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The Sporting News™ Player of the Year Award Winners
Year
League
Winner
Note
1936
Carl Hubbell
1937
Johnny Allen
1938
Johnny Vander Meer
1939
Joe DiMaggio
1940
Bob Feller
1941
Ted Williams
1942
Ted Williams
1943
Spud Chandler
1944
Marty Marion
1945
Hal Newhouser
1946
Stan Musial
1947
Ted Williams
1948
Lou Boudreau
1949
Ted Williams
1950
Phil Rizzuto
1951
Stan Musial
1952
Robin Roberts
1953
Al Rosen
1954
Willie Mays
1955
Duke Snider
1956
Mickey Mantle
1957
Ted Williams
1958
Bob Turley
1959
Early Wynn
1960
Bill Mazeroski
1961
Roger Maris
1962
Don Drysdale
Maury Wills
1963
Sandy Koufax
1964
Ken Boyer
1965
Sandy Koufax
1966
Frank Robinson
1967
Carl Yastrzemski
1968
Denny McLain
1969
Willie McCovey
1970
Johnny Bench
1971
Joe Torre
1972
Billy Williams
1973
Reggie Jackson
1974
Lou Brock
1975
Joe Morgan
1976
Joe Morgan
1977
Rod Carew
1978
Ron Guidry
1979
Willie Stargell
1980
George Brett
1981
Fernando Valenzuela
1982
Robin Yount
1983
Cal Ripken
1984
Ryne Sandberg
1985
Don Mattingly
1986
Roger Clemens
1987
George Bell
1988
Orel Hershiser
1989
Kevin Mitchell
1990
Barry Bonds
1991
Cal Ripken
1992
Gary Sheffield
1993
Frank Thomas
1994
Jeff Bagwell
1995
Albert Belle
1996
Alex Rodriguez
1997
Ken Griffey
1998
Sammy Sosa
1999
Rafael Palmeiro
2000
Carlos Delgado
2001
Barry Bonds
2002
Alex Rodriguez
2003
Albert Pujols
2004
Barry Bonds
2005
Andruw Jones
2006
Ryan Howard