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Year
Name
Club
League
Pos
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 / Maury Wills
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
P/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



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