Major League Baseball (MLB) Awards - The Sporting News Player of the Year Award

Major League Baseball (MLB) Awards - The Sporting News Player of the Year Award

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In 1936, The Sporting News began presenting an annual Player of the Year award. It's the only major award that is given to a single player from major league baseball, rather than to a player in each league. The award goes to the player judged by Sporting News baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season.

Year	Name	League	Team	Pos

1936	Carl Hubbell	NL	New York	P
1937	Johnny Allen	AL	Cleveland	P
1938	Johnny Vander Meer	NL	Cincinnati	P
1939	Joe DiMaggio	AL	New York	OF
1940	Bob Feller	AL	Cleveland	P
1941	Ted Williams	AL	Boston	OF
1942	Ted Williams	AL	Boston	OF
1943	Spud Chandler	AL	New York	P
1944	Marty Marion	NL	St. Louis	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser	AL	Detroit	P
1946	Stan Musial	NL	St. Louis	1B
1947	Ted Williams	AL	Boston	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau	AL	Cleveland	SS
1949	Ted Williams	AL	Boston	OF
1950	Phil Rizzuto	AL	New York	SS
1951	Stan Musial	NL	St. Louis	OF
1952	Robin Roberts	NL	Philadelphia	P
1953	Al Rosen	AL	Cleveland	3B
1954	Willie Mays	NL	New York	OF
1955	Duke Snider	NL	Brooklyn	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle	AL	New York	OF
1957	Ted Williams	AL	Boston	OF
1958	Bob Turley	AL	New York	P
1959	Early Wynn	AL	Chicago	P
1960	Bill Mazeroski	NL	Pittsburgh	2B
1961	Roger Maris	AL	New York	OF
1962	Don Drysdale	NL	Los Angeles	P
1962	Maury Wills	NL	Los Angeles	SS
1963	Sandy Koufax	NL	Los Angeles	P
1964	Ken Boyer	NL	St. Louis	3B
1965	Sandy Koufax	NL	Los Angeles	P
1966	Frank Robinson	AL	Baltimore	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	AL	Boston	OF
1968	Denny McLain	AL	Detroit	P
1969	Willie McCovey	NL	San Francisco	1B
1970	Johnny Bench	NL	Cincinnati	C
1971	Joe Torre	NL	St. Louis	3B
1972	Billy Williams	NL	Chicago	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson	AL	Oakland	OF
1974	Lou Brock	NL	St. Louis	OF
1975	Joe Morgan	NL	Cincinnati	2B
1976	Joe Morgan	NL	Cincinnati	2B
1977	Rod Carew	AL	Minnesota	1B
1978	Ron Guidry	AL	New York	P
1979	Willie Stargell	NL	Pittsburgh	1B
1980	George Brett	AL	Kansas City	3B
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	NL	Los Angeles	P
1982	Robin Yount	AL	Milwaukee	SS
1983	Cal Ripken, Jr.	AL	Baltimore	SS
1984	Ryne Sandberg	NL	Chicago	2B
1985	Don Mattingly	AL	New York	1B
1986	Roger Clemens	AL	Boston	P
1987	George Bell	AL	Toronto	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser	NL	Los Angeles	P
1989	Kevin Mitchell	NL	San Francisco	OF
1990	Barry Bonds	NL	Pittsburgh	OF
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.	AL	Baltimore	SS
1992	Gary Sheffield	NL	San Diego	OF
1993	Frank Thomas	AL	Chicago	1B
1994	Jeff Bagwell	NL	Houston	1B
1995	Albert Belle	AL	Cleveland	OF
1996	Alex Rodriguez	AL	Seattle	SS
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.	AL	Seattle	OF
1998	Sammy Sosa	NL	Chicago	OF
1999	Rafael Palmeiro	AL	Texas	1B
2000	Carlos Delgado	AL	Toronto	1B
2001	Barry Bonds	NL	San Francisco	OF
2002	Alex Rodriguez	AL	Texas	SS
2003	Albert Pujols	NL	St Louis	OF
2004	Barry Bonds	NL	San Francisco	OF
2005	Andrew Jones	NL	Atlanta Braves	OF
2006	Ryan Howard	NL	Philadelphia Phillies	1B