MLB AL MVPs

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MLB AL MVPs

Established

1931

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First Winner

Lefty Grove

MLB AL MVPs

About

Most valuable player of the American League of Major League Baseball as awarded by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The winner receives the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award, named after the first MLB commissioner.

Trivia

Alex Rodriguez is the only player to win the award with two different teams at two different positions.

#13 award

MLB AL MVPs Winners

Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani, 30

2021, 2023

1

Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge, 32

2022

2

Mookie Betts

Mookie Betts, 32

2018

3

Mike Trout

Mike Trout, 33

2014, 2016, 2019

4

Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez, 49

2003, 2005, 2007

5

José Altuve

José Altuve, 34

2016

6

Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)

1939, 1941, 1947

7

Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr., 54

1997

8

Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera, 41

2012, 2013

9

Mickey Mantle

Mickey Mantle (1931-1995)

1956, 1957, 1962

10

Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig (1903-1941)

1936

11

Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander, 41

2011

12

Ted Williams

Ted Williams (1918-2002)

1946, 1949

13

Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson, 38

2015

14

Cal Ripken Jr., 64

1983, 1991

15

Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas, 56

1993, 1994

16

Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson, 78

1973

17

Joe Mauer

Joe Mauer, 41

2009

18

Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco, 60

1988

19

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson, 65

1990

20

Dustin Pedroia

Dustin Pedroia, 41

2008

21

Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki, 51

2001

22

Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra (1925-2015)

1951, 1954, 1955

23

Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly, 63

1985

24

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton, 43

2010

25

Jim Rice

Jim Rice, 71

1978

26

George Brett

George Brett, 71

1980

27

Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens, 62

1986

28

Vladimir Guerrero

Vladimir Guerrero, 49

2004

29

Jimmie Foxx

Jimmie Foxx (1907-1967)

1932, 1933, 1938

30

George Bell

George Bell, 65

1987

31

Iván Rodríguez

Iván Rodríguez, 52

1999

32

José Abreu

José Abreu, 37

2020

33

Frank Robinson

Frank Robinson (1935-2019)

1966

34

Roger Maris

Roger Maris (1934-1985)

1960, 1961

35

Brooks Robinson

Brooks Robinson (1937-2023)

1964

36

Bobby Shantz

Bobby Shantz, 99

1952

37

Rod Carew

Rod Carew, 79

1977

38

Elston Howard

Elston Howard (1929-1980)

1963

39

Mo Vaughn

Mo Vaughn, 56

1995

40

Dick Allen

Dick Allen (1942-2020)

1972

41

Lefty Grove

Lefty Grove (1900-1975)

1931

42

Rollie Fingers

Rollie Fingers, 78

1981

43

Phil Rizzuto

Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)

1950

44

Don Baylor

Don Baylor (1949-2017)

1979

45

Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski, 85

1967

46

Hank Greenberg

Hank Greenberg (1911-1986)

1935, 1940

47

Thurman Munson

Thurman Munson (1947-1979)

1976

48

Popularity

Baseball Award #2

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