tejada	Oakland Athletics	SS	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds^§ (5)	San Francisco Giants*	OF
2003	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	SS	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (6)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2004	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero^†	Los Angeles Angels Anaheim Angels	OF	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (7)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2005	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (2)	New York Yankees	3B	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2006	Morneau, JustinJustin Morneau	Minnesota Twins	1B	Howard, RyanRyan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
2007	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (3)	New York Yankees	3B	Rollins, JimmyJimmy Rollins	Philadelphia Phillies	SS
2008	Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	2B	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2009	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer^†	Minnesota Twins	C	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2010	Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton	Texas Rangers*	OF	Votto, JoeyJoey Votto^{^}	Cincinnati Reds	1B
2011	Verlander, JustinJustin Verlander^{^}	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Braun, RyanRyan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
2012	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers*	3B	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants*	C
2013	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera (2)	Detroit Tigers	3B	McCutchen, AndrewAndrew McCutchen^{^}	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
2014	Trout, MikeMike Trout^{^§}	Los Angeles Angels	OF	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw^{^}	Los Angeles Dodgers	LHP
2015	Donaldson, JoshJosh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	Harper, BryceBryce Harper^{^§}	Washington Nationals	OF
2016	Trout, MikeMike Trout^{^} (2)	Los Angeles Angels	OF	Bryant, KrisKris Bryant^{^}	Chicago Cubs*	3B/OF
2017	Altuve, JoséJosé Altuve^{^}	Houston Astros*	2B	Stanton, GiancarloGiancarlo Stanton^{^}	Miami Marlins	OF
2018	Betts, MookieMookie Betts^{^}	Boston Red Sox*	OF	Yelich, ChristianChristian Yelich^{^}	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
2019	Trout, MikeMike Trout^{^} (3)	Los Angeles Angels	OF	Bellinger, CodyCody Bellinger^{^}	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
2020	Abreu, JoséJosé Abreu^{^}	Chicago White Sox	1B	Freeman, FreddieFreddie Freeman^{^}	Atlanta Braves	1B
2021	Ohtani, ShoheiShohei Ohtani^{^§}	Los Angeles Angels	RHP/DH	Harper, BryceBryce Harper^{^} (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
2022	Judge, AaronAaron Judge^{^}	New York Yankees	OF	Goldschmidt, PaulPaul Goldschmidt^{^}	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2023	Ohtani, ShoheiShohei Ohtani^{^§}(2)	Los Angeles Angels	RHP/DH	Acuña Jr., RonaldRonald Acuña Jr.^{^§}	Atlanta Braves	OF

Wins by team

Teams	Awards	Years
New York Yankees	23	1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1941–1943, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1954–1957, 1960–1963, 1976, 1985, 2005, 2007, 2022
St. Louis Cardinals	21	1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1942–1944, 1946, 1948, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1985, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
New York/San Francisco Giants	14	1912, 1933, 1936, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1989, 1993, 2000–2004, 2012
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers	14	1913, 1924, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1988, 2014, 2019
Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics	13	1914, 1928, 1931–1933, 1952, 1971, 1973, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002
Cincinnati Reds	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
Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves	9	1914, 1947, 1957, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1999, 2020, 2023
Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins	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
California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels	7	1979, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023
Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns	6	1922, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1983, 1991
Texas Rangers	6	1974, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2010
Milwaukee Brewers	5	1981, 1982, 1989, 2011, 2018
Chicago White Sox	5	1959, 1972, 1993, 1994, 2020
Cleveland Indians / Guardians	3	1926, 1948, 1953
Seattle Mariners	2	1997, 2001
Toronto Blue Jays		1987, 2015
Houston Astros		1994, 2017
Kansas City Royals	1	1980
San Diego Padres		1996
Colorado Rockies		1997
Washington Nationals		2015
Miami Marlins		2017
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	none
New York Mets		none
Tampa Bay Rays		none