The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

Der „The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award“ war eine jährliche Auszeichnung für den jeweils wertvollsten Baseballspieler in den beiden Ligen der Major League Baseball. Die Sieger wurden von den Baseballexperten unter den Journalisten des US-amerikanischen Sportmagazins The Sporting News gewählt. Es wurde jeweils ein Spieler der American League und der National League ausgezeichnet.

Der Award wurde 1946 offiziell eingestellt. Trotz alledem wird nach wie vor (seit 1936) jährlich ein Spieler der MLB mit dem The Sporting News Player of the Year Award ausgezeichnet, welcher der einzige ist, der für die gesamte MLB und nicht für einen Spieler pro League vergeben wird.

Sieger des „The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award“

Lou Gehrig, dreimaliger Sieger des „The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award“

Jahr	American League	Team	National League	Team
1929	Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	kein Sieger
1930	Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	Bill Terry	New York Giants
1931	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies
1932	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants
1934	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals
1935	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates
1936	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants
1937	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals
1938	Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds
1939	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds
1940	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds
1941	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers
1942	Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals
1944	Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals
1945	Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves

Sieger des „The Sporting News Player of the Year Award“

Jahr	Spieler	Team	Liga	Position
1936	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	NL	P
1937	Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	AL	P
1938	Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	NL	P
1939	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1940	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	AL	P
1941	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1942	Ted Williams (2)	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	AL	P
1944	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	AL	P
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
1947	Ted Williams (3)	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	AL	SS
1949	Ted Williams (4)	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1950	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	AL	SS
1951	Stan Musial (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	OF
1952	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	P
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	AL	3B
1954	Willie Mays	New York Giants	NL	OF
1955	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1957	Ted Williams (5)	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	AL	P
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	AL	P
1960	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	2B
1961	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1962	Don Drysdale/Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P/SS
1963	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3B
1965	Sandy Koufax (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	AL	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	AL	P
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	NL	1B
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	NL	C
1971	Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3B
1972	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	NL	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	AL	OF
1974	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	OF
1975	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2B
1976	Joe Morgan (2)	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2B
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	AL	1B
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	AL	P
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	1B
1980	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	AL	3B
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1982	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	SS
1983	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	AL	SS
1984	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs	NL	2B
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	AL	1B
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	AL	P
1987	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
1990	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	OF
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr. (2)	Baltimore Orioles	AL	SS
1992	Gary Sheffield	San Diego Padres	NL	OF
1993	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	AL	1B
1994	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	NL	1B
1995	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	AL	OF
1996	Alex Rodríguez	Seattle Mariners	AL	SS
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	AL	OF
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	NL	OF
1999	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	AL	1B
2000	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	1B
2001	Barry Bonds (2)	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
2002	Alex Rodríguez (2)	Texas Rangers	AL	SS
2003	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
2004	Barry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	NL	OF
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	1B
2007	Alex Rodríguez (3)	New York Yankees	AL	3B
2008	Albert Pujols (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
2009	Albert Pujols (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
2010	Josh Hamilton	Texas Rangers	AL	OF
2011	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	AL	P
2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	AL	3B
2013	Miguel Cabrera (2)	Detroit Tigers	AL	3B
2014	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
2015	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	3B
2016	José Altuve	Houston Astros	AL	2B
2017	José Altuve (2)	Houston Astros	AL	2B
2018	Mookie Betts	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
2019	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels	AL	OF
2020	José Abreu	Chicago White Sox	AL	1B
2021	Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Angels	AL	P/DH
2022	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	AL	OF/DH

Abkürzungen:

• AL: American League
• NL: National League
•   P: Pitcher
•   C: Catcher
• 1B: First Baseman
• 2B: Second Baseman
• 3B: Third Baseman
• SS: Shortstop
•  IF: Infielder
• OF: Outfielder

Siehe auch

MLB Most Valuable Player Award

Weblinks

• Most Valuable Player winners MLB.com
• Major League Player of the Year Award by The Sporting News baseball-almanac.com
• Most Valuable Player MVP Awards baseball-reference.com
• The Sporting News Major League Players of the Year baseball-reference.com

Einzelnachweise

1. Rangers’ Josh Hamilton named Sporting News' Player of the Year. In: sportingnews.com. Archiviert vom Original am 3. Januar 2011; abgerufen am 12. November 2010.