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.

#5 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

Ken Griffey Jr.

Ken Griffey Jr., 55

1997

7

Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)

1939, 1941, 1947

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

Cal Ripken Jr., 64

1983, 1991

13

Ted Williams

Ted Williams (1918-2002)

1946, 1949

14

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson, 65

1990

15

Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson, 78

1973

16

Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson, 39

2015

17

Jose Canseco

Jose Canseco, 60

1988

18

Jim Rice

Jim Rice, 71

1978

19

Joe Mauer

Joe Mauer, 41

2009

20

Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra (1925-2015)

1951, 1954, 1955

21

George Brett

George Brett, 71

1980

22

Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly, 63

1985

23

Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas, 56

1993, 1994

24

Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki, 51

2001

25

Iván Rodríguez

Iván Rodríguez, 53

1999

26

Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens, 62

1986

27

Dustin Pedroia

Dustin Pedroia, 41

2008

28

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton, 43

2010

29

Vladimir Guerrero

Vladimir Guerrero, 49

2004

30

José Abreu

José Abreu, 37

2020

31

George Bell

George Bell, 65

1987

32

Roger Maris

Roger Maris (1934-1985)

1960, 1961

33

Jason Giambi

Jason Giambi, 53

2000

34

Lefty Grove

Lefty Grove (1900-1975)

1931

35

Robin Yount

Robin Yount, 69

1982, 1989

36

Mo Vaughn

Mo Vaughn, 57

1995

37

Jimmie Foxx

Jimmie Foxx (1907-1967)

1932, 1933, 1938

38

Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Eckersley, 70

1992

39

Rod Carew

Rod Carew, 79

1977

40

Brooks Robinson

Brooks Robinson (1937-2023)

1964

41

Thurman Munson

Thurman Munson (1947-1979)

1976

42

Juan González

Juan González, 55

1996, 1998

43

Frank Robinson

Frank Robinson (1935-2019)

1966

44

Hank Greenberg

Hank Greenberg (1911-1986)

1935, 1940

45

Nellie Fox

Nellie Fox (1927-1975)

1959

46

Harmon Killebrew

Harmon Killebrew (1936-2011)

1969

47

Dick Allen

Dick Allen (1942-2020)

1972

48

Popularity

Baseball Award #1

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