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Awards

Sporting News Player of the Year Award
Year	Name	Team	Lg	Pos
1936	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	NL	P
1937	Johnny Allen	Cleveland Indians	AL	P
1938	Johnny Vander Meer	Cincinnati Reds	NL	P
1939	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1940	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	AL	P
1941	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1942	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	AL	P
1944	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	AL	P
1946	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
1947	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1948	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	AL	SS
1949	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1950	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	AL	SS
1951	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	OF
1952	Robin Roberts	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	P
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	AL	3B
1954	Willie Mays	New York Giants	NL	OF
1955	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	OF
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1957	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1958	Bob Turley	New York Yankees	AL	P
1959	Early Wynn	Chicago White Sox	AL	P
1960	Bill Mazeroski	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	2B
1961	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	AL	OF
1962	Don Drysdale and Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P/SS
1963	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3B
1965	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	AL	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	AL	OF
1968	Denny McLain	Detroit Tigers	AL	P
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	NL	1B
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	NL	C
1971	Joe Torre	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3B
1972	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	NL	OF
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	AL	OF
1974	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	OF
1975	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2B
1976	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	NL	2B
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	AL	1B
1978	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees	AL	P
1979	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	1B
1980	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	AL	3B
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1982	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	SS
1983	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	AL	SS
1984	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs	NL	2B
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	AL	1B
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	AL	P
1987	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	OF
1988	Orel Hershiser	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	P
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
1990	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	OF
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	AL	SS
1992	Gary Sheffield	San Diego Padres	NL	OF
1993	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	AL	1B
1994	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	NL	1B
1995	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	AL	OF
1996	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	AL	SS
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	AL	OF
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	NL	OF
1999	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers	AL	1B
2000	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	1B
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
2002	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	AL	SS
2003	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1B
2004	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	NL	OF
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	NL	OF
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	1B
2007	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	AL	3B

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