World Series Most Valuable Player Award

Major League Baseball award

Willie Mays World Series MVP Award

Johnny Podres was the inaugural winner in 1955 for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Sport| Baseball
League| Major League Baseball
Awarded for| Annual most valuable player of the World Series
Country| United States
Canada
Presented by| Major League Baseball
History
First award| 1955
Most recent| Corey Seager (Texas Rangers)

The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series,[1] which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 as the SPORT Magazine Award, but is now decided during the final game of the Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game.[2][3]

On September 29, 2017, it was renamed in honor of Willie Mays in remembrance of the 63rd anniversary of The Catch, which occurred the year before the award's debut;[4] Mays never won the award himself.

Pitchers have been named Series MVP twenty-nine (29) times; four of them were relief pitchers. Twelve of the first fourteen World Series MVPs were won by pitchers; from 1969 until 1986, the proportion of pitcher MVPs declined—Rollie Fingers (1974) and Bret Saberhagen (1985) were the only two pitchers to win the award in this period. From 1987 until 1991, all of the World Series MVPs were pitchers, and, since 1995, pitchers have won the award nine times. The most recent pitcher to win the award is Stephen Strasburg, who won in 2019.

## Trophy

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Up until 2017, the World Series MVP trophy was similar to the Commissioner's Trophy, albeit scaled down and with a single large gold-plated flag. After being renamed to Willie Mays World Series MVP Award for the 2018 edition and onward, the trophy is a wooden pedestal topped by a bronze sculpture of Willie Mays making the iconic catch in the 1954 World Series.[4]

General Motors has provided a vehicle to the World Series MVP winner for 14 straight seasons through 2018.[5] Since 2019, Disney Parks, Products and Experiences has sponsored the award.

## Winners

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Key  Year | Links to the article about that corresponding World Series

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†  | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
‡  | Active player
#  | Indicates rookie
*  | Indicates player also won the LCS MVP Award in the same postseason
§  | Indicates losing team in the World Series
^  | Indicates multiple award winners in the same World Series
(#)  | Indicates number of times winning World Series MVP at that point (if he won multiple times)
Year  | Player  | Team  | Position  | Selected statistics  | Ref.

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1955 |  Johnny Podres | Brooklyn Dodgers | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; both were complete games\- 1 shutout
* 2 earned runs allowed over 18 innings pitched
* 10 strikeouts

| [6]
1956 |  Don Larsen | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |

* 1–0 record over 2 games started; 1 perfect game in Game 5
* 7 strikeouts
* Pitched first no-hitter in World Series history

| [7][8]
1957 |  Lew Burdette | Milwaukee Braves | Starting pitcher |

* 3–0 record over 3 games started; all were complete games\- 2 shutouts
* 2 earned runs allowed over 27 innings pitched
* 13 strikeouts

| [9]
1958 |  Bob Turley | New York Yankees | Pitcher |

* 2–1 record and 1 save over 4 appearances (2 starts); 1 shutout
* 5 earned runs allowed over 16+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 13 strikeouts

| [10]
1959 |  Larry Sherry# | Los Angeles Dodgers | Relief pitcher |

* 2–0 record and 2 saves over 4 appearances
* 1 earned run allowed over 12+2⁄3 innings pitched
* 5 strikeouts

| [11]
1960 |  Bobby Richardson | New York Yankees§ | Second baseman |

* .367 batting average
* 1 grand slam
* 12 runs batted in

| [12]
1961 |  Whitey Ford† | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; 1 shutout
* 14 scoreless innings pitched
* 7 strikeouts

| [13]
1962 |  Ralph Terry | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |

* 2–1 record over 3 games started; 2 complete games\- 1 shutout
* 5 earned runs allowed over 25 innings pitched
* 16 strikeouts

| [14]
1963 |  Sandy Koufax† | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; both were complete games
* 3 earned runs allowed over 18 innings pitched
* 23 strikeouts

| [15]
1964 |  Bob Gibson† | St. Louis Cardinals | Starting pitcher |

* 2–1 record over 3 games started; 2 complete games
* 27 innings pitched
* 31 strikeouts

| [16]
1965 |  Sandy Koufax† (2)  | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |

* 2–1 record over 3 games started; 2 shutouts
* 1 earned run allowed over 24 innings pitched
* 29 strikeouts

| [17]
1966 |  Frank Robinson† | Baltimore Orioles | Outfielder |

* .286 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 3 runs batted in

| [18]
1967 |  Bob Gibson† (2)  | St. Louis Cardinals | Starting pitcher |

* 3–0 record over 3 games started; all were complete games; 1 shutout
* 3 earned runs allowed over 27 innings pitched
* 26 strikeouts

| [19]
1968 |  Mickey Lolich | Detroit Tigers | Starting pitcher |

* 3–0 record over 3 games started; all were complete games
* 5 earned runs allowed over 27 innings pitched
* 21 strikeouts

| [20]
1969 |  Donn Clendenon | New York Mets | First baseman |

* .357 batting average
* 3 home runs
* 4 runs batted in

| [21]
1970 |  Brooks Robinson† | Baltimore Orioles | Third baseman |

* .429 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 6 runs batted in

| [22]
1971 |  Roberto Clemente† | Pittsburgh Pirates | Outfielder |

* .414 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 4 runs batted in

| [23]
1972 |  Gene Tenace | Oakland Athletics | Catcher |

* .348 batting average
* 4 home runs
* 9 runs batted in

| [24]
1973 |  Reggie Jackson† | Oakland Athletics | Outfielder |

* .310 batting average
* 1 home run
* 6 runs batted in

| [25]
1974 |  Rollie Fingers† | Oakland Athletics | Relief pitcher |

* 1–0 record and 2 saves over 4 appearances
* 2 earned runs allowed over 9+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 6 strikeouts

| [26]
1975 |  Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | Third baseman |

* .370 batting average
* 10 hits
* 2 runs batted in

| [27]
1976 |  Johnny Bench† | Cincinnati Reds | Catcher |

* .533 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 6 runs batted in

| [28]
1977 |  Reggie Jackson† (2)  | New York Yankees | Outfielder |

* .450 batting average
* 5 home runs (3 in Game 6)
* 8 runs batted in

| [29]
1978 |  Bucky Dent | New York Yankees | Shortstop |

* .417 batting average
* 10 hits
* 7 runs batted in

| [30]
1979*  |  Willie Stargell† | Pittsburgh Pirates | First baseman |

* .400 batting average
* 7 extra-base hits
* 7 runs batted in

| [31]
1980 |  Mike Schmidt† | Philadelphia Phillies | Third baseman |

* .381 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 7 runs batted in

| [32]
1981^  |  Ron Cey | Los Angeles Dodgers | Third baseman |

* .350 batting average
* 1 home run
* 6 runs batted in

| [33]
Pedro Guerrero | Outfielder |

* .333 batting average
* 4 extra-base hits
* 7 runs batted in

| [33]
Steve Yeager | Catcher |

* .286 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 4 runs batted in

| [33]
1982*  |  Darrell Porter | St. Louis Cardinals | Catcher |

* .286 batting average
* 1 home run
* 5 runs batted in

| [34]
1983 |  Rick Dempsey | Baltimore Orioles | Catcher |

* .385 batting average
* 5 hits; all were extra-base hits\- (4 doubles and 1 home run)
* 2 runs batted in

| [35]
1984 |  Alan Trammell† | Detroit Tigers | Shortstop |

* .450 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 6 runs batted in

| [36]
1985 |  Bret Saberhagen | Kansas City Royals | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; both were complete games\- 1 shutout
* 1 earned run allowed over 18 innings pitched
* 10 strikeouts

| [37]
1986 |  Ray Knight | New York Mets | Third baseman |

* .391 batting average
* Series-winning home run in 7th inning of Game 7
* 5 runs batted in

| [38]
1987 |  Frank Viola | Minnesota Twins | Starting pitcher |

* 2–1 record over 3 games started
* 8 earned runs allowed over 19+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 16 strikeouts

| [39]
1988*  |  Orel Hershiser | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; both were complete games\- 1 shutout
* 1.000 batting average; 2 doubles; 2.667 OPS
* 17 strikeouts

| [40]
1989 |  Dave Stewart | Oakland Athletics | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started; 1 shutout
* 3 earned runs allowed over 16 innings pitched
* 14 strikeouts

| [41]
1990 |  José Rijo | Cincinnati Reds | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started
* 1 earned run allowed over 15+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 14 strikeouts

| [42]
1991 |  Jack Morris† | Minnesota Twins | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 3 games started; 10-inning shutout in Game 7
* 3 earned runs allowed over 23 innings pitched
* 15 strikeouts

| [43]
1992 |  Pat Borders | Toronto Blue Jays | Catcher |

* .450 batting average
* 1 home run
* 3 runs batted in

| [44]
1993 |  Paul Molitor† | Toronto Blue Jays | Designated hitter,
first baseman,
third baseman |

* .500 batting average
* 12 hits; 6 extra-base hits
* 8 runs batted in/10 runs scored

| [45]
1994 | Series cancelled due to player's strike | [46]
1995 |  Tom Glavine† | Atlanta Braves | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started
* 2 earned runs allowed over 14 innings pitched
* 11 strikeouts

| [47]
1996 |  John Wetteland | New York Yankees | Relief pitcher |

* 4 saves over 5 appearances
* 1 earned run allowed over 4+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 6 strikeouts

| [48]
1997*  |  Liván Hernández# | Florida Marlins | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started
* 13+2⁄3 innings pitched
* 7 strikeouts

| [49][50]
1998 |  Scott Brosius | New York Yankees | Third baseman |

* .471 batting average
* 2 home runs in Game 3
* 6 runs batted in

| [51]
1999 |  Mariano Rivera† | New York Yankees | Relief pitcher |

* 1–0 record and 2 saves in 3 appearances
* 4+2⁄3 scoreless innings pitched
* 3 strikeouts

| [52][53]
2000 |  Derek Jeter† | New York Yankees | Shortstop |

* .409 batting average
* 2 home runs/ 19 total bases
* 6 runs scored

| [54][55]
2001^  |  Randy Johnson† | Arizona Diamondbacks | Pitcher |

* 3–0 record over 3 appearances (2 starts); 1 shutout
* 2 earned runs allowed over 17+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 19 strikeouts

| [56][57]
Curt Schilling | Starting pitcher |

* 1–0 record over 3 games started
* 4 earned runs allowed over 21+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 26 strikeouts

| [56][58]
2002 |  Troy Glaus | Anaheim Angels | Third baseman |

* .385 batting average
* 3 home runs
* 8 runs batted in

| [59][60]
2003 |  Josh Beckett | Florida Marlins | Starting pitcher |

* 1–1 record over 2 games started; 1 shutout
* 2 earned runs allowed over 16+1⁄3 innings pitched
* 19 strikeouts

| [61][62]
2004 |  Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox | Outfielder |

* .412 batting average
* 1 home run
* 4 runs batted in

| [63][64]
2005 |  Jermaine Dye | Chicago White Sox | Outfielder |

* .438 batting average
* 1 home run
* 3 runs batted in

| [65][66]
2006 |  David Eckstein | St. Louis Cardinals | Shortstop |

* .364 batting average
* 8 hits
* 4 runs batted in

| [67][68]
2007 |  Mike Lowell | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman |

* .400 batting average
* 1 home run
* 4 runs batted in

| [69][70]
2008*  |  Cole Hamels | Philadelphia Phillies | Starting pitcher |

* 1–0 record over 2 games started
* 4 earned runs allowed over 13 innings pitched
* 8 strikeouts

| [71][72]
2009 |  Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees | Designated hitter |

* .615 batting average
* 3 home runs
* 8 runs batted in

| [73][74]
2010 |  Edgar Rentería | San Francisco Giants | Shortstop |

* .412 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 6 runs batted in

| [75][76]
2011*  |  David Freese | St. Louis Cardinals | Third baseman |

* .348 batting average
* Game tying triple in the 9th and Walk-off home run in 11th inning of Game 6
* 7 runs batted in

| [77][78]
2012 |  Pablo Sandoval | San Francisco Giants | Third baseman |

* .500 batting average
* 3 home runs in Game 1
* 4 runs batted in

| [79][80]
2013 |  David Ortiz† | Boston Red Sox | Designated hitter |

* .688 batting average
* 2 home runs / 4 intentional walks
* 6 runs batted in

| [81][82][83]
2014*  |  Madison Bumgarner‡ | San Francisco Giants | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record and 1 save over 3 appearances (2 starts); 1 shutout
* 1 earned run allowed over 21 innings pitched
* 17 strikeouts

| [84][85][86]
2015 |  Salvador Pérez‡ | Kansas City Royals | Catcher |

* .364 batting average
* 51 innings caught in 5 games played
* 3 runs scored

| [87]
2016 |  Ben Zobrist | Chicago Cubs | Outfielder |

* .357 batting average
* 10 hits, including go-ahead RBI double in 10th inning of Game 7
* 5 runs scored

| [88]
2017 |  George Springer‡ | Houston Astros | Outfielder |

* .379 batting average
* 5 home runs, 7 runs batted in
* 8 runs scored, 11 hits

| [89]
2018 |

Steve Pearce

| Boston Red Sox | First baseman |

* .333 batting average
* 3 home runs, 8 runs batted in
* 1.167 slugging percentage

| [90]
2019 |  Stephen Strasburg‡ | Washington Nationals | Starting pitcher |

* 2–0 record over 2 games started
* 4 earned runs allowed over 14 innings pitched
* 14 strikeouts

| [91]
2020*  |  Corey Seager‡ | Los Angeles Dodgers | Shortstop |

* .400 batting average
* 2 home runs
* 5 runs batted in

| [92]
2021 |  Jorge Soler‡ | Atlanta Braves | Right fielder, designated hitter |

* .300 batting average
* 3 go-ahead home runs
* 6 runs batted in

| [93]
2022*  |  Jeremy Peña#‡ | Houston Astros | Shortstop |

* .400 batting average
* 10 hits, including a go-ahead home run in the fourth inning of Game 5
* 1.023 on-base plus slugging

| [94]
2023 |  Corey Seager‡ (2)  | Texas Rangers | Shortstop |

* 3 home runs, including a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of Game 1
* 6 runs batted in
* 1.137 on-base plus slugging

| [95]

### Winners by teams

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| Team  | Total

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New York Yankees | 12
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers | 9
St. Louis Cardinals | 5
Boston Red Sox | 4
Oakland Athletics | 4
Baltimore Orioles | 3
Cincinnati Reds | 3
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves | 3
San Francisco Giants | 3
Arizona Diamondbacks | 2
Detroit Tigers | 2
Florida Marlins | 2
Houston Astros | 2
Kansas City Royals | 2
Minnesota Twins | 2
New York Mets | 2
Philadelphia Phillies | 2
Pittsburgh Pirates | 2
Toronto Blue Jays | 2
Anaheim Angels | 1
Chicago Cubs | 1
Chicago White Sox | 1
Texas Rangers | 1
Washington Nationals | 1

### Winners by position

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| Position  | Total

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Pitcher | 29
Third baseman | 10
Outfielder | 9
Shortstop | 8
Catcher | 7
Designated hitter | 3
First baseman | 3
Second baseman | 1

## Notes

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Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Corey Seager are the only players who were named World Series MVP multiple times; each won the award twice.

* Johnny Podres won the inaugural award in 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Podres, with nine wins and ten losses during the regular season, beat the Yankees twice in the series; both victories were complete games.[6]
* Don Larsen won the 1956 World Series MVP after pitching the only no-hitter in World Series history, in the fifth game of the series; the no-hitter was also a perfect game.[96][97]
* Bobby Richardson won the 1960 World Series MVP while playing for the losing team in the series, the New York Yankees, and had 12 runs batted in, a World Series record;[98] he is also the only second baseman to win the World Series MVP.[99]
* The first non-American to win the award was Pedro Guerrero in 1981.
* In 1977, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in the deciding game, taking the nickname "Mr. October", in which October is the month of the MLB postseason;[100] Jackson had a total of five home runs in the series, a World Series record.[98]
* Willie Stargell won the 1979 World Series MVP at the age of 39, and is the oldest World Series MVP.[101]
* In 1996, John Wetteland won the World Series MVP, setting a World Series record with four saves.[102]
* In 2000, Derek Jeter won the World Series MVP and the All-Star Game MVP in the same season, the only player to do so.
* Stephen Strasburg (2019) is the only first overall draft pick to win the award.[103]
* 22 World Series MVPs have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame:[104] Alan Trammell (1984), Jack Morris (1991), Paul Molitor (1993), Tom Glavine (1995), Mariano Rivera (1999), Derek Jeter (2000), Randy Johnson (2001), and David Ortiz (2013) are the only Hall of Famers to have won the World Series MVP since 1981. Molitor was also the first designated hitter to win the World Series MVP.[99]
* Hideki Matsui, the 2009 winner, batted in six runs in the sixth game of the 2009 World Series, tying Richardson's record for most runs batted in for a single World Series game. Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the award, as well as the first player to win it as a full-time designated hitter.[105][106] He is also the only player named both a World Series and a Japan Series MVP.[107]
* Four players have won the award twice: Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965), Bob Gibson (1964, 1967), Jackson (1973, 1977), and Corey Seager (2020, 2023). Jackson and Seager are the only players to have won the award with two different teams, while Seager is the first player to win the award in both leagues.[108]
* There have been two occasions on which multiple winners were awarded in the same World Series: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager in 1981,[33] and Johnson and Schilling in 2001. The duo of Johnson and Schilling combined for all four of Arizona's wins in the 2001 World Series; Johnson had three of them.[56]
* Twelve of the fifty-eight World Series MVPs have also won the MLB MVP, the Cy Young Award, or the LCS MVP in the same season. Koufax (1963), Frank Robinson (1966), Jackson (1973), Stargell, and Mike Schmidt (1980) are the only players to have won the MLB MVP and the World Series MVP. A total of six players won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001).
* Nine players have won the World Series MVP in the same season in which they won the LCS MVP: Stargell (1979), Darrell Porter (1982), Hershiser (1988), Liván Hernández (1997), Cole Hamels (2008), David Freese (2011), Madison Bumgarner (2014), Corey Seager (2020), and Jeremy Peña (2022) — all of them except Peña, an American League player, were the NLCS MVPs.
* Koufax (1963) is the only person to have won the Cy Young Award, the MLB MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season, while Stargell (1979) is the only person to have won the MLB MVP, the LCS MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season. Hershiser (1988) won the Cy Young Award, the LCS MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season.[109][110][111]
* In the 4th inning of the 2015 All-Star Game, 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner pitched to future 2015 World Series MVP Salvador Pérez, who struck out but reached first due to a passed ball. This was the first time the previous year's MVP faced the current year's future MVP in the All-Star Game. Bumgarner and Pérez also faced each other in the final play of the 2014 World Series: Pérez popped out.

## See also

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* Babe Ruth Award
* List of Major League Baseball awards
* Baseball awards in the United States

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