World Series Most Valuable Player Award

The World Series MVP Award is given to the player who most contributes to his team's success in the World Series - the Most Valuable Player. The award was originally given by the editors of SPORT magazine, but is now decided by a combination of media members, Major League Baseball officials, and fan voting.

Year	Player	Team	Notes
1955	Johnny Podres	Brooklyn Dodgers	The first award was, fittingly, given after the first Brooklyn Dodgers win. Podres, a 9-10 rookie during the regular season, beat the Yankees twice in the series, including the Game 7 shutout.
1956	Don Larsen	New York Yankees	Pitched the only perfect game in World Series history.
1957	Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees
1959	Larry Sherry	Los Angeles Dodgers
1960	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees†	Was the only player to win this award while on the losing team
1961	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees
1962	Ralph Terry	New York Yankees
1963	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers
1964	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals
1965	Sandy Koufax (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
1967	Bob Gibson (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
1968	Mickey Lolich	Detroit Tigers	Won three games, including the Game 7 clincher over Bob Gibson.
1969	Donn Clendenon	New York Mets
1970	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
1971	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates
1972	Gene Tenace	Oakland Athletics
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics
1974	Rollie Fingers	Oakland Athletics
1975	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds
1976	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds
1977	Reggie Jackson (2)	New York Yankees	Hit three home runs in deciding game (only second player to do so in World Series history) to earn the nickname, "Mr. October."
1978	Bucky Dent	New York Yankees
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	Also won NLCS MVP
1981	Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Only trio to win the award.
	Pedro Guerrero
	Steve Yeager
1982	Darrell Porter	St. Louis Cardinals
1983	Rick Dempsey	Baltimore Orioles
1984	Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers
1985	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals
1986	Ray Knight	New York Mets
1987	Frank Viola	Minnesota Twins
1988	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers
1989	Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics
1990	José Rijo	Cincinnati Reds
1991	Jack Morris	Minnesota Twins	Pitched 10 shutout innings in one of the most memorable Game 7s ever.
1992	Pat Borders	Toronto Blue Jays
1993	Paul Molitor	Toronto Blue Jays
1994	None awarded due to players strike cancelling World Series.
1995	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves
1996	John Wetteland	New York Yankees
1997	Liván Hernández	Florida Marlins
1998	Scott Brosius	New York Yankees
1999	Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees
2000	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees
2001	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	The duo combined for all four of Arizona's wins in the series. Johnson had three of them, including the relief appearance in Game 7.
	Curt Schilling
2002	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels
2003	Josh Beckett	Florida Marlins
2004	Manny Ramírez	Boston Red Sox
2005	Jermaine Dye	Chicago White Sox
2006	David Eckstein	St. Louis Cardinals
2007	Mike Lowell	Boston Red Sox
2008	Cole Hamels	Philadelphia Phillies	Also won NLCS MVP award.

† = Losing Team

Duplicate winners

• The only players who have won the award twice are Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson. Jackson is the only one to do it for two different teams.
• Players who have won the Cy Young award in the same season as the World Series MVP include: Orel Hershiser (1988), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965), Whitey Ford (1961), Bob Turley (1958) and Randy Johnson (2001).
• Players who have won the regular-season MVP (NL or AL) in the same season as the World Series MVP include: Mike Schmidt (1980), Willie Stargell (1979; shared with Keith Hernandez), Reggie Jackson (1973), Frank Robinson (1966) and Sandy Koufax (1963).
• Players who have won the Championship Series MVP (NLCS or ALCS) in the same season as the World Series MVP include: Willie Stargell (1979), Darrell Porter (1982), Orel Hershiser (1988), Liván Hernández (1997), Cole Hamels (2008)
• The only player who has won the All-Star Game MVP in the same season as the World Series MVP is Derek Jeter (2000).
• Only Sandy Koufax (1963) has won the Cy Young award, the regular-season MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season.
• Only Willie Stargell (1979) has won the regular-season MVP, the League Championship Series MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season.
• Only Orel Hershiser (1988) has won the Cy Young award, the LCS MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season.

Award-winning pitchers

• Pitchers have been named Series MVP 26 times, of which 4 were relief pitchers.
• Since 1995, pitchers have won the award 8 times.
• 12 of the first 14 Series MVP Awards were won by pitchers.
• There have been three 5-year runs of pitchers winning the award (1955-1959, 1961-1965 and 1987-1991).
• Rollie Fingers (1974) and Bret Saberhagen (1985) were the only pitchers to win the award between 1969 and 1986.
• In 2001, two pitchers (Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson) shared the award.

Miscellaneous

• The only player to win the award while on the losing team is Bobby Richardson (1960).
• The award was shared by multiple players in the following years: 1981 (Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager), 2001 (Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling).

See also

• Babe Ruth Award