The Sporting News Major League Player of the Year Award

The The Sporting News Major League Player of the Year Award was first given out by The Sporting News in 1936. The award is given annually to the player judged by TSN baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season.

Award Winners

Year	Player	Team (League)	Position
1936	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants (NL)	P
1937	Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians (AL)	P
1938	Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds (NL)	P
1939	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees (AL)	OF
1940	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians (AL)	P
1941	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1942	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees (AL)	P
1944	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers (AL)	P
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	1B
1947	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians (AL)	SS
1949	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1950	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees (AL)	SS
1951	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	OF
1952	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	P
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians (AL)	3B
1954	Willie Mays	New York Giants (NL)	OF
1955	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees (AL)	OF
1957	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees (AL)	P
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox (AL)	P
1960	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	2B
1961	Roger Maris	New York Yankees (AL)	OF
1962	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	SS
1963	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	3B
1965	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles (AL)	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox (AL)	OF
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers (AL)	P
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants (NL)	1B
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds (NL)	C
1971	Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	3B
1972	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs (NL)	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics (AL)	OF
1974	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	OF
1975	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds (NL)	2B
1976	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds (NL)	2B
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins (AL)	1B
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees (AL)	P
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	1B
1980	George Brett	Kansas City Royals (AL)	3B
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
1982	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers (AL)	SS
1983	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles (AL)	SS
1984	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs (NL)	2B
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees (AL)	1B
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox (AL)	P
1987	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays (AL)	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants (NL)	OF
1990	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)	OF
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles (AL)	SS
1992	Gary Sheffield	San Diego Padres (NL)	OF
1993	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox (AL)	1B
1994	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros (NL)	1B
1995	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians (AL)	OF
1996	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners (AL)	SS
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners (AL)	OF
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs (NL)	OF
1999	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers (AL)	1B
2000	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays (AL)	1B
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants (NL)	OF
2002	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers (AL)	SS
2003	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	1B
2004	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants (NL)	OF
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves (NL)	OF
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	1B
2007	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees (AL)	3B
2008	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	1B
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	1B
2010	Josh Hamilton	Texas Rangers (AL)	OF
2011	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers (AL)	P
2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers (AL)	3B
2013	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers (AL)	3B
2014	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	P
2015	Josh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays (AL)	3B
2016	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros (AL)	2B