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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to the most outstanding player in each year's MLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962, it was originally called the "Arch Ward Memorial Award" in honor of Arch Ward, the man who conceived the All-Star Game.
Starting in 2020, Landis' name no longer appears on the MVP plaque [9] after the BBWAA received complaints from several former MVP winners about Landis' role against the integration of MLB. [10] [11] First basemen, with 35 winners, have won the most MVPs among infielders, followed by second basemen (16), third basemen (15), and shortstops (15).
The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 season, winners receive the Michael Jordan Trophy, named after the five-time MVP often considered to be the greatest player in NBA history. [1] [2]
The LCS MVP was first awarded in 1977 for the National League and in 1980 for the American League. [125] To date, only one World Series MVP has also won the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award in the same season: Derek Jeter in 2000. An All-Star Game MVP has been named since 1962. [126]
Category: Major League Baseball MVP award winners. 1 language. ... Major League Baseball All-Star Game MVPs (59 P) C. American League Championship Series MVPs (44 P)
A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000. Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer.
World Series MVP. 1966: Frank Robinson; 1970: Brooks Robinson; 1983: Rick Dempsey; AL Championship Series MVP Note: This was re-named the Lee MacPhail MVP Award. 1983: Mike Boddicker; All-Star Game MVP Note: This was re-named the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002. 1991: Cal Ripken Jr. 2001: Cal Ripken Jr. 2005: Miguel Tejada