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.

Aliases (12)

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball award → sports award →
abbreviation	AL MVP →
awardedIn	North America →
country	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 most valuable player awards →
hasCounterpart	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 →
selectionMethod	writers’ vote →
sport	baseball →
trophyType	plaque →
votingBody	Baseball Writers’ Association of America →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dustin Pedroia → Frank Robinson ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Ichiro Suzuki ("2001 American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Joe DiMaggio ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Jose Altuve ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Josh Donaldson ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Josh Donaldson ("2015 American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Justin Verlander ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Mickey Cochrane → Mickey Mantle ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Mookie Betts ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Roger Maris ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Shohei Ohtani →	awardReceived
Frank Thomas → Jim Rice → Jimmie Foxx → Lefty Grove → Miguel Cabrera ("2012 American League Most Valuable Player") → Miguel Cabrera ("2013 American League Most Valuable Player") → Theodore Samuel Williams → Ty Cobb ("American League Most Valuable Player Award 1911") →	MVPAward
Alex Rodriguez ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → George Brett ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Ken Griffey Jr. ("1997 American League Most Valuable Player Award") → Ted Williams →	wonAward
Mickey Mantle ("American League MVP") → Yogi Berra ("American League MVP") → Yogi Berra ("American League MVP 1955") →	mostValuablePlayerAward
1967 Triple Crown ("1967 American League Most Valuable Player Award") → 2012 Triple Crown (Miguel Cabrera) ("2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award") →	associatedAward
Carl Yastrzemski → Lou Gehrig →	award
World Series Most Valuable Player Award ("Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award") →	isDistinctFrom
National League Most Valuable Player Award ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") →	isParallelAward
American League Rookie of the Year ("Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award") →	isRelatedTo
Lou Gehrig →	MVP
Jim Rice →	MVPaward
Alex Bregman ("American League Most Valuable Player Award") →	nominatedFor
All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award ("Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award") →	relatedAward
Miguel Cabrera ("2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award") →	won