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Quick facts for kids Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
The 2015 National League Most Valuable Player Award
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	Shohei Ohtani (NL) Aaron Judge (AL)

The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, often called the MVP, is a special prize given each year in Major League Baseball (MLB). It honors one amazing player in the American League and another in the National League. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has given out this award since 1931.

History of the MVP Award
Understanding the Award Tables
Chalmers Award (1911–1914)
League Awards (1922–1929)
BBWAA Most Valuable Player (1931–present)
Players with Multiple MVP Awards
MVP Wins by Team
More Baseball Awards

History of the MVP Award

Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has chosen an MVP for both the National League and the American League. Before 1931, there were two similar awards. The League Award was given from 1922 to 1928 in the American League and from 1924 to 1929 in the National League. Even earlier, from 1911 to 1914, the Chalmers Award was given to a player in each league.

Voting for the MVP happens before the baseball playoffs. However, the winners are not announced until after the World Series ends. The BBWAA started by having three writers from each league city vote in 1938. This number was changed to two writers per city in 1961. The BBWAA does not have a strict rule for what "most valuable" means. Each voter decides what they think is most important.

In 1944, the award was named after Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He was the first Commissioner of Baseball. His name was on the plaque given to the winning players. However, starting in 2020, Landis' name was removed from the MVP plaque. This happened after some former MVP winners complained about his past actions, which were seen as unfair to some players.

Many different types of players have won the MVP award. First basemen have won the most MVPs among infielders, with 35 winners. Next are second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (15). Out of the 25 pitchers who have won, 15 throw with their right hand and 10 with their left. Only three pitchers, Walter Johnson, Carl Hubbell, and Hal Newhouser, have won the award more than once. Hal Newhouser won two years in a row in 1944 and 1945.

Some players have won the award while playing different positions. These include Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, Robin Yount, and Shohei Ohtani. Alex Rodriguez is the only player to win the award with two different teams and at two different positions. Shohei Ohtani is the only one to do it at two positions in the same season, and he has done it twice! Only two players, Alex Rodriguez and Andre Dawson, have won the award while playing for a last-place team.

Barry Bonds has won the MVP award more than anyone else, with seven wins. He also won four times in a row from 2001 to 2004. Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win multiple times. Ten players have won three times, and 19 have won twice. Frank Robinson and Shohei Ohtani are the only players to win the award in both the American and National Leagues. Ohtani was the first to win in both leagues in back-to-back seasons.

The only time the award ended in a tie was in the National League in 1979. Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell both received the same number of points. There have been 23 unanimous winners. This means they received every single first-place vote. The New York Yankees have had the most MVP winners with 24. The St. Louis Cardinals are next with 21 winners. Three teams have never had an MVP winner: the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and Tampa Bay Rays.

In recent years, pitchers have not won the award very often. When Shohei Ohtani won the American League award in 2021, he was the first pitcher in either league to be named MVP since Clayton Kershaw in 2014. He was also the first in the American League since Justin Verlander in 2011. Ohtani was also the first two-way player (someone who pitches and hits well) to win the award. In 2023, he became the first player in MLB history to win MVP by a unanimous vote twice. Ohtani is also the only MVP winner who played most of his games as a designated hitter (DH). This position usually does not involve playing defense. In 2024, Ohtani won his third unanimous MVP award. He became the first MVP winner to play only as a DH for an entire season. So far, Ohtani is the only player to win both the MVP and the Edgar Martínez Award. This award goes to the best designated hitter in a season.

There was no MVP award given in either league in 1930. This meant that an amazing performance by Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs went without an award. He set the current MLB record for runs batted in (RBI) with 191. He also batted .356 and set the National League record with 56 home runs. That home run record stood for 68 years!

Understanding the Award Tables

The tables below show the winners of the MVP awards. Here's what the symbols mean:

Year	Links to the article about that baseball season.
	This player is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
^	This player is still actively playing baseball.
§	This player was a unanimous selection, meaning they got all first-place votes.
Player (X)	Shows the winning player and how many times they had won the award up to that point.
*	This player's team won their league's championship (pennant) that year.
P	Pitcher (RHP means right-handed; LHP means 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.

Before the 1910 season, a car company called Chalmers Automobile offered a special prize. They said they would give a Chalmers Model 30 car to the player with the highest batting average in MLB. In 1910, the race for the best average in the American League was very close. It was between Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians. On the last day of the season, Lajoie seemed to pass Cobb's batting average. He got seven bunt hits against the St. Louis Browns. But the American League President said that after re-checking, Cobb had won. In the end, Chalmers gave cars to both players!

In the next season, Chalmers created the official Chalmers Award. A group of baseball writers would decide who was the "most important and useful player" to their team and league. This award was stopped after 1914 because it didn't help Chalmers advertise as much as they hoped.

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

League Awards (1922–1929)

Babe Ruth could not win the League Award in 1927 because he had already won in 1923.

In 1922, the American League started a new award. It was meant to honor "the baseball player who helps his team the most in every way." A group of eight baseball writers voted for the winners. Winners received a bronze medal and money. Voters had to pick one player from each team. Also, players who were coaches or had won before could not win again. Because of these rules, Babe Ruth only won one MVP award before this award was stopped in 1928. The National League award had fewer rules and lasted from 1924 to 1929.

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

BBWAA Most Valuable Player (1931–present)

The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) first gave out the modern MVP award after the 1931 season. They used a system similar to what the National League had used. One writer from each city with a team would vote for ten players. The first-place vote got ten points, the second-place got nine, and so on. In 1938, the BBWAA increased the number of voters to three per city. They also changed the points so a first-place vote was worth 14 points. The only big change since then happened in 1961. That's 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 Hank Greenberg won the award at two different positions.

Jim Konstanty was the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP.

Hall of Famer Willie Mays won the award in 1954 and 1965.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson was the first player to win the award in both leagues.

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

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

Albert Pujols won the award three times as a first baseman.

Miguel Cabrera won back-to-back AL Awards in 2012 and 2013.

Mike Trout won the award three times.

Shohei Ohtani is the only player to win the award three times by unanimous vote.

Year	American League winner	Team	Position	National League winner	Team	Position
1931	Grove, LeftyLefty Grove^†	Philadelphia Athletics*	LHP	Frisch, FrankieFrankie Frisch^†	St. Louis Cardinals*	2B
1932	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx^†	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Klein, ChuckChuck Klein^†	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1933	Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx^† (2)	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell^†	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)	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	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	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^†	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^†	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
1952	Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	LHP	Sauer, HankHank Sauer	Chicago Cubs	OF
1953	Rosen, AlAl Rosen^§	Cleveland Indians	3B	Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella^† (2)	Brooklyn Dodgers*	C
1954	Berra, YogiYogi Berra^† (2)	New York Yankees	C	Mays, WillieWillie Mays^†	New York Giants*	OF
1955	Berra, YogiYogi Berra^† (3)	New York Yankees*	C	Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella^† (3)	Brooklyn Dodgers*	C
1956	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle^†§	New York Yankees*	OF	Newcombe, DonDon Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers*	RHP
1957	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle^† (2)	New York Yankees*	OF	Aaron, HankHank Aaron^†	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	California Angels	LF/DH	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1979	Baylor, DonDon Baylor	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^†	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, JoseJose 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
2024	Judge, AaronAaron Judge^{^§}(2)	New York Yankees*	OF	Ohtani, ShoheiShohei Ohtani^{^§}(3)	Los Angeles Dodgers*	DH

Players with Multiple MVP Awards

This table shows players who have won the MVP award more than once.

Player	# of Awards	Years
Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds	7	1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Berra, YogiYogi Berra	3	1951, 1954, 1955
Campanella, RoyRoy Campanella		1951, 1953, 1955
DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio		1939, 1941, 1947
Foxx, JimmieJimmie Foxx		1932, 1933, 1938
Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle		1956, 1957, 1962
Musial, StanStan Musial		1943, 1946, 1948
Ohtani, ShoheiShohei Ohtani		2021, 2023, 2024
Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols		2005, 2008, 2009
Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez		2003, 2005, 2007
Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt		1980, 1981, 1986
Trout, MikeMike Trout		2014, 2016, 2019
Banks, ErnieErnie Banks	2	1958, 1959
Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench		1970, 1972
Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera		2012, 2013
Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane		1928, 1934
Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig		1927, 1936
González, JuanJuan González		1996, 1998
Greenberg, HankHank Greenberg		1935, 1940
Harper, BryceBryce Harper		2015, 2021
Hornsby, RogersRogers Hornsby		1925, 1929
Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell		1933, 1936
Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson		1913, 1924
Judge, AaronAaron Judge		2022, 2024
Maris, RogerRoger Maris		1960, 1961
Mays, WillieWillie Mays		1954, 1965
Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan		1975, 1976
Murphy, DaleDale Murphy		1982, 1983
Newhouser, HalHal Newhouser		1944, 1945
Ripken Jr., CalCal Ripken Jr.		1983, 1991
Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson		1961, 1966
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas		1993, 1994
Williams, TedTed Williams		1946, 1949
Yount, RobinRobin Yount		1982, 1989

MVP Wins by Team

This table shows how many MVP awards each team has won over the years.

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
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers	15	1913, 1924, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1974, 1988, 2014, 2019, 2024
New York/San Francisco Giants	14	1912, 1933, 1936, 1954, 1965, 1969, 1989, 1993, 2000–2004, 2012
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

More Baseball Awards

Players Choice Awards (Player of the Year in MLB)
Baseball America Major League Player of the Year
Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award
List of Major League Baseball awards

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