World Series Most Valuable Player Award

The World Series Most Valuable Player Award is given to the player who most contributes to his team's success in the World Series. In 2017, it was officially named the Willie Mays Award.

The award was first awarded by the editors of Sport magazine in 1955. It was preceded by the similar Babe Ruth Award by seven years. It is currently decided by a combination of media members, Major League Baseball officials, and fan voting. The award has only gone to a player on the losing team once - Bobby Richardson in 1960 for the New York Yankees. The award can also be shared among two or more players, which had happened on two occasions (in 1981 and 2001).

Four players have won the award twice: Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson and Corey Seager.

Award Winners

Year	MVP	Team
1955	Johnny Podres	Brooklyn Dodgers
1956	Don Larsen	New York Yankees
1957	Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees
1959	Larry Sherry	Los Angeles Dodgers
1960	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees
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	Los Angeles Dodgers
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
1967	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals
1968	Mickey Lolich	Detroit Tigers
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	New York Yankees
1978	Bucky Dent	New York Yankees
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies
1981	Ron Cey Pedro Guerrero Steve Yeager	Los Angeles Dodgers
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
1992	Pat Borders	Toronto Blue Jays
1993	Paul Molitor	Toronto Blue Jays
1994	No World Series played due to strike
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 Curt Schilling	Arizona Diamondbacks
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
2009	Hideki Matsui	New York Yankees
2010	Edgar Renteria	San Francisco Giants
2011	David Freese	St. Louis Cardinals
2012	Pablo Sandoval	San Francisco Giants
2013	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox
2014	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco Giants
2015	Salvador Perez	Kansas City Royals
2016	Ben Zobrist	Chicago Cubs
2017	George Springer	Houston Astros
2018	Steve Pearce	Boston Red Sox
2019	Stephen Strasburg	Washington Nationals
2020	Corey Seager	Los Angeles Dodgers
2021	Jorge Soler	Atlanta Braves
2022	Jeremy Peña	Houston Astros
2023	Corey Seager	Texas Rangers

Further Reading

• David Adler: "World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays", mlb.com, September 29, 2017. [1]