Almanacco 9 novembre. 1943 , il lanciatore Spud Chandler è MVP della AL. TUTTI gli MVP della American League dal 1931 a oggi.

Oggi l’Almanacco  ricorda che nel 1943 Spud Chandler divenne il primo lanciatore dopo Lefty Grove nel 1931, ad essere votato MVP della American League.

Chandler guidò la classifica dei lanciatori con 20 vittorie e 4 sconfitte, 20 complete games, 4 shutouts , una percentuale vittoria di .833 e media ERA di 1,64.

Ma diamo uno sguardo a tutti gli MVP della storia del baseball di Major League

 

Year	American League winner	Team	Position	National League winner	Team	Position
1931	Lefty Grove†	Philadelphia Athletics	LHP	Frankie Frisch†	St. Louis Cardinals	2B
1932	Jimmie Foxx†	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Chuck Klein†	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1933	Jimmie Foxx† (2)	Philadelphia Athletics	1B	Carl Hubbell†	New York Giants	LHP
1934	Mickey Cochrane† (2)	Detroit Tigers	C	Dizzy Dean†	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP
1935	Hank Greenberg†§	Detroit Tigers	1B	Gabby Hartnett†	Chicago Cubs	C
1936	Lou Gehrig† (2)	New York Yankees	1B	Carl Hubbell†§ (2)	New York Giants	LHP
1937	Charlie Gehringer†	Detroit Tigers	2B	Joe Medwick†	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1938	Jimmie Foxx† (3)	Boston Red Sox	1B	Ernie Lombardi†	Cincinnati Reds	C
1939	Joe DiMaggio†	New York Yankees	OF	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	RHP
1940	Hank Greenberg† (2)	Detroit Tigers	OF	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	1B
1941	Joe DiMaggio† (2)	New York Yankees	OF	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	1B
1942	Joe Gordon†	New York Yankees	2B	Mort Cooper	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP
1943	Spud Chandler	New York Yankees	RHP	Stan Musial†	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1944	Hal Newhouser†	Detroit Tigers	LHP	Marty Marion	St. Louis Cardinals	SS
1945	Hal Newhouser† (2)	Detroit Tigers	LHP	Phil Cavarretta	Chicago Cubs	1B
1946	Ted Williams†	Boston Red Sox	OF	Stan Musial† (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1947	Joe DiMaggio† (3)	New York Yankees	OF	Bob Elliott	Boston Braves	3B
1948	Lou Boudreau†	Cleveland Indians	SS	Stan Musial† (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1949	Ted Williams† (2)	Boston Red Sox	OF	Jackie Robinson†	Brooklyn Dodgers	2B
1950	Phil Rizzuto†	New York Yankees	SS	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies	RHP
1951	Yogi Berra†	New York Yankees	C	Roy Campanella†	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
1952	Bobby Shantz	Philadelphia Athletics	LHP	Hank Sauer	Chicago Cubs	OF
1953	Al Rosen§	Cleveland Indians	3B	Roy Campanella† (2)	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
1954	Yogi Berra† (2)	New York Yankees	C	Willie Mays†	New York Giants	OF
1955	Yogi Berra† (3)	New York Yankees	C	Roy Campanella† (3)	Brooklyn Dodgers	C
1956	Mickey Mantle†§	New York Yankees	OF	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	RHP
1957	Mickey Mantle† (2)	New York Yankees	OF	Hank Aaron†	Milwaukee Braves	OF
1958	Jackie Jensen	Boston Red Sox	OF	Ernie Banks†	Chicago Cubs	SS
1959	Nellie Fox†	Chicago White Sox	2B	Ernie Banks† (2)	Chicago Cubs	SS
1960	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	OF	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
1961	Roger Maris (2)	New York Yankees	OF	Frank Robinson†§	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1962	Mickey Mantle† (3)	New York Yankees	OF	Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS
1963	Elston Howard	New York Yankees	C	Sandy Koufax†	Los Angeles Dodgers	LHP
1964	Brooks Robinson†	Baltimore Orioles	3B	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
1965	Zoilo Versalles	Minnesota Twins	SS	Willie Mays† (2)	San Francisco Giants	OF
1966	Frank Robinson†§ (2)	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Roberto Clemente†	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1967	Carl Yastrzemski†	Boston Red Sox	OF	Orlando Cepeda†§	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1968	Denny McLain§	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Bob Gibson†	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP
1969	Harmon Killebrew†	Minnesota Twins	3B	Willie McCovey†	San Francisco Giants	1B
1970	Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles	1B	Johnny Bench†	Cincinnati Reds	C
1971	Vida Blue	Oakland Athletics	LHP	Joe Torre†	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
1972	Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	1B	Johnny Bench† (2)	Cincinnati Reds	C
1973	Reggie Jackson†§	Oakland Athletics	OF	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1974	Jeff Burroughs	Texas Rangers	OF	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B
1975	Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	OF	Joe Morgan†	Cincinnati Reds	2B
1976	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C	Joe Morgan† (2)	Cincinnati Reds	2B
1977	Rod Carew†	Minnesota Twins	1B	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1978	Jim Rice†	Boston Red Sox	OF	Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1979[c]	Don Baylor	California Angels	DH	Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
1979[c]	—	—	—	Willie Stargell†	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B
1980	George Brett†	Kansas City Royals	3B	Mike Schmidt†§	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1981	Rollie Fingers†	Milwaukee Brewers	RHP	Mike Schmidt † (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1982	Robin Yount†	Milwaukee Brewers	SS	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	OF
1983	Cal Ripken, Jr.†	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Dale Murphy (2)	Atlanta Braves	OF
1984	Willie Hernández	Detroit Tigers	LHP	Ryne Sandberg†	Chicago Cubs	2B
1985	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	1B	Willie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1986	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox	RHP	Mike Schmidt† (3)	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1987	George Bell	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	Andre Dawson†	Chicago Cubs	OF
1988	José Canseco§	Oakland Athletics	OF	Kirk Gibson	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
1989	Robin Yount† (2)	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants	OF
1990	Rickey Henderson†	Oakland Athletics	OF	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.† (2)	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Terry Pendleton	Atlanta Braves	3B
1992	Dennis Eckersley†	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Barry Bonds (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
1993	Frank Thomas†§	Chicago White Sox	1B	Barry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants	OF
1994	Frank Thomas† (2)	Chicago White Sox	1B	Jeff Bagwell§	Houston Astros	1B
1995	Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox	1B	Barry Larkin†	Cincinnati Reds	SS
1996	Juan González	Texas Rangers	OF	Ken Caminiti§	San Diego Padres	3B
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.§	Seattle Mariners	OF	Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	OF
1998	Juan González (2)	Texas Rangers	OF	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	OF
1999	Iván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers	C	Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B
2000	Jason Giambi^	Oakland Athletics	1B	Jeff Kent	San Francisco Giants	2B
2001	Ichiro Suzuki^	Seattle Mariners	OF	Barry Bonds (4)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2002	Miguel Tejada^	Oakland Athletics	SS	Barry Bonds§ (5)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2003	Alex Rodriguez^	Texas Rangers	SS	Barry Bonds (6)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2004	Vladimir Guerrero	Anaheim Angels	OF	Barry Bonds (7)	San Francisco Giants	OF
2005	Alex Rodriguez^ (2)	New York Yankees	3B	Albert Pujols^	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2006	Justin Morneau^	Minnesota Twins	1B	Ryan Howard^	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
2007	Alex Rodriguez^ (3)	New York Yankees	3B	Jimmy Rollins^	Philadelphia Phillies	SS
2008	Dustin Pedroia^	Boston Red Sox	2B	Albert Pujols^ (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2009	Joe Mauer^	Minnesota Twins	C	Albert Pujols^§ (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	1B
2010	Josh Hamilton^	Texas Rangers	OF	Joey Votto^	Cincinnati Reds	1B
2011	Justin Verlander^	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Ryan Braun^	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
2012	Miguel Cabrera^	Detroit Tigers	3B	Buster Posey^	San Francisco Giants	C
2013	Miguel Cabrera^ (2)	Detroit Tigers	3B	Andrew McCutchen^	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF