MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD BY THE SPORTING NEWs

Major League Players who won TSN Most Valuable Player of the Year

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Listed below in chronological order are the players / pitchers chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of their Most Valuable Player Award. The award, which originally started in 1929, was discontinued in 1946 and never resumed.

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"There never was a better left fielder in hustling to the foul line to turn a double into a single." - Joe Cronin on Al Simmons

Most Valuable Player Award

by The Sporting News

1929 Al Simmons AL Philadelphia OF
No Selection NL n/a n/a
1930 Joe Cronin AL Washington SS
Bill Terry NL New York 1B
1931 Lou Gehrig AL New York 1B
Chuck Klein NL Philadelphia OF
1932 Jimmie Foxx AL Philadelphia 1B
Chuck Klein NL Philadelphia OF
1933 Jimmie Foxx AL Philadelphia 1B
Carl Hubbell NL New York P
1934 Lou Gehrig AL New York 1B
Dizzy Dean NL St. Louis P
1935 Hank Greenberg AL Detroit 1B
Arky Vaughan NL Pittsburgh SS
1936 Lou Gehrig AL New York 1B
Carl Hubbell NL New York P
1937 Charlie Gehringer AL Detroit 2B
Joe Medwick NL St. Louis OF
1938 Jimmie Foxx AL Boston 1B
Ernie Lombardi NL Cincinnati C
1939 Joe DiMaggio AL New York OF
Bucky Walters NL Cincinnati P
1940 Hank Greenberg AL Detroit OF
Frank McCormick NL Cincinnati 1B
1941 Joe DiMaggio AL New York OF
Dolph Camilli NL Brooklyn 1B
1942 Joe Gordon AL New Yorn 2B
Mort Cooper NL St. Louis P
1943 Spud Chandler AL New York P
Stan Musial NL St. Louis OF
1944 Bobby Doerr AL Boston 2B
Marty Marion NL St. Louis SS
1945 Eddie Mayo AL Detroit 2B
Tommy Holmes NL Boston OF
1946 Award Discontinued AL -- --
Award Discontinued NL -- --
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Al Simmons, who won the first Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929, had a very unusual batting stance and when he was traded to the A's he worried that Connie Mack would force him to change it; however, Mack simply told him, "You can hold the bat in your teeth, provided you hit safely and often." — Simmons hit .387 that particular season.

Multiple American League winners include Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx with three while Joe DiMaggio and Hank Greenberg won two each. In the National League no player ever won three times while Carl Hubbell and Chuck Klein were the only ones to win twice.

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