The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

The The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award was first given out by The Sporting News in 1929; although it was only awarded in the American League. The award was given annually to the player in each league judged by TSN baseball experts as being most valuable in each league. The awards were discontinued after the 1946 season.

Award Winners

Year		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
1929		Al Simmons	Philadelphia Athletics	OF		None Awarded
1930		Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	SS		Bill Terry	New York Giants	1B
1931		Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B		Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1932		Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1B		Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1933		Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1B		Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P
1934		Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B		Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals	P
1935		Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	1B		Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
1936		Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	1B		Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	P
1937		Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	2B		Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1938		Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	1B		Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	C
1939		Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF		Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	P
1940		Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	OF		Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B
1941		Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	OF		Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
1942		Joe Gordon	New York Yankees	2B		Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	P
1943		Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	P		Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1944		Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	2B		Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
1945		Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	2B		Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	OF