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In 1936, The Sporting News began presenting an annual Player of the Year award.

It's the only major award that is given to a single player from major league baseball, rather than to a player in each league.

The award goes to the player judged by Sporting News baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season.

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MLB Players of the Year

Year	Player, Team	Pos
1936	Carl Hubbell, New York NL	P
1937	Johnny Allen, Cleveland AL	P
1938	Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati NL	P
1939	Joe DiMaggio, New York AL	OF
1940	Bob Feller, Cleveland AL	P
1941	Ted Williams, Boston AL	OF
1942	Ted Williams, Boston AL	OF
1943	Spud Chandler, New York AL	P
1944	Marty Marion, St. Louis NL	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser, Detroit AL	P
1946	Stan Musial, St. Louis NL	1B
1947	Ted Williams, Boston AL	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau, Cleveland AL	SS
1949	Ted Williams, Boston AL	OF
1950	Phil Rizzuto, New York AL	SS
1951	Stan Musial, St. Louis NL	OF
1952	Robin Roberts, Philadelphia NL	P
1953	Al Rosen, Cleveland AL	3B
1954	Willie Mays, New York NL	OF
1955	Duke Snider, Brooklyn NL	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle, New York AL	OF
1957	Ted Williams, Boston AL	OF
1958	Bob Turley, New York AL	P
1959	Early Wynn, Chicago AL	P
1960	Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh NL	2B
1961	Roger Maris, New York AL	OF
1962	Don Drysdale, Los Angeles NL	P
TIE	Maury Wills, Los Angeles NL	SS
1963	Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles NL	P
1964	Ken Boyer, St. Louis NL	3B
1965	Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles NL	P
1966	Frank Robinson, Baltimore AL	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski, Boston AL	OF
1968	Denny McLain, Detroit AL	P
1969	Willie McCovey, San Francisco NL	1B
1970	Johnny Bench, Cincinnati NL	C
1971	Joe Torre, St. Louis NL	3B
1972	Billy Williams, Chicago NL	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson, Oakland AL	OF
1974	Lou Brock, St. Louis NL	OF
1975	Joe Morgan, Cincinnati NL	2B
1976	Joe Morgan, Cincinnati NL	2B
1977	Rod Carew, Minnesota AL	1B
1978	Ron Guidry, New York AL	P
1979	Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh NL	1B
1980	George Brett, Kansas City AL	3B
1981	Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles NL	P
1982	Robin Yount, Milwaukee AL	SS
1983	Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore AL	SS
1984	Ryne Sandberg, Chicago NL	2B
1985	Don Mattingly, New York AL	1B
1986	Roger Clemens, Boston AL	P
1987	George Bell, Toronto AL	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles NL	P
1989	Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco NL	OF
1990	Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh NL	OF
1991	Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore AL	SS
1992	Gary Sheffield, San Diego NL	OF
1993	Frank Thomas, Chicago AL	1B
1994	Jeff Bagwell, Houston NL	1B
1995	Albert Belle, Cleveland AL	OF
1996	Alex Rodriguez, Seattle AL	SS
1997	Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle AL	OF
1998	Sammy Sosa, Chicago NL	OF
1999	Rafael Palmeiro, Texas AL	1B
2000	Carlos Delgado, Toronto AL	1B
2001	Barry Bonds, San Francisco NL	OF
2002	Alex Rodriguez, Texas AL	SS
2003	Albert Pujols, St. Louis NL	OF
2004	Barry Bonds, San Francisco NL	OF
2005	Andruw Jones, Atlanta NL	OF

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