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Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx was the first player to win three MVP awards. Hall of Famer and two-time MVP Hank Greenberg was the first player to win the award at two different fielding positions (1B and OF). Jim Konstanty, to date the only National League relief pitcher to be named MVP, won it in 1950.
Maury Wills (NL) received the first All-Star Game MVP Award when two All-Star Games were played and two awards (Leon Wagner-AL) were presented as the "Arch Ward Memorial Award" in 1962. Willie Mays was the first player to win more than one All-Star Game MVP Award (1963, 1968).
Kaline followed in 1956 with a .314 batting average, 27 home runs and a career-high 128 RBIs, finishing third in the AL MVP voting. [1] He led the league in outfield assists with 18 in 1956 [17] and again in 1958 with 23. [18] In 1957, he won the first of what would be ten Gold Glove Awards over the next eleven seasons. Kaline was out for ...
Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is an 11-time MLB All-Star, three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) (winning the award in 2014, 2016, and 2019, while finishing second in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018), and nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award.
Robert Clayton Shantz (born September 26, 1925) is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1949 through 1964, and won the 1952 American League Most Valuable Player Award as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics.
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The Red Sox won the game in the bottom of the tenth inning. He finished the series with a .300 batting average, nine hits and four runs scored. Speaker was named the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) for 1912. [23] Though he did not lead the league in any offensive categories in 1913, Speaker finished fourth in AL MVP voting. [15]
Jose Carlos Altuve (Spanish pronunciation:; born May 6, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Having played for the Astros since 2011, he is the longest-tenured current member of the team, and the only one to have been with the Astros since they were in the National League.