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Most Valuable Player Winners

No is the career number of awards won. Statistics for position players are batting average, on-base percentage, slugging average, home runs, and runs batted in. Statistics for pitchers are wins, losses, earned-run average, saves, and strikeouts.

Year  American League    Tm    Pos  No        Statistics
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1999  IVAN RODRIGUEZ     TEX   C     1  .332  .356  .558  35  113
1998  JUAN GONZALEZ      TEX   RF    2  .318  .366  .630  45  157
1997  KEN GRIFFEY        SEA   CF    1  .304  .382  .646  56  147
1996  JUAN GONZALEZ      TEX   RF    1  .314  .368  .643  47  144
1995  MO VAUGHN          BOS   1B    1  .300  .388  .575  39  126
1994  FRANK THOMAS       CHI   1B    2  .353  .487  .729  38  101
1993  FRANK THOMAS       CHI   1B    1  .317  .426  .607  41  128
1992  DENNIS ECKERSLEY   OAK   P     1     7     1  1.91  51   93
1991  CAL RIPKEN         BAL   SS    2  .323  .374  .566  34  114
1990  RICKEY HENDERSON   OAK   LF    1  .325  .439  .577  28   61
1989  ROBIN YOUNT        MIL   CF    2  .318  .384  .511  21  103
1988  JOSE CANSECO       OAK   RF    1  .307  .391  .569  42  124
1987  GEORGE BELL        TOR   LF    1  .308  .352  .605  47  134
1986  ROGER CLEMENS      BOS   P     1    24     4  2.48   0  238
1985  DON MATTINGLY      NY    1B    1  .324  .371  .567  35  145
1984  WILLIE HERNANDEZ   DET   P     1     9     3  1.92  32  112
1983  CAL RIPKEN         BAL   SS    1  .318  .371  .517  27  102
1982  ROBIN YOUNT        MIL   SS    1  .331  .379  .578  29  114
1981  ROLLIE FINGERS     MIL   P     1     6     3  1.04  28   61
1980  GEORGE BRETT       KC    3B    1  .390  .454  .664  24  118
1979  DON BAYLOR         CAL   OF    1  .296  .371  .530  36  139
1978  JIM RICE           BOS   OF    1  .315  .370  .600  46  139
1977  ROD CAREW          MIN   1B    1  .388  .449  .570  14  100
1976  THURMAN MUNSON     NY    C     1  .302  .337  .432  17  105
1975  FRED LYNN          BOS   OF    1  .331  .401  .566  21  105
1974  JEFF BURROUGHS     TEX   OF    1  .301  .397  .504  25  118
1973  REGGIE JACKSON     OAK   OF    1  .293  .383  .531  32  117
1972  DICK ALLEN         CHI   1B    1  .308  .420  .603  37  113
1971  VIDA BLUE          OAK   P     1    24     8  1.82   0  301
1970  BOOG POWELL        BAL   1B    1  .297  .412  .549  35  114
1969  HARMON KILLEBREW   MIN   3B    1  .276  .427  .584  49  140
1968  DENNY McLAIN       DET   P     1    31     6  1.96   0  280
1967  CARL YASTRZEMSKI   BOS   OF    1  .326  .418  .622  44  121
1966  FRANK ROBINSON     BAL   OF    2  .316  .410  .637  49  122
1965  ZOILO VERSALLES    MIN   SS    1  .273  .319  .462  19   77
1964  BROOKS ROBINSON    BAL   3B    1  .317  .368  .521  28  118
1963  ELSTON HOWARD      NY    C     1  .287  .342  .528  28   85
1962  MICKEY MANTLE      NY    OF    3  .321  .486  .605  30   89
1961  ROGER MARIS        NY    OF    2  .269  .372  .620  61  142
1960  ROGER MARIS        NY    OF    1  .283  .371  .581  39  112
1959  NELLIE FOX         CHI   2B    1  .306  .380  .389   2   70
1958  JACKIE JENSEN      BOS   OF    1  .286  .396  .535  35  122
1957  MICKEY MANTLE      NY    OF    2  .365  .512  .665  34   94
1956  MICKEY MANTLE      NY    OF    1  .353  .464  .705  52  130
1955  YOGI BERRA         NY    C     3  .272  .349  .470  27  108
1954  YOGI BERRA         NY    C     2  .307  .367  .488  22  125
1953  AL ROSEN           CLE   3B    1  .336  .422  .613  43  145
1952  BOBBY SHANTZ       PHI   P     1    24     7  2.48   0  152
1951  YOGI BERRA         NY    C     1  .294  .350  .492  27   88
1950  PHIL RIZZUTO       NY    SS    1  .324  .418  .439   7   66
1949  TED WILLIAMS       BOS   OF    2  .343  .490  .650  43  159
1948  LOU BOUDREAU       CLE   SS    1  .355  .453  .534  18  106
1947  JOE DiMAGGIO       NY    OF    3  .315  .391  .522  20   97
1946  TED WILLIAMS       BOS   OF    1  .342  .497  .667  38  123
1945  HAL NEWHOUSER      DET   P     2    25     9  1.81   2  212
1944  HAL NEWHOUSER      DET   P     1    29     9  2.22   2  187
1943  SPUD CHANDLER      NY    P     1    20     4  1.64   0  134
1942  JOE GORDON         NY    2B    1  .322  .409  .491  18  103
1941  JOE DiMAGGIO       NY    OF    2  .357  .440  .643  30  125
1940  HANK GREENBERG     DET   OF    2  .340  .433  .670  41  150
1939  JOE DiMAGGIO       NY    OF    1  .381  .448  .671  30  126
1938  JIMMIE FOXX        BOS   1B    3  .349  .462  .704  50  175
1937  CHARLIE GEHRINGER  DET   2B    1  .371  .458  .520  14   96
1936  LOU GEHRIG         NY    1B    2  .354  .478  .696  49  152
1935  HANK GREENBERG     DET   1B    1  .328  .411  .628  36  170
1934  MICKEY COCHRANE    DET   C     2  .320  .428  .412   2   76
1933  JIMMIE FOXX        PHI   1B    2  .356  .449  .703  48  163
1932  JIMMIE FOXX        PHI   1B    1  .364  .469  .749  58  169
1931  LEFTY GROVE        PHI   P     1    31     4  2.06   5  175
1928  MICKEY COCHRANE    PHI   C     1  .293  .395  .464  10   57
1927  LOU GEHRIG         NY    1B    1  .373  .474  .765  47  175
1926  GEORGE BURNS       CLE   1B    1  .358  .394  .494   4  114
1925  ROGER PECKINPAUGH  WAS   SS    1  .294  .367  .379   4   64
1924  WALTER JOHNSON     WAS   P     2    23     7  2.72   0  158
1923  BABE RUTH          NY    OF    1  .393  .545  .764  41  131
1922  GEORGE SISLER      STL   1B    1  .420  .467  .594   8  105
1914  EDDIE COLLINS      PHI   2B    1  .344  .452  .452   2   85
1913  WALTER JOHNSON     WAS   P     1    36     7  1.14   2  243
1912  TRIS SPEAKER       BOS   OF    1  .383  .464  .567  10   90
1911  TY COBB            DET   OF    1  .420  .467  .621   8  127

Year  National League    Tm    Pos  No        Statistics
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1999  CHIPPER JONES      ATL   3B    1  .319  .441  .633  45  110
1998  SAMMY SOSA         CHI   RF    1  .308  .377  .647  66  158
1997  LARRY WALKER       COL   RF    1  .366  .452  .720  49  130
1996  KEN CAMINITI       SD    3B    1  .326  .408  .621  40  130
1995  BARRY LARKIN       CIN   SS    1  .319  .394  .492  15   66
1994  JEFF BAGWELL       HOU   1B    1  .368  .451  .750  39  116
1993  BARRY BONDS        SF    LF    3  .336  .458  .677  46  123
1992  BARRY BONDS        PIT   LF    2  .311  .456  .624  34  103
1991  TERRY PENDLETON    ATL   3B    1  .319  .363  .517  22   86
1990  BARRY BONDS        PIT   LF    1  .301  .406  .565  33  114
1989  KEVIN MITCHELL     SF    LF    1  .291  .388  .635  47  125
1988  KIRK GIBSON        LA    LF    1  .290  .377  .483  25   76
1987  ANDRE DAWSON       CHI   RF    1  .287  .328  .568  49  137
1986  MIKE SCHMIDT       PHI   3B    3  .290  .390  .547  37  119
1985  WILLIE McGEE       STL   OF    1  .353  .384  .503  10   82
1984  RYNE SANDBERG      CHI   2B    1  .314  .367  .520  19   84
1983  DALE MURPHY        ATL   OF    2  .302  .393  .540  36  121
1982  DALE MURPHY        ATL   OF    1  .281  .378  .507  36  109
1981  MIKE SCHMIDT       PHI   3B    2  .316  .435  .644  31   91
1980  MIKE SCHMIDT       PHI   3B    1  .286  .380  .624  48  121
1979  KEITH HERNANDEZ    STL   1B    1  .344  .417  .513  11  105
1979  WILLIE STARGELL    PIT   1B    1  .281  .352  .552  32   82
1978  DAVE PARKER        PIT   OF    1  .334  .394  .585  30  117
1977  GEORGE FOSTER      CIN   OF    1  .320  .382  .631  52  149
1976  JOE MORGAN         CIN   2B    2  .320  .444  .576  27  111
1975  JOE MORGAN         CIN   2B    1  .327  .466  .508  17   94
1974  STEVE GARVEY       LA    1B    1  .312  .342  .469  21  111
1973  PETE ROSE          CIN   OF    1  .338  .401  .437   5   64
1972  JOHNNY BENCH       CIN   C     2  .270  .379  .541  40  125
1971  JOE TORRE          STL   3B    1  .363  .421  .555  24  137
1970  JOHNNY BENCH       CIN   C     1  .293  .345  .587  45  148
1969  WILLIE McCOVEY     SF    1B    1  .320  .453  .656  45  126
1968  BOB GIBSON         STL   P     1    22     9  1.12   0  268
1967  ORLANDO CEPEDA     STL   1B    1  .325  .399  .524  25  111
1966  ROBERTO CLEMENTE   PIT   OF    1  .317  .360  .536  29  119
1965  WILLIE MAYS        SF    OF    2  .317  .398  .645  52  112
1964  KEN BOYER          STL   3B    1  .295  .365  .489  24  119
1963  SANDY KOUFAX       LA    P     1    25     5  1.88   0  306
1962  MAURY WILLS        LA    SS    1  .299  .347  .373   6   48
1961  FRANK ROBINSON     CIN   OF    1  .323  .404  .611  37  124
1960  DICK GROAT         PIT   SS    1  .325  .371  .394   2   50
1959  ERNIE BANKS        CHI   SS    2  .304  .374  .596  45  143
1958  ERNIE BANKS        CHI   SS    1  .313  .366  .614  47  129
1957  HANK AARON         MIL   OF    1  .322  .378  .600  44  132
1956  DON NEWCOMBE       BRO   P     1    27     7  3.06   0  139
1955  ROY CAMPANELLA     BRO   C     3  .318  .395  .583  32  107
1954  WILLIE MAYS        NY    OF    1  .345  .411  .667  41  110
1953  ROY CAMPANELLA     BRO   C     2  .312  .395  .611  41  142
1952  HANK SAUER         CHI   OF    1  .270  .361  .531  37  121
1951  ROY CAMPANELLA     BRO   C     1  .325  .393  .590  33  108
1950  JIM KONSTANTY      PHI   P     1    16     7  2.66  22   56
1949  JACKIE ROBINSON    BRO   2B    1  .342  .432  .528  16  124
1948  STAN MUSIAL        STL   OF    3  .376  .450  .702  39  131
1947  BOB ELLIOTT        BOS   3B    1  .317  .410  .517  22  113
1946  STAN MUSIAL        STL   1B    2  .365  .434  .587  16  103
1945  PHIL CAVARRETTA    CHI   1B    1  .355  .449  .500   6   97
1944  MARTY MARION       STL   SS    1  .267  .324  .362   6   63
1943  STAN MUSIAL        STL   OF    1  .357  .425  .562  13   81
1942  MORT COOPER        STL   P     1    22     7  1.78   0  152
1941  DOLPH CAMILLI      BRO   1B    1  .285  .407  .556  34  120
1940  FRANK McCORMICK    CIN   1B    1  .309  .367  .482  19  127
1939  BUCKY WALTERS      CIN   P     1    27    11  2.29   0  137
1938  ERNIE LOMBARDI     CIN   C     1  .342  .391  .524  19   95
1937  JOE MEDWICK        STL   OF    1  .374  .414  .641  31  154
1936  CARL HUBBELL       NY    P     2    26     6  2.31   3  123
1935  GABBY HARTNETT     CHI   C     1  .344  .404  .545  13   91
1934  DIZZY DEAN         STL   P     1    30     7  2.66   7  195
1933  CARL HUBBELL       NY    P     1    23    12  1.66   5  156
1932  CHUCK KLEIN        PHI   OF    1  .348  .404  .646  38  137
1931  FRANKIE FRISCH     STL   2B    1  .311  .368  .396   4   82
1929  ROGERS HORNSBY     CHI   2B    2  .380  .459  .679  39  149
1928  JIM BOTTOMLEY      STL   1B    1  .325  .402  .628  31  136
1927  PAUL WANER         PIT   OF    1  .380  .437  .549   9  131
1926  BOB O'FARRELL      STL   C     1  .293  .371  .433   7   68
1925  ROGERS HORNSBY     STL   2B    1  .403  .489  .756  39  143
1924  DAZZY VANCE        BRO   P     1    28     6  2.16   0  262
1914  JOHNNY EVERS       BOS   2B    1  .279  .390  .338   1   40
1913  JAKE DAUBERT       BRO   1B    1  .350  .405  .423   2   52
1912  LARRY DOYLE        NY    2B    1  .330  .393  .471  10   90
1911  FRANK SCHULTE      CHI   OF    1  .300  .384  .534  21  107