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The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Willie Stargell was named MLB MVP, LCS MVP, and World Series MVP in 1979. Six pitchers have won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). The Cy Young Award was initiated in 1956, as one award for ...
The Most Valuable Player Award, commonly known as the "MVP", is the oldest individual award, given in its current format since 1931. [1] MVP awards are also presented for performances in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the League Championship Series, and the World Series. [1]
1907 – World Series championship; 1908; 1908 – World Series championship; 1910; 1918; 1929; 1932; 1935; 1938; 1945; 2016 – Warren C. Giles Trophy (National League championship) 2016 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) 2016 – Baseball America Organization of the Year; 2017 – Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year
The Los Angeles slugger was named World Series MVP on Wednesday after the Dodgers secured a 4-1 series victory over the New York Yankees for the franchise's eighth World Series championship. .300 ...
This is a list of players who have won the World Series Most Valuable Player award (World Series MVP Award). Pages in category "World Series Most Valuable Player Award winners" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. The award has been presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) since 1931.
Although it was named in 1985, the trophy was first awarded in 1967, when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox.Coincidentally, the 1967 World Series was nine months after the first Super Bowl, where the Green Bay Packers were awarded the AFL-NFL World Championship Trophy for defeating the Kansas City Chiefs (the trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy prior to Super Bowl V ...