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Major League Baseball: Most Valuable Player by Season
Year Player Team
1911 Ty Cobb (of) Detroit Tigers
1912 Tris Speaker (of) Boston Red Sox
1913 Walter Johnson (p) Washington Senators
1914 Eddie Collins (2b) Philadelphia Athletics
1922 George Sisler (1b) St. Louis Browns
1923 Babe Ruth (of) New York Yankees
1924 Walter Johnson (p) Washington Senators
1925 Roger Peckinpaugh (ss) Washington Senators
1926 George Burns (1b) Cleveland Indians
1927 Lou Gehrig (1b) New York Yankees
1928 Mickey Cochrane (c) Philadelphia Athletics
1929 no American League MVP
1931 Lefty Grove (p) Philadelphia Athletics
1932 Jimmie Foxx (1b) Philadelphia Athletics
1933 Jimmie Foxx (1b) Philadelphia Athletics
1934 Mickey Cochrane (c) Detroit Tigers
1935 Hank Greenberg (1b) Detroit Tigers
1936 Lou Gehrig (1b) New York Yankees
1937 Charlie Gehringer (2b) Detroit Tigers
1938 Jimmie Foxx (1b) Boston Red Sox
1939 Joe DiMaggio (of) New York Yankees
1940 Hank Greenberg (of) Detroit Tigers
1941 Joe DiMaggio (of) New York Yankees
1942 Joe Gordon (2b) New York Yankees
1943 Spud Chandler (p) New York Yankees
1944 Hal Newhouser (p) Detroit Tigers
1945 Hal Newhouser (p) Detroit Tigers
1946 Ted Williams (of) Boston Red Sox
1947 Joe DiMaggio (of) New York Yankees
1948 Lou Boudreau (ss) Cleveland Indians
1949 Ted Williams (of) Boston Red Sox
1950 Phil Rizzuto (ss) New York Yankees
1951 Yogi Berra (c) New York Yankees
1952 Bobby Shantz (p) Philadelphia Athletics
1953 Al Rosen (3b) Cleveland Indians
1954 Yogi Berra (c) New York Yankees
1955 Yogi Berra (c) New York Yankees
1956 Mickey Mantle (of) New York Yankees
1957 Mickey Mantle (of) New York Yankees
1958 Jackie Jensen (of) Boston Red Sox
1959 Nellie Fox (2b) Chicago White Sox
1960 Roger Maris (of) New York Yankees
1961 Roger Maris (of) New York Yankees
1962 Mickey Mantle (of) New York Yankees
1963 Elston Howard (c) New York Yankees
1964 Brooks Robinson (3b) Baltimore Orioles
1965 Zoilo Versalles (ss) Minnesota Twins
1966 Frank Robinson (of) Baltimore Orioles
1967 Carl Yastrzemski (of) Boston Red Sox
1968 Denny McLain (p) Detroit Tigers
1969 Harmon Killebrew (1b/3b) Minnesota Twins
1970 Boog Powell (1b) Baltimore Orioles
1971 Vida Blue (p) Oakland Athletics
1972 Dick Allen (1b) Chicago White Sox
1973 Reggie Jackson (of) Oakland Athletics
1974 Jeff Burroughs (of) Texas Rangers
1975 Fred Lynn (of) Boston Red Sox
1976 Thurman Munson (c) New York Yankees
1977 Rod Carew (1b) Minnesota Twins
1978 Jim Rice (of/dh) Boston Red Sox
1979 Don Baylor (of/dh) California Angels
1980 George Brett (3b) Kansas City Royals
1981 Rollie Fingers (p) Milwaukee Brewers
1982 Robin Yount (ss) Milwaukee Brewers
1983 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles
1984 Willie Hernandez (p) Detroit Tigers
1985 Don Mattingly (1b) New York Yankees
1986 Roger Clemens (p) Boston Red Sox
1987 George Bell (of) Toronto Blue Jays
1988 Jose Canseco (of) Oakland Athletics
1989 Robin Yount (of) Milwaukee Brewers
1990 Rickey Henderson (of) Oakland Athletics
1991 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles
1992 Dennis Eckersley (p) Oakland Athletics
1993 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox
1994 Frank Thomas (1b) Chicago White Sox
1995 Mo Vaughn (1b) Boston Red Sox
1996 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers
1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (of) Seattle Mariners
1998 Juan Gonzalez (of) Texas Rangers
1999 Ivan Rodriguez (c) Texas Rangers
2000 Jason Giambi (1b) Oakland Athletics
2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners
2002 Miguel Tejada (ss) Oakland Athletics
2003 Alex Rodriguez (ss) Texas Rangers
2004 Vladimir Guerrero (of) Anaheim Angels
2005 Alex Rodriguez (3b) New York Yankees
2006 Justin Morneau (1b) Minnesota Twins
2007 Alex Rodriguez (3b) New York Yankees
Key:
1b = first base
2b = second base
3b = third base
c = catcher
dh = designated hitter
of = outfielder
p = pitcher
ss = shortstop

Source: Major League Baseball.
Appears in these articles:
Baseball; Suzuki, Ichiro; Cobb, Ty; Mays, Willie Howard, Jr.; Robinson, Frank
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