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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.
1.11 World Series Most Valuable Player Award. ... (1991–93, 1996, ... Frank Thomas — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the ...
The 1991 Major League Baseball season saw the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves for the World Series title, in a series where every game was won by the home team. The Twins and Braves became the first two teams in MLB history to win the pennant after finishing last the previous season.
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.
In 1998, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) began its own Player of the Year award, for one player in all of MLB, as part of its Players Choice Awards. Baseball America also began its Major League Player of the Year award in 1998. In 2012, MLB's "GIBBY Awards" added an MLB Most Valuable Player category, which was renamed the ...
December 1 – The Major League Baseball Players Association announces that the average player salary is $851,492, a 42.5% increase from 1990. December 19: Steve Howe of the New York Yankees is arrested near his Montana home for felony cocaine possession. The charge was later amended to misdemeanor attempted possession of a dangerous drug, and ...
Starting in 2014, the award is now given to one player at each position for all of Major League Baseball; one of the nine awardees is then named the Overall Defensive Player of the Year for all of Major League Baseball. Team (National League) Michael Bourn (2012) Andrelton Simmons (2013) Shortstop (in MLB) Andrelton Simmons (2014, 2015)
Best Left-handed Pitcher Award in Major League Baseball. ... (1991–95) Shawn Green ... AAA Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award. 2009 – Randy Ruiz;