The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

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The Sporting News established The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929. The award was given annually to the player in each league judged by TSN baseball experts as being Most Valuable in each league. The awards were discontinued in 1946.

Year	American League	Club	National League	Club
1929	Al Simmons OF	Philadelphia Athletics	None	N/A
1930	Joe Cronin SS	Washington Senators	Bill Terry 1B	New York Giants
1931	Lou Gehrig1B	New York Yankees	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies
1932	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants
1934	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	Dizzy Dean	St. Louis Cardinals
1935	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates
1936	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants
1937	Charlie Gehringer	Detroit Tigers	Joe Medwick OF	St. Louis Cardinals
1938	Jimmie Foxx 1B	Boston Red Sox	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds
1939	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds
1940	Hank Greenberg OF	Detroit Tigers	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds
1941	Joe DiMaggio OF	New York Yankees	Dolph Camilli 1B	Brooklyn Dodgers
1942	Joe Gordon 2B	New York Yankees	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	Stan Musial OF	St. Louis Cardinals
1944	Bobby Doerr 2B	Boston Red Sox	Marty Marion SS	St. Louis Cardinals
1945	Eddie Mayo 2B	Detroit Tigers	Tommy Holmes OF	Boston Braves

[edit] See also

MLB Most Valuable Player Award