| Year | League | Winner | Note | ||
| 1955 | Alvin Dark | ||||
| 1956 | Pee Wee Reese | ||||
| 1957 | Stan Musial | ||||
| 1958 | Gil McDougald | ||||
| 1959 | Gil Hodges | ||||
| 1960 | Dick Groat | ||||
| 1961 | Warren Spahn | ||||
| 1962 | Robin Roberts | ||||
| 1963 | Bobby Richardson | ||||
| 1964 | Ken Boyer | ||||
| 1965 | Vern Law | ||||
| 1966 | Brooks Robinson | ||||
| 1967 | Ernie Banks | ||||
| 1968 | Al Kaline | ||||
| 1969 | Pete Rose | ||||
| 1970 | Hank Aaron | ||||
| 1971 | Harmon Killebrew | ||||
| 1972 | Wes Parker | ||||
| 1973 | Ron Santo | ||||
| 1974 | Willie Stargell | ||||
| 1975 | Johnny Bench | ||||
| 1976 | Don Sutton | ||||
| 1977 | Lou Brock | ||||
| 1978 | Don Kessinger | ||||
| 1979 | Phil Niekro | ||||
| 1980 | Tony Perez | ||||
| 1981 | Tommy John | ||||
| 1982 | Ron Cey | ||||
| 1983 | Mike Schmidt | ||||
| 1984 | Steve Garvey | ||||
| 1985 | Dale Murphy | ||||
| 1986 | George Brett | ||||
| 1987 | Rick Sutcliffe | ||||
| 1988 | Buddy Bell | ||||
| 1989 | Ozzie Smith | ||||
| 1990 | Glenn Davis | ||||
| 1991 | Kent Hrbek | ||||
| 1992 | Cal Ripken | ||||
| 1993 | Don Mattingly | ||||
| 1994 | Barry Larkin | ||||
| 1995 | Curt Schilling | ||||
| 1996 | Brett Butler | ||||
| 1997 | Paul Molitor | ||||
| 1998 | Tony Gwynn | ||||
| 1999 | Mark McGwire | ||||
| 2000 | Todd Stottlemyre | ||||
| 2001 | John Franco | ||||
| 2002 | Danny Graves | ||||
| 2003 | Jamie Moyer | ||||
| 2004 | Jim Thome |