World Series Polls & History of WS MVP
Tell us who you are rooting for in this year’s World Series, who you think will win it all, and who you got for WS MVP.
Tell us who you think will be World Series MVP down in the comments below! If you’re the first person to comment, and are correct, I’ll throw in prize TBD for you!
And just for your information, a little history lesson on all the World Series MVP Award winners, via Baseball Almanac.
World Series Most Valuable Player AwardSport Magazine Award /
YearName(s)PositionLeagueTeam1955Johnny Podres (1)
P
NL
Brooklyn
1956Don Larsen (1)
P
AL
New York
1957Lew Burdette (1)
P
NL
Milwaukeee
1958Bob Turley (1)
P
AL
New York
1959Larry Sherry (1)
P
NL
Los Angeles
1960Bobby Richardson (1)
2B
AL
New York
1961Whitey Ford (1)
P
AL
New York
1962Ralph Terry (1)
P
AL
New York
1963Sandy Koufax (1)
P
NL
Los Angeles
1964Bob Gibson (1)
P
NL
St. Louis
1965Sandy Koufax (2)
P
NL
Los Angeles
1966Frank Robinson (1)
OF
AL
Baltimore
1967Bob Gibson (2)
P
NL
St. Louis
1968Mickey Lolich (1)
P
AL
Detroit
1969Donn Clendenon (1)
1B
NL
New York
1970Brooks Robinson (1)
3B
AL
Baltimore
1971Roberto Clemente (1)
OF
NL
Pittsburgh
1972Gene Tenace (1)
C
AL
Oakland
1973Reggie Jackson (1)
OF
AL
Oakland
1974Rollie Fingers (1)
P
AL
Oakland
1975Pete Rose (1)
3B
NL
Cincinnati
1976Johnny Bench (1)
C
NL
Cincinnati
1977Reggie Jackson (2)
OF
AL
New York
1978Bucky Dent (1)
SS
AL
New York
1979Willie Stargell (1)
1B
NL
Pittsburgh
1980Mike Schmidt (1)
3B
NL
Philadelphia
1981Ron Cey (1)
3B
NL
Los Angeles
Pedro Guerrero (1)
OF
NL
Los Angeles
Steve Yeager (1)
C
NL
Los Angeles
1982Darrell Porter (1)
C
NL
St. Louis
1983Rick Dempsey (1)
C
AL
Baltimore
1984Alan Trammell (1)
SS
AL
Detroit
1985Bret Saberhagen (1)
P
AL
Kansas City
1986Ray Knight (1)
3B
NL
New York
1987Frank Viola (1)
P
AL
Minnesota
1988Orel Hershiser (1)
P
NL
Los Angeles
1989Dave Stewart (1)
P
AL
Oakland
1990Jose Rijo (1)
P
NL
Cincinnati
1991Jack Morris (1)
P
AL
Minnesota
1992Pat Borders (1)
C
AL
Toronto
1993Paul Molitor (1)
3B / DH
AL
Toronto
1994
Strike Season
n/a
n/a
n/a
1995Tom Glavine (1)
P
NL
Atlanta
1996John Wetteland (1)
P
AL
New York
1997Livan Hernandez (1)
P
NL
Florida
1998Scott Brosius (1)
3B
AL
New York
1999Mariano Rivera (1)
P
AL
New York
2000Derek Jeter (1)
SS
AL
New York
2001Randy Johnson (1)
P
NL
Arizona
Curt Schilling (1)
P
NL
Arizona
2002Troy Glaus (1)
3B
AL
Anaheim
2003Josh Beckett (1)
P
NL
Florida
2004Manny Ramirez (1)
OF
AL
Boston
2005Jermaine Dye (1)
OF
AL
Chicago
2006David Eckstein (1)
SS
NL
St. Louis
2007Mike Lowell (1)
3B
AL
Boston
2008Cole Hamels (1)
P
NL
Philadelphia
2009Hideki Matsui (1)
DH
AL
New York
2010Edgar RenteriaSS
NL
San Francisco
2011David Freese3B
NL
St. Louis
2012Pablo Sandoval3B
NL
San Francisco