The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

The Sporting News established The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929.^[1] The award was given annually to the player, who TSN baseball experts judged as the most valuable player in each league. The awards were discontinued in 1946.

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Year	American League	Club	National League	Club
1929	Al Simmons^†	Philadelphia Athletics	None	N/A
1930	Joe Cronin^†	Washington Senators	Bill Terry^†	New York Giants
1931	Lou Gehrig^†(1)	New York Yankees	Chuck Klein^†(1)	Philadelphia Phillies
1932	Jimmie Foxx^†(1)	Philadelphia Athletics	Chuck Klein^†(2)	Philadelphia Phillies
1933	Jimmie Foxx^†(2)	Philadelphia Athletics	Carl Hubbell^†(1)	New York Giants
1934	Lou Gehrig^†(2)	New York Yankees	Dizzy Dean^†	St. Louis Cardinals
1935	Hank Greenberg^†(1)	Detroit Tigers	Arky Vaughan^†	Pittsburgh Pirates
1936	Lou Gehrig^†(3)	New York Yankees	Carl Hubbell^†(2) *	New York Giants
1937	Charlie Gehringer^†	Detroit Tigers	Joe Medwick^†	St. Louis Cardinals
1938	Jimmie Foxx^†(3)	Boston Red Sox	Ernie Lombardi^†	Cincinnati Reds
1939	Joe DiMaggio^†(1) *	New York Yankees	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds
1940	Hank Greenberg^†(2)	Detroit Tigers	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds
1941	Joe DiMaggio^†(2)	New York Yankees	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers
1942	Joe Gordon^†	New York Yankees	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals
1943	Spud Chandler *	New York Yankees	Stan Musial^†	St. Louis Cardinals
1944	Bobby Doerr^†	Boston Red Sox	Marty Marion *	St. Louis Cardinals
1945	Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves

Pitcher	# of Awards	Years
Lou Gehrig ^†	3	1931, 1934, 1936
Jimmie Foxx ^†	3	1932, 1933, 1938
Chuck Klein ^†	2	1931, 1932
Carl Hubbell ^†	2	1933, 1936
Hank Greenberg ^†	2	1935, 1940
Joe DiMaggio ^†	2	1939, 1941

The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

Awardees

Multiple Wins

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*	Also named TSN Player of the Year
^†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum