World Series Most Valuable Player Award

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Willie Mays World Series MVP Award
Johnny Podres - Los Angeles Dodgers - 1961.jpg
Johnny Podres was the inaugural winner in 1955 for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Sport Baseball
League Major League Baseball
Awarded forAnnual most valuable player of the World Series
CountryUnited States
Canada
Presented byMajor League Baseball
History
First award1955
Most recent Corey Seager (Texas Rangers)

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, [1] 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. [2] [3]

Contents

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 before the award's debut; [4] Mays never won the award himself.

Pitchers have been named Series MVP twenty-nine (29) times; four of them were relief pitchers. Twelve of the first fourteen World Series MVPs were won by pitchers; from 1969 until 1986, the proportion of pitcher MVPs declined—Rollie Fingers (1974) and Bret Saberhagen (1985) were the only two pitchers to win the award in this period. From 1987 until 1991, all of the World Series MVPs were pitchers, and, since 1995, pitchers have won the award nine times. The most recent pitcher to win the award is Stephen Strasburg, who won in 2019.

Trophy

Up until 2017, the World Series MVP trophy was similar to the Commissioner's Trophy, albeit scaled down and with a single large gold-plated flag. After being renamed to Willie Mays World Series MVP Award for the 2018 edition and onward, the trophy is a wooden pedestal topped by a bronze sculpture of Willie Mays making the iconic catch in the 1954 World Series. [4]

General Motors has provided a vehicle to the World Series MVP winner for 14 straight seasons through 2018. [5] Since 2019, Disney Parks, Products and Experiences has sponsored the award.

Winners

Key
YearLinks to the article about that corresponding World Series
†Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
‡Active player
#Indicates rookie
*Indicates player also won the LCS MVP Award in the same postseason
§Indicates losing team in the World Series
^Indicates multiple award winners in the same World Series
(#)Indicates number of times winning World Series MVP at that point (if he won multiple times)
YearPlayerTeamPositionSelected statisticsNote
1955 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Podres Brooklyn Dodgers Starting pitcher [6]
1956 Flag of the United States.svg Don Larsen New York Yankees Starting pitcher [7] [8]
1957 Flag of the United States.svg Lew Burdette Milwaukee Braves Starting pitcher [9]
1958 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Turley New York Yankees Pitcher
  • 2–1 record and 1 save over 4 appearances (2 starts); 1 shutout
  • 5 earned runs allowed over 16+1⁄3 innings pitched
  • 13 strikeouts
[10]
1959 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Sherry # Los Angeles Dodgers Relief pitcher [11]
1960 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Richardson New York Yankees § Second baseman [12]
1961 Flag of the United States.svg Whitey Ford † New York Yankees Starting pitcher [13]
1962 Flag of the United States.svg Ralph Terry New York Yankees Starting pitcher [14]
1963 Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Koufax † Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [15]
1964 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gibson † St. Louis Cardinals Starting pitcher [16]
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Koufax † (2) Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [17]
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Robinson † Baltimore Orioles Outfielder [18]
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Gibson † (2) St. Louis Cardinals Starting pitcher [19]
1968 Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Lolich Detroit Tigers Starting pitcher [20]
1969 Flag of the United States.svg Donn Clendenon New York Mets First baseman [21]
1970 Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Robinson † Baltimore Orioles Third baseman [22]
1971 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Roberto Clemente † Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder [23]
1972 Flag of the United States.svg Gene Tenace Oakland Athletics Catcher [24]
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Reggie Jackson † Oakland Athletics Outfielder [25]
1974 Flag of the United States.svg Rollie Fingers † Oakland Athletics Relief pitcher [26]
1975 Flag of the United States.svg Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds Third baseman [27]
1976 Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Bench † Cincinnati Reds Catcher [28]
1977 Flag of the United States.svg Reggie Jackson † (2) New York Yankees Outfielder [29]
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Bucky Dent New York Yankees Shortstop [30]
1979* Flag of the United States.svg Willie Stargell † Pittsburgh Pirates First baseman [31]
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Schmidt † Philadelphia Phillies Third baseman [32]
1981^ Flag of the United States.svg Ron Cey Los Angeles Dodgers Third baseman [33]
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Pedro Guerrero Outfielder [33]
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Yeager Catcher [33]
1982* Flag of the United States.svg Darrell Porter St. Louis Cardinals Catcher [34]
1983 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Dempsey Baltimore Orioles Catcher [35]
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Alan Trammell † Detroit Tigers Shortstop [36]
1985 Flag of the United States.svg Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals Starting pitcher [37]
1986 Flag of the United States.svg Ray Knight New York Mets Third baseman [38]
1987 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Viola Minnesota Twins Starting pitcher [39]
1988* Flag of the United States.svg Orel Hershiser Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [40]
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics Starting pitcher [41]
1990 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg José Rijo Cincinnati Reds Starting pitcher [42]
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Morris † Minnesota Twins Starting pitcher [43]
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Borders Toronto Blue Jays Catcher [44]
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Molitor † Toronto Blue Jays Designated hitter,
first baseman,
third baseman 		[45]
1994 Series cancelled due to player's strike [46]
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Glavine † Atlanta Braves Starting pitcher [47]
1996 Flag of the United States.svg John Wetteland New York Yankees Relief pitcher [48]
1997* Flag of Cuba.svg Liván Hernández # Florida Marlins Starting pitcher [49] [50]
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brosius New York Yankees Third baseman [51]
1999 Flag of Panama.svg Mariano Rivera † New York Yankees Relief pitcher [52] [53]
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Derek Jeter † New York Yankees Shortstop [54] [55]
2001^ Flag of the United States.svg Randy Johnson † Arizona Diamondbacks Pitcher [56] [57]
Flag of the United States.svg Curt Schilling Starting pitcher [56] [58]
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Troy Glaus Anaheim Angels Third baseman [59] [60]
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Beckett Florida Marlins Starting pitcher [61] [62]
2004 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Manny Ramirez Boston Red Sox Outfielder [63] [64]
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Jermaine Dye Chicago White Sox Outfielder [65] [66]
2006 Flag of the United States.svg David Eckstein St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop [67] [68]
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox Third baseman [69] [70]
2008* Flag of the United States.svg Cole Hamels Philadelphia Phillies Starting pitcher [71] [72]
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Matsui New York Yankees Designated hitter [73] [74]
2010 Flag of Colombia.svg Edgar Rentería San Francisco Giants Shortstop [75] [76]
2011* Flag of the United States.svg David Freese St. Louis Cardinals Third baseman [77] [78]
2012 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pablo Sandoval San Francisco Giants Third baseman [79] [80]
2013 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg David Ortiz † Boston Red Sox Designated hitter [81] [82] [83]
2014* Flag of the United States.svg Madison Bumgarner ‡ San Francisco Giants Starting pitcher [84] [85] [86]
2015 Flag of Venezuela.svg Salvador Pérez ‡ Kansas City Royals Catcher [87]
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Zobrist Chicago Cubs Outfielder [88]
2017 Flag of the United States.svg George Springer ‡ Houston Astros Outfielder [89]
2018

Flag of the United States.svg Steve Pearce

Boston Red Sox First baseman [90]
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Strasburg ‡ Washington Nationals Starting pitcher [91]
2020* Flag of the United States.svg Corey Seager ‡ Los Angeles Dodgers Shortstop [92]
2021 Flag of Cuba.svg Jorge Soler ‡ Atlanta Braves Right fielder, designated hitter [93]
2022* Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Jeremy Peña #‡ Houston Astros Shortstop [94]
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Corey Seager ‡ (2) Texas Rangers Shortstop [95]

Notes

Sandy Koufax.jpg
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Reggie Jackson October 1973.jpeg
Corey Seager on September 5, 2015.jpg
Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Corey Seager are the only players who were named World Series MVP multiple times; each won the award twice.

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