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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.
This is a category of Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award winners of the American League. Pages in category "American League Most Valuable Player Award winners" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total.
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.
A $20 million/2-year contract would have an average annual value of $10 million, even if the player actually received $9 million one season and $11 million in the other. This also does not include contracts for less than a season prorated in value for a full season such as Roger Clemens' 2006 and 2007 contracts.
He signed with the Philadelphia Athletics as a free agent and made his MLB debut in 1949. In 1952, Shantz led the American League (AL) in wins (24) and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award. [2] In the process, he led the A's to a 79–75 record and fourth-place finish in the American League, their last winning season in Philadelphia.
Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award; Conn Smythe Trophy; Southern League Pitcher of the Year Award; Sporting News High School Athlete of the Year; The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award; The Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award; Sugar Ray Robinson Award; Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award; Syl Apps Athlete of the Year Award
For example, during a finals championship series, a 'Finals MVP' award would be bestowed upon the most valuable player in the finals game(s). Ice hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, has been named MVP more times than any player in the history of the other three North American major professional leagues (MLB, NBA, and NFL). He won the award a record ...
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 ...