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. Since 1931,it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Until 2020,the winners received the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award,which became the official name of the award in 1944,in honor of the first MLB commissioner,Kenesaw Mountain Landis,who served from 1920 until his death on November 25,1944. Starting in 2020,Landis’name no longer appeared on the MVP trophy after the BBWAA received complaints from several former MVP winners about the late Commissioner’s role against integration of MLB.
In Major League Baseball,the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to two outstanding rookie players,one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL),as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA,which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946. The award became national in 1947;Jackie Robinson,the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman,won the inaugural award. One award was presented for all of MLB in 1947 and 1948;since 1949,the honor has been given to one player each in the NL and AL. Originally,the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award,named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s. The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987,40 years after Robinson broke the baseball color line.
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf,and plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field,located on Chicago's South Side. The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago,the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL) Central division.
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. The Brewers are named for the city's association with the brewing industry. Since 2001,they have played their home games at American Family Field,which was named Miller Park through the 2020 season and has a seating capacity of 41,900 people.
The Columbus Clippers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. They are located in Columbus,Ohio,and are named for speedy merchant sailing vessels known as clippers. The team has played their home games at Huntington Park since 2009. They previously played at Cooper Stadium from 1977 to 2008.
In baseball,a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average,home runs,and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins,strikeouts,and earned run average (ERA).
The Rawlings Gold Glove Award,usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove,is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL). Winners are determined from voting by the managers and coaches in each league,who are not permitted to vote for their own players. Additionally,a sabermetric component provided by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for about 25 percent of the vote.
The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series,which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 as the SPORT Magazine Award,but is now decided during the final game of the Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game. On September 29,2017,it was renamed in honor of Willie Mays in remembrance of the 63rd anniversary of The Catch,which occurred the year prior to the award's debut;Mays never won the award himself.
The 2004 Major League Baseball season ended when the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game World Series sweep. The Red Sox championship ended an 86-year-long drought known as the Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox were also the first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league ever to come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit and win. This happened in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.
The 2003 Major League Baseball season ended when the Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in a six-game World Series. The Detroit Tigers set the American League record for losses in a season,with 119,and the Marlins became the first team to win the championship twice as a wild card.
The 2001 Major League Baseball season finished with the Arizona Diamondbacks defeating the New York Yankees in seven games for the World Series championship. The September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington,D.C. pushed the end of the regular season from September 30 to October 7. Because of the attacks,the World Series was not completed until November 4. The 2001 World Series was the first World Series to end in November.
The 2002 Major League Baseball season finished with two wild-card teams contesting the World Series;the Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games for the World Series championship. It was the first title in Angels team history. This was the first season for mlb.tv.
The 1994 Major League Baseball season began on April 3,but ended prematurely on August 11,1994,with the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike,canceling the remaining 669 games of the season. The season started despite the expiration of MLB's previous collective bargaining agreement at the end of 1993. It was the first season played under the current three-division format in each league. It was also the first with an Opening Night game involving two National League teams,which did not become permanent until 1996.
Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history. The site is often used by major media organizations and baseball broadcasters as a source for statistics. It offers a variety of advanced baseball sabermetrics in addition to traditional baseball "counting stats".
The 1993 Major League Baseball season was the final season of two-division play in each league,before the Central Division was added the following season,giving both the NL and AL three divisions each.
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season,the Cardinals have played their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. One of the nation's oldest and most successful professional baseball clubs,the Cardinals have won 11 World Series championships,the most of any NL team and second in MLB only to the New York Yankees. The team has won 19 National League pennants,third-most of any team. St. Louis has also won 15 division titles in the East and Central divisions.
The League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players deemed to have the most impact on their teams' performances in each of the two respective League Championship Series that comprise the penultimate round of the MLB postseason. The award is given separately for a player in both the American League Championship Series and the National League Championship Series. It has been presented in the National League (NL) since 1977,and in the American League (AL) since 1980. Dusty Baker won the inaugural award in 1977 with the Los Angeles Dodgers,and Frank White won the first AL award in 1980 with the Kansas City Royals. The ten Hall of Famers to win LCS MVPs include Roberto Alomar,George Brett,Dennis Eckersley,Rickey Henderson,Kirby Puckett,Ozzie Smith,Willie Stargell,John Smoltz,Iván Rodríguez,and Mariano Rivera.
Michael Nelson Trout is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is a ten-time MLB All-Star,three-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP),and is a nine-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He also captained the United States national team during the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
