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World Series MVP Award
DescriptionAnnual Most Valuable Player of the World Series
CountryUnited States
Presented byMajor League Baseball
First awarded1955
Currently held bySalvador Pérez, 2015 Kansas City Royals
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Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson won the 1973 and 1977 World Series MVPs. Jackson hit five home runs in the 1977 World Series, and took the nickname "Mr. October".

The World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series,[1] which is the final round of the Major League Baseball (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]

The series follows a best-of-seven playoff format, and occurs after the Division Series and the League Championship Series (LCS).[3] It is played by the winners of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) and the American League Championship Series (ALCS).[4] The most recent champions are the Kansas City Royals, who won in the 2015 World Series.

Pitchers have been named Series MVP twenty-seven 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. Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees is the only player in World Series history to be named MVP despite being on the losing team.

Winners

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Don Larsen won the World Series MVP in the 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees. Larsen is the only pitcher to pitch a perfect game in World Series history.
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Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson won the 1970 World Series MVP Award.
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Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers won the 1974 World Series MVP with the Oakland Athletics.
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Pete Rose won the 1975 World Series MVP with the Cincinnati Reds, and became the second third baseman to win the award.
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Hall of Famer Johnny Bench won the World Series MVP in the 1976 World Series.
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Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt won the 1980 World Series MVP with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Steve Yeager was one of the three 1981 World Series MVPs for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Orel Hershiser won the NL Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP in the 1988 season.
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Dave Stewart won the 1989 World Series MVP with the Oakland Athletics.
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Tom Glavine won the World Series MVP in the 1995 World Series with the Atlanta Braves.
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Mariano Rivera won the 1999 World Series MVP with the New York Yankees.
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Randy Johnson (top) and Curt Schilling shared the World Series MVP Award in 2001.
Jermaine Dye won the World Series MVP in 2005 World Series with the Chicago White Sox.
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Mike Lowell won the World Series MVP in the 2007 World Series with the Boston Red Sox.
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Cole Hamels, the 2008 World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP).
In 2009, Hideki Matsui became the first Japanese-born player, as well as the first full-time designated hitter, to win the award.
Pablo Sandoval was MVP in 2012 for the San Francisco Giants.
David Ortiz was MVP in 2013 for the Boston Red Sox.
Key
Year Links to the article about that corresponding World Series
† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
‡ Active player
* 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)
Year Player Team Position Selected statistics Note
1955 Johnny Podres Brooklyn Dodgers Starting pitcher [5]
1956 Don Larsen New York Yankees Starting pitcher [7]
1957 Lew Burdette Milwaukee Braves Starting pitcher [8]
1958 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
 [9]
1959 Larry Sherry Los Angeles Dodgers Relief pitcher [10]
1960 Bobby Richardson New York Yankees§ Second baseman [11]
1961 Whitey Ford† New York Yankees Starting pitcher [12]
1962 Ralph Terry New York Yankees Starting pitcher [13]
1963 Sandy Koufax† Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [14]
1964 Bob Gibson† St. Louis Cardinals Starting pitcher [15]
1965 Sandy Koufax† (2) Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [16]
1966 Frank Robinson† Baltimore Orioles Outfielder [17]
1967 Bob Gibson† (2) St. Louis Cardinals Starting pitcher [18]
1968 Mickey Lolich Detroit Tigers Starting pitcher [19]
1969 Donn Clendenon New York Mets First baseman [20]
1970 Brooks Robinson† Baltimore Orioles Third baseman [21]
1971 Roberto Clemente† Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder [22]
1972 Gene Tenace Oakland Athletics Catcher [23]
1973 Reggie Jackson† Oakland Athletics Outfielder [24]
1974 Rollie Fingers† Oakland Athletics Relief pitcher [25]
1975 Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds Third baseman [26]
1976 Johnny Bench† Cincinnati Reds Catcher [27]
1977 Reggie Jackson† (2) New York Yankees Outfielder [28]
1978 Bucky Dent New York Yankees Shortstop [29]
1979* Willie Stargell† Pittsburgh Pirates First baseman [30]
1980 Mike Schmidt† Philadelphia Phillies Third baseman [31]
1981^ Ron Cey Los Angeles Dodgers Third baseman [32]
1981^ Pedro Guerrero Los Angeles Dodgers Outfielder [32]
1981^ Steve Yeager Los Angeles Dodgers Catcher [32]
1982* Darrell Porter St. Louis Cardinals Catcher [33]
1983 Rick Dempsey Baltimore Orioles Catcher [34]
1984 Alan Trammell Detroit Tigers Shortstop [35]
1985 Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals Starting pitcher [36]
1986 Ray Knight New York Mets Third baseman [37]
1987 Frank Viola Minnesota Twins Starting pitcher [38]
1988* Orel Hershiser Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [39]
1989 Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics Starting pitcher [40]
1990 José Rijo Cincinnati Reds Starting pitcher [41]
1991 Jack Morris Minnesota Twins Starting pitcher [42]
1992 Pat Borders Toronto Blue Jays Catcher [43]
1993 Paul Molitor† Toronto Blue Jays Designated hitter [44]
1994
—
—
—
 Series cancelled due to player's strike [45]
1995 Tom Glavine† Atlanta Braves Starting pitcher [46]
1996 John Wetteland New York Yankees Relief pitcher [47]
1997* Liván Hernández Florida Marlins Starting pitcher [48][49]
1998 Scott Brosius New York Yankees Third baseman [50]
1999 Mariano Rivera New York Yankees Relief pitcher [51][52]
2000 Derek Jeter New York Yankees Shortstop [53][54]
2001^ Randy Johnson† Arizona Diamondbacks Pitcher [55][56]
2001^ Curt Schilling Arizona Diamondbacks Starting pitcher [55][57]
2002 Troy Glaus Anaheim Angels Third baseman [58][59]
2003 Josh Beckett Florida Marlins Starting pitcher [60][61]
2004 Manny Ramirez Boston Red Sox Outfielder [62][63]
2005 Jermaine Dye Chicago White Sox Outfielder [64][65]
2006 David Eckstein St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop [66][67]
2007 Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox Third baseman [68][69]
2008* Cole Hamels‡ Philadelphia Phillies Starting pitcher [70][71]
2009 Hideki Matsui New York Yankees Designated hitter [72][73]
2010 Edgar Rentería San Francisco Giants Shortstop [74][75]
2011* David Freese‡ St. Louis Cardinals Third baseman [76][77]
2012 Pablo Sandoval‡ San Francisco Giants Third baseman [78][79]
2013 David Ortiz‡ Boston Red Sox Designated hitter [80][81][82]
2014* Madison Bumgarner‡ San Francisco Giants Starting pitcher [83][84]
2015 Salvador Pérez‡ Kansas City Royals Catcher [85]

See also

Notes

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax won the award twice.
  • Three players have won the award twice: Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965), Gibson (1964, 1967), and Jackson (1973, 1977); Jackson is the only player to have won the award with two different teams. There have been two occasions on which multiple winners were awarded in the same World Series: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager in 1981,[32] and Johnson and Schilling in 2001. The duo of Johnson and Schilling combined for all four of Arizona's wins in the 2001 World Series; Johnson had three of them.[55]
  • Twelve of the fifty-eight World Series MVPs have also won the MLB MVP, the Cy Young Award, or the LCS MVP in the same season. Koufax (1963), Frank Robinson (1966), Jackson (1973), Stargell, and Mike Schmidt (1980) are the only players to have won the MLB MVP and the World Series MVP. A total of six players won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). Seven players have won the World Series MVP in the same season in which they won the LCS MVP: Stargell (1979), Darrell Porter (1982), Hershiser (1988), Liván Hernández (1997), Cole Hamels (2008), David Freese (2011), and Madison Bumgarner (2014)—all of them were the NLCS MVPs. Koufax (1963) is the only person to have won the Cy Young Award, the MLB MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season, while Stargell (1979) is the only person to have won the MLB MVP, the LCS MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season. Hershiser (1988) won the Cy Young Award, the LCS MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season.[98][99][100]

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