Major League Baseball MVP Award

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Most Valuable Player award baseball award sports award

The Major League Baseball MVP Award is an annual honor given to the most outstanding player in each of MLB’s two leagues, recognizing overall excellence and value to their team over a season.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Baseball Writers Association of America MVP awards	1
Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award	1
Major League Baseball most valuable player award	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Most Valuable Player award ⓘ baseball award ⓘ sports award ⓘ
abbreviation	MLB MVP NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MLB Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedFor	most outstanding performance in a season ⓘ
category	Major League Baseball trophies and awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criterion	overall excellence during the regular season ⓘ value to team ⓘ
eligibility	Major League Baseball players ⓘ
excludes	postseason performance ⓘ
firstSeasonAwarded	1931 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingOrganization	Major League Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAwardType	individual award ⓘ
hasComponentAward	American League Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED ⓘ National League Most Valuable Player Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	male ⓘ
hasRelatedAward	Cy Young Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Manager of the Year Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Rookie of the Year Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1931 ⓘ
isPartOf	Major League Baseball annual awards ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
league	American League ⓘ National League NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecipient	Albert Pujols NERFINISHED ⓘ Babe Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Barry Bonds NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Aaron NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe DiMaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Mantle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ Shohei Ohtani NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Mays NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfRecipientsPerSeason	2 ⓘ
predecessor	Chalmers Award NERFINISHED ⓘ League Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentedBy	Major League Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to honor the most outstanding player in each Major League Baseball league ⓘ
recipientType	player ⓘ
scope	Major League Baseball regular season NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionBasis	regular-season performance only ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
timeOfYearAwarded	postseason ⓘ
votingBody	Baseball Writers Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National League batting champion → isDistinctFrom → Major League Baseball MVP Award ⓘ

AL MVP → category → Major League Baseball MVP Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball most valuable player award

Chalmers Award → followedBy → Major League Baseball MVP Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

Chalmers Award → isPredecessorOf → Major League Baseball MVP Award ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baseball Writers Association of America MVP awards