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See also: The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award (discontinued 1946)

Listed below in chronological order are the Major League Baseball players chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the TSN Player of the Year Award. Since 1936, it's the only major award that is given to a single player from MLB, rather than to a player in each league, and is judged by TSN baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season.

Abbreviations

   

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 (2) 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 (3) Boston Red Sox AL OF
1948 Lou Boudreau Cleveland Indians AL SS
1949 Ted Williams (4) Boston Red Sox AL OF
1950 Phil Rizzuto New York Yankees AL SS
1951 Stan Musial (2) 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 (5) 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 (2) 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 (2) 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. (2) 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 (2) San Francisco Giants NL OF
2002 Alex Rodriguez (2) Texas Rangers AL SS
2003 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals NL 1B
2004 Barry Bonds (3) San Francisco Giants NL OF
2005 Andruw Jones Atlanta Braves NL OF
2006 Ryan Howard Philadelphia Phillies NL 1B
2007 Alex Rodriguez (3) New York Yankees AL 3B
2008 Albert Pujols (2) St. Louis Cardinals NL 1B
2009 Albert Pujols (3) St. Louis Cardinals NL 1B

See also

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