American League Most Valuable Player

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Major League Baseball award sports award

The American League Most Valuable Player is an annual Major League Baseball award given to the player judged most valuable to his team in the American League.

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Label Occurrences
American League Most Valuable Player Award 44
American League Most Valuable Player canonical 23
American League MVP 4

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
abbreviation AL MVP ⓘ
awardedIn North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criteria value to team rather than strictly best statistical performance ⓘ
decisionBasis regular season performance ⓘ
eligibleParticipants Major League Baseball players in the American League ⓘ
firstAwarded 1911 ⓘ
firstAwardedAsCurrentFormat 1931 ⓘ
formerName Chalmers Award ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderRestriction male ⓘ
givenFor most valuable player in the American League ⓘ
governingOrganization Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasCategory American League ⓘ
Baseball trophies and awards in the United States ⓘ
Major League Baseball awards ⓘ
surface form: Major League Baseball most valuable player awards
hasCounterpart National League Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
surface form: National League Most Valuable Player
inceptionLeagueContext one of two league MVP awards in MLB ⓘ
language English ⓘ
league American League ⓘ
notableFirsts first pitcher to win under current system was Lefty Grove in 1931 ⓘ
first relief pitcher to win was Jim Konstanty in 1950 ⓘ
first unanimous AL MVP winner was Hank Greenberg in 1935 ⓘ
notableMultipleWinners Alex Rodriguez ⓘ
Babe Ruth ⓘ
Hank Greenberg ⓘ
Joe DiMaggio ⓘ
Lou Gehrig ⓘ
Mickey Mantle ⓘ
Miguel Cabrera ⓘ
Mike Trout ⓘ
Roger Maris ⓘ
Shohei Ohtani ⓘ
Ted Williams ⓘ
Yogi Berra ⓘ
partOf Major League Baseball awards ⓘ
presentedBy Baseball Writers' Association of America ⓘ
surface form: Baseball Writers’ Association of America
selectionMethod writers’ vote ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
trophyType plaque ⓘ
votingBody Baseball Writers' Association of America ⓘ
surface form: Baseball Writers’ Association of America

Referenced by (91)

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Jim Rice → MVPaward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Dustin Pedroia → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
World Series Most Valuable Player Award → isDistinctFrom → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Yaz → award → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Carl Yastrzemski
1967 Triple Crown → associatedAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1967 American League Most Valuable Player Award
Lou Gehrig → MVP → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Mickey Mantle → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Joe DiMaggio → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Yogi Berra → mostValuablePlayerAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League MVP
Frank Thomas → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Ichiro Suzuki → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2001 American League Most Valuable Player Award
Mookie Betts → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Jimmie Foxx → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Mickey Cochrane → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
National League Most Valuable Player Award → isParallelAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Lefty Grove → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
American League Rookie of the Year → isRelatedTo → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
Ken Griffey Jr. → wonAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1997 American League Most Valuable Player Award
Alex Rodriguez → wonAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Josh Donaldson → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Josh Donaldson → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2015 American League Most Valuable Player Award
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award → relatedAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
2012 Triple Crown (Miguel Cabrera) → associatedAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award
2012 Triple Crown (Miguel Cabrera) → won → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Miguel Cabrera
this entity surface form: 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award
Frank Robinson → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Jim Ed → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Jim Rice
The Iron Horse → award → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Lou Gehrig
The Splendid Splinter → wonAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Ted Williams
Roger Maris → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Ty Cobb → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award 1911
Yogi → mostValuablePlayerAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Yogi Berra
this entity surface form: American League MVP 1955
Mantle → mostValuablePlayerAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: Mickey Mantle
this entity surface form: American League MVP
Shohei Ohtani → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
George Brett → wonAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Miguel Cabrera → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2012 American League Most Valuable Player
Miguel Cabrera → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2013 American League Most Valuable Player
Jose Altuve → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Alex Bregman → nominatedFor → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Justin Verlander → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Theodore Samuel Williams → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
1988 American League → featuredAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
subject surface form: 1988 American League season
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Central League MVP → isSimilarTo → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: MLB Most Valuable Player Award
Hal Newhouser → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Robin Yount → MVPAward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Mike Trout → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
Charlie Gehringer → MVPaward → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
Vladimir Guerrero → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
George Bell → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: American League Most Valuable Player Award
George Bell → awardReceived → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1987 American League MVP
Hank Greenberg → award → American League Most Valuable Player ⓘ