| Year | League | Winner | Note | ||
| 1878 | NL | Paul Hines | |||
| 1894 | NL | Hugh Duffy | |||
| 1901 | AL | Nap Lajoie | |||
| 1909 | AL | Ty Cobb | |||
| 1922 | NL | Rogers Hornsby | |||
| 1925 | NL | Rogers Hornsby | |||
| 1933 | AL | Jimmie Foxx | |||
| NL | Chuck Klein | ||||
| 1934 | AL | Lou Gehrig | |||
| 1937 | NL | Joe Medwick | |||
| 1942 | AL | Ted Williams | |||
| 1947 | AL | Ted Williams | |||
| 1956 | AL | Mickey Mantle | |||
| 1966 | AL | Frank Robinson | |||
| 1967 | AL | Carl Yastrzemski |