| Year | League | Winner | Note | ||
| 1971 | Willie Mays | ||||
| 1972 | Brooks Robinson | ||||
| 1973 | Al Kaline | ||||
| 1974 | Willie Stargell | ||||
| 1975 | Lou Brock | ||||
| 1976 | Pete Rose | ||||
| 1977 | Rod Carew | ||||
| 1978 | Greg Luzinski | ||||
| 1979 | Andre Thornton | ||||
| 1980 | Phil Niekro | ||||
| 1981 | Steve Garvey | ||||
| 1982 | Ken Singleton | ||||
| 1983 | Cecil Cooper | ||||
| 1984 | Ron Guidry | ||||
| 1985 | Don Baylor | ||||
| 1986 | Garry Maddox | ||||
| 1987 | Rick Sutcliffe | ||||
| 1988 | Dale Murphy | ||||
| 1989 | Gary Carter | ||||
| 1990 | Dave Stewart | ||||
| 1991 | Harold Reynolds | ||||
| 1992 | Cal Ripken | ||||
| 1993 | Barry Larkin | ||||
| 1994 | Dave Winfield | ||||
| 1995 | Ozzie Smith | ||||
| 1996 | Kirby Puckett | ||||
| 1997 | Eric Davis | ||||
| 1998 | Sammy Sosa | ||||
| 1999 | Tony Gwynn | ||||
| 2000 | Al Leiter | ||||
| 2001 | Curt Schilling | ||||
| 2002 | Jim Thome | ||||
| 2003 | Jamie Moyer | ||||
| 2004 | Edgar Martinez | ||||
| 2005 | John Smoltz | ||||
| 2006 | Carlos Delgado |