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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 a special yearly award in Major League Baseball (MLB). It's given to one amazing player in the American League and one in the National League. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has given out this award since 1931.

History of the MVP Award
Key to the Tables
Early Baseball Awards: The Chalmers Award (1911–1914)
League Awards (1922–1929)
The Modern MVP: Baseball Writers' Association of America's Most Valuable Player (1931–Present)
MVP Wins by Team
See also

History of the MVP Award

Since 1931, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) has chosen a Most Valuable Player for both the National League and the American League. Before 1931, there were other similar awards. These included the League Award (1922–1929) and the Chalmers Award (1911–1914). We'll learn more about these older awards later.

How MVP Voting Works

MVP voting happens before the baseball playoffs. But the winners aren't announced until after the World Series is over. 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 doesn't have a super strict rule for what "most valuable" means. This lets each voter decide who they think is the best and most important player.

Award Name Change

In 1944, the award was named after Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He was the very first Commissioner of Baseball. His name used to be on the award plaque given to winners.

However, starting in 2020, Landis's name was removed from the MVP plaque. This happened after some former MVP winners complained about Landis's actions against allowing all players to join MLB, regardless of their background.

Who Wins the MVP?

Players who play first base have won the most MVP awards among infielders, with 35 winners. After them are second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (15).

Out of 25 pitchers who have won the award, 15 throw with their right hand, and 10 throw with their left hand. Only three pitchers, Walter Johnson, Carl Hubbell, and Hal Newhouser, have won the award more than once. Hal Newhouser won it two years in a row in 1944 and 1945.

Some players have won the MVP award while playing different positions. These include Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount. Alex Rodriguez is the only player to win the award with two different teams and at two different positions.

Andre Dawson and Alex Rodriguez are the only players to win the MVP while playing for a team that finished in last place. Barry Bonds has won the award the most times, with seven wins. He also won it four times in a row from 2001 to 2004.

Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win the award more than once. Ten players have won it three times, and 19 players have won it twice. Frank Robinson is the only player to win the MVP award in both the American and National Leagues.

Special MVP Moments

The award has only had one tie. This happened in the National League in 1979, when Keith Hernandez and Willie Stargell got the same number of points.

Nineteen players have been "unanimous winners." This means they received every single first-place vote. The New York Yankees have had the most MVP winners, with 23 players. The St. Louis Cardinals are second 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 haven't won the MVP award very often. When Shohei Ohtani won the American League award in 2021, he was the first pitcher in either league to win MVP since Clayton Kershaw in 2014. He was also the first in the American League since Justin Verlander in 2011.

Shohei Ohtani is also special because he's the first two-way player (someone who both pitches and hits really well) to win the award. In 2023, he became the first player in MLB history to win MVP by a unanimous vote twice!

Interestingly, no MVP award was given in 1930. This means one of the greatest performances ever, by Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs, went without an award. He set an MLB record for RBI (runs batted in) with 191, which still stands today. He also hit .356 and set a National League record with 56 home runs.

Key to the Tables

Year	Shows the year of the Major League Baseball season.
	Means the player is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
^	Means the player is still playing baseball.
§	Means the player was a "unanimous selection" (got all first-place votes).
Player (X)	Shows the winning player's name and how many times they had won the award by that point.
*	Means the player's team won their league's championship (pennant) that year.
P	Pitcher (RHP means right-handed pitcher; LHP means left-handed pitcher).
C	Catcher.
1B	First baseman.
2B	Second baseman.
3B	Third baseman.
SS	Shortstop.
OF	Outfielder.
DH	Designated hitter.

Early Baseball Awards: The Chalmers Award (1911–1914)

Ty Cobb won the first American League Chalmers Award in 1911. He was also part of a big argument about the award the year before.

Before the 1910 baseball season, a car company owner named Hugh Chalmers made a promise. He said he would give a new Chalmers Model 30 car to the player with the best batting average in MLB.

In 1910, the race for the best batting average in the American League was very close. It was between Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb and Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians. On the very last day of the season, Lajoie seemed to pass Cobb's average. He got seven special "bunt" hits against the St. Louis Browns.

But then, the American League President, Ban Johnson, said that after checking the numbers again, Cobb had actually won. In the end, Chalmers decided to give a car to both players!

Because of this, Chalmers created a new award for the next season. It was called the Chalmers Award. A group of baseball writers would decide who was the "most important and useful player" to their team and league. However, the award didn't help Chalmers sell as many cars as he hoped. So, it was stopped after the 1914 season.

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 couldn't win the American League award in his famous 1927 season 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 is of the greatest all-around service to his club." Winners received a bronze medal and money.

There were some interesting rules for this award. Voters had to pick one player from each team. Also, players who were coaches and players who had won the award before could not win again. Because of these rules, famous player Babe Ruth only won this MVP award once before it was stopped in 1928.

The National League also had its own award from 1924 to 1929, but it didn't have these strict rules.

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

The Modern MVP: Baseball Writers' Association of America's Most Valuable Player (1931–Present)

The modern MVP award, given by the BBWAA, started after the 1931 season. It used a voting system similar to the National League's earlier award.

One writer from each city with a team would vote. They would pick ten players, giving 10 points for their first choice, 9 for their second, and so on. In 1938, the number of voters increased to three per city, and the first-place vote was worth 14 points. The only big change since then happened in 1961, when the number of voters went back down to two per 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, 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, playing first base with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Miguel Cabrera won 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^†	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, 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

MVP Wins by Team

This table shows which teams have had the most MVP winners over the years.

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