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League Championship Most Valuable Player Award

The League Championship Most Valuable Player Award was first given by the National League following the 1977 League Championship. The American League followed suit in 1980. The winner of this series specific most valuable honor is selected by a committee of writers and executives in attendance and announced at the conclusion of the League Championship Series.

"Thank you baseball, thank you Miami, thank you America." - Livan Hernandez (Live In Stadium Broadcast, after winning the 1997 National League Championship Most Valuable Player Award)

A.L.C.S. Most Valuable Player Award American League Championship Series MVP
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Team	Position
1980	Frank White⁽¹⁾	Kansas City Royals⁽¹⁾	2B
1981	Graig Nettles⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽¹⁾	3B
1982	Fred Lynn⁽¹⁾	California Angels⁽¹⁾	OF
1983	Mike Boddicker⁽¹⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽¹⁾	P
1984	Kirk Gibson⁽¹⁾	Detroit Tigers⁽¹⁾	OF
1985	George Brett⁽¹⁾	Kansas City Royals⁽²⁾	3B
1986	Marty Barrett⁽¹⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽¹⁾	2B
1987	Gary Gaetti⁽¹⁾	Minnesota Twins⁽¹⁾	3B
1988	Dennis Eckersley⁽¹⁾	Oakland Athletics⁽¹⁾	P
1989	Rickey Henderson⁽¹⁾	Oakland Athletics⁽²⁾	OF
1990	Dave Stewart⁽¹⁾	Oakland Athletics⁽³⁾	P
1991	Kirby Puckett⁽¹⁾	Minnesota Twins⁽¹⁾	OF
1992	Roberto Alomar⁽¹⁾	Toronto Blue Jays⁽¹⁾	2B
1993	Dave Stewart⁽²⁾	Toronto Blue Jays⁽²⁾	P
1994	Strike Season^(n/a)	n/a	n/a
1995	Orel Hershiser⁽²⁾	Cleveland Indians⁽¹⁾	P
1996	Bernie Williams⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽²⁾	OF
1997	Marquis Grissom⁽¹⁾	Cleveland Indians⁽²⁾	OF
1998	David Wells⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽³⁾	P
1999	Orlando Hernandez⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁴⁾	P
2000	David Justice⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁵⁾	OF
2001	Andy Pettitte⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁶⁾	P
2002	Adam Kennedy⁽¹⁾	Anaheim Angels⁽²⁾	2B
2003	Mariano Rivera⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁷⁾	P
2004	David Ortiz⁽¹⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽²⁾	DH
2005	Paul Konerko⁽¹⁾	Chicago White Sox⁽¹⁾	1B
2006	Placido Polanco⁽¹⁾	Detroit Tigers⁽²⁾	2B
2007	Josh Beckett⁽¹⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽³⁾	P
2008	Matt Garza⁽¹⁾	Tampa Bay Rays⁽¹⁾	P
2009	C.C. Sabathia⁽¹⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁸⁾	P
2010	Josh Hamilton⁽¹⁾	Texas Rangers⁽¹⁾	OF
2011	Nelson Cruz⁽¹⁾	Texas Rangers⁽²⁾	OF
2012	Delmon Young⁽¹⁾	Detroit Tigers⁽³⁾	OF
2013	Not Yet Announced^(10-2013)	--	--
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Team	Position
A.L.C.S. Most Valuable Player Award

N.L.C.S. Most Valuable Player Award National League Championship Series MVP
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Team	Position
1977	Dusty Baker⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽¹⁾	OF
1978	Steve Garvey⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽²⁾	1B
1979	Willie Stargell⁽¹⁾	Pittsburgh Pirates⁽¹⁾	1B
1980	Manny Trillo⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽¹⁾	2B
1981	Burt Hooton⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽³⁾	P
1982	Darrell Porter⁽¹⁾	St. Louis Cardinals⁽¹⁾	C
1983	Gary Matthews⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽²⁾	OF
1984	Steve Garvey⁽²⁾	San Diego Padres⁽¹⁾	1B
1985	Ozzie Smith⁽¹⁾	St. Louis Cardinals⁽²⁾	SS
1986	Mike Scott⁽¹⁾	Houston Astros⁽¹⁾	P
1987	Jeffrey Leonard⁽¹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽¹⁾	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser⁽¹⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽⁴⁾	P
1989	Will Clark⁽¹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽²⁾	1B
1990	Rob Dibble⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽¹⁾	P
1990	Randy Myers⁽¹⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽¹⁾	P
1991	Steve Avery⁽¹⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽¹⁾	P
1992	John Smoltz⁽¹⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽²⁾	P
1993	Curt Schilling⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽³⁾	P
1994	Strike Season^(n/a)	n/a	n/a
1995	Mike Devereaux⁽¹⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽³⁾	OF
1996	Javy Lopez⁽¹⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽⁴⁾	C
1997	Livan Hernandez⁽¹⁾	Florida Marlins⁽¹⁾	P
1998	Sterling Hitchcock⁽¹⁾	San Diego Padres⁽²⁾	P
1999	Eddie Perez⁽¹⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽⁵⁾	C
2000	Mike Hampton⁽¹⁾	New Yok Mets⁽¹⁾	P
2001	Craig Counsell⁽¹⁾	Arizona Diamondbacks⁽¹⁾	2B
2002	Benito Santiago⁽¹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽³⁾	C
2003	Ivan Rodriguez⁽¹⁾	Florida Marlins⁽²⁾	C
2004	Albert Pujols⁽¹⁾	St. Louis Cardinals⁽³⁾	1B
2005	Roy Oswalt⁽¹⁾	Houston Astros⁽²⁾	P
2006	Jeff Suppan⁽¹⁾	St. Louis Cardinals⁽⁴⁾	P
2007	Matt Holliday⁽¹⁾	Colorado Rockies⁽¹⁾	OF
2008	Cole Hamels⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽⁴⁾	P
2009	Ryan Howard⁽¹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽⁵⁾	1B
2010	Cody Ross⁽¹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽⁴⁾	OF
2011	David Freese⁽¹⁾	St. Louis Cardinals⁽⁵⁾	3B
2012	Marco Scutaro⁽¹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽⁵⁾	2B
2013	Not Yet Announced^(10-2013)	--	--
Year	Name^(Quantity)	Team	Position
N.L.C.S. Most Valuable Player Award

Did you know that Fred Lynn (1982), Mike Scott (1986) and Jeffrey Leonard (1987) each won the League Championship Award while playing on the losing team?

Livan Hernandez and Orlando Hernandez are the first set of brothers to win the the L.C.S. Most Valuable Player Award, Steve Garvey is the first player to win it twice, and Dave Stewart is the first pitcher to win it twice.

1988 was the first season in which a pitcher dominated each Series and won both (American & National League) of the possible awards & 1990 was the first season where the award was split between two players (N.L.).

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