Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves unanimously won the NL MVP Award, marking the first time in BBWAA voting for Most Valuable Player dating to 1931 that the winners in both leagues were unanimous selections. Acuna is the eighth unanimous winner in the NL, joining Orlando Cepeda (1967), Mike Schmidt…
Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani was a unanimous selection as the 2023 AL MVP. This election marks the 12th time the AL MVP Award winner was a unanimous choice, and the second time for Ohtani, who was also a unanimous MVP in 2021. He is the first player to win…
Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge picked up 28 of 30 votes on his way to winning the American League MVP Award. This marks the 21st time that a Yankees player has been honored, the most MVP Awards overall for one club in BBWAA voting dating to 1931. The St. Louis Cardinals…
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the 2022 National League MVP, giving the Cardinals a league record 18 winners. St. Louis’ total of MVP winners is second only to the New York Yankees’ 21 in the American League. Goldschmidt joins a list that includes three-time winners Stan Musial (1943, 1946,…
Shohei Ohtani, who starred as a hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, won the American League MVP Award unanimously, becoming the 11th player to sweep the voting in the AL. The other unanimous winners in the AL: Hank Greenberg (1935), Al Rosen (1953), Mickey Mantle (1956), Frank Robinson…
Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper was named the National League MVP, the second time he has won the award. Harper won in 2015 with the Washington Nationals. It marks the eighth time a Phillies player has won the award with Harper joining Jimmy Rollins (2007), Ryan Howard (2006), three-time winner…
Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves won the NL MVP, becoming the 16th first baseman to win the award in the NL. The list includes three-time winner Albert Pujols (2005, 2008, 2009), Frank McCormick in 1940, Dolph Camilli in 1941, Phil Cavarretta in 1945, Stan Musial in 1946 (he also…
Chicago White Sox first baseman José Abreu is the 10th former AL Rookie of the Year Award winner (2014) to go on to win an MVP Award. The others were Fred Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001, the only players to win both awards in the same season….
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels won the AL MVP for the third time in the past six years. Trout, who also won the award in 2014 and 2016, is the sixth three-time MVP in the history of AL voting, along with Jimmie Foxx (1932-33, 1938), Joe DiMaggio (1939,…
Dodgers’ outfielder Cody Bellinger was named the National League MVP two years after he won the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year. Bellinger is the 18th former NL Rookie of the Year winner (2017) to go on to win an MVP Award, most recently Kris Bryant (Rookie of the Year…
