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MLB All-Star Game MVP: List of winners 1962-2023

Elías Díaz joins a long list of some of the best and brightest MLB stars of the last 70 years. We take a look at the company that he keeps.

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Elías Díaz joins a long list of some of the best and brightest MLB stars of the last 70 years. We take a look at the company that he keeps.
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The MLB All Star Game has been a traditional breaking point for the season since 1933. The Midsummer Classic marks the halfway point of the season and was originally intended as a way to allow players to pay into their pension fund. In fact, between 1959 and 1962, there were two All Star games per season for this purpose. The practice was ended by owners agreeing to pay the players a larger share of the income from a single game.

The most outstanding player of the All Star game is awarded the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award, named in honor of the great man, often seen as the most complete all-around hitter in baseball history, in 2002, the year of Williams’ death. The recipient is also gifted a Chevrolet vehicle.

The trophy that is given to the recipient is named the Arch Ward Memorial Trophy in honor of the man who first conceived of the idea to have an All Star game back in 1933. A journalist and sports editor for the Chicago Tribune, Ward created the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament as well as the MLB All Star Game.

The first player to receive the MVP award more than once was Willie Mays, who was the MVP in 1963 ad again in 1968.

The only father-son duo to have won the award is Ken Griffey Sr who won the award in 1980 and Ken Griffey Jr who won the award in 1992. Mike Trout is the only player to have ever won the award two years in a row.

The National League has provided 28 MVP players over the years while the American League has seen 33 of their men take the award, including the last nine in a row, prior to this year of course.

The Colorado Rockies’ Elías Díaz is the latest in this long tradition. Here is a full list of the recipients of the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award.

YEARPLAYERPOSITIONTEAMLEAGUE
1962*Maury WillsSSLA DodgersNL
1962*Leon WagnerOFLA AngelsAL
1963Willie MaysOFSan FranciscoNL
1964Johnny CallisonOFPhiladelphiaNL
1965Juan MarichalPSan FranciscoNL
1966Brooks Robinson3BBaltimoreAL
1967Tony Perez3BCincinnatiNL
1968Willie MaysOFSan FranciscoNL
1969Willie McCovey1BSan FranciscoNL
1970Carl YastrzemskiOFBostonAL
1971Frank RobinsonOFBaltimoreAL
1972Joe Morgan2BCincinnatiNL
1973Bobby BondsOFSan FranciscoNL
1974Steve Garvey1BLos AngelesNL
1975**Jon Matlack
Bill Madlock		P
3B		NY Mets
Chi Cubs		NL
NL
1976George FosterOFCincinnatiNL
1977Don SuttonPLos AngelesNL
1978Steve Garvey1BLos AngelesNL
1979Dave ParkerOFPittsburghNL
1980Ken GriffeyOFCincinnatiNL
1981Gary CarterCMontrealNL
1982Dave ConcepcionSSCincinnatiNL
1983Fred Lynn3BCaliforniaAL
1984Gary CarterCMontrealNL
1985LaMarr HoytPSan DiegoNL
1986Roger ClemensPBostonAL
1987Tim RainesOFMontrealNL
1988Terry SteinbachCOaklandAL
1989Bo JacksonOFKansas CityAL
1990Julio Franco2BTexasAL
1991Cal Ripken Jr.SSBaltimoreAL
1992Ken Griffey Jr.OFSeattleAL
1993Kirby PuckettOFMinnesotaAL
1994Fred McGriff1BAtlantaNL
1995Jeff ConineOFFloridaNL
1996Mike PiazzaCLos AngelesNL
1997Sandy Alomar Jr.CClevelandAL
1998Roberto Alomar2BBaltimoreAL
1999Pedro MartinezPBostonAL
2000Derek JeterSSNY YankeesAL
2001Cal Ripken Jr.3BBaltimoreAL
2002†No player was awarded MVP since game ended in a tie
2003Garret AndersonOFAnaheimAL
2004Alfonso Soriano2BTexasAL
2005Miguel TejadaSSBaltimoreAL
2006Michael YoungSSTexasAL
2007Ichiro SuzukiOFSeattleAL
2008J.D. DrewOFBostonAL
2009Carl CrawfordOFTampa BayAL
2010Brian McCannCAtlantaNL
2011Prince Fielder1BMilwaukeeNL
2012Melky CabreraOFSan FranciscoNL
2013Mariano RiveraPNY YankeesAL
2014Mike TroutOFLA AngelsAL
2015Mike TroutOFLA AngelsAL
2016Eric Hosmer1BKansas CityAL
2017Robinson Cano2BSeattleAL
2018Alex Bregman3BHoustonAL
2019Shane BieberPClevelandAL
2020††no All Star Game due to Covid
2021Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1BTorontoAL
2022Giancarlo StantonOFNew YorkAL
2023Elías DíazCColoradoNL

* 1962 was the final year where two games were played and an MVP was chosen for each game.

** In 1975, both Jon Matlack of the Mets and Bill Madlock of the Cubs were awarded co-MVP.

†In 2002, the game ended in a tie, so no player was awarded the MVP.

††There was no All Star Game in 2020 due to the worldwide covid pandemic.