MLB ALL-STAR GAME MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

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The last season when two All-Star Games were played during the same season was in 1962. This was also the first year a committee of writers and executives, in attendance, voted for the All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award.

The All-Star Game MVP was originally called the Arch Ward Memorial Award in honor of sportswriter Arch Ward, who is credited with the idea of having this middle of the season classic event. In 1970 the award was renamed The Commissioner's Trophy, and fourteen years later it resumed its original title. In 2002, the only year where no player won the award, it was renamed the Ted Williams Award in honor of the deceased slugger.

What follows is a complete list of the recipients, leagues, teams, and position they were playing when each All-Star most valuable player was honored at the Midsummer Classic. NOTE: The year column links to the actual All-Star Game, the player names link to the player's career stats, the team name links to the franchise home page, and quantity data is displayed in columns, where applicable. Research by Baseball Almanac.

"They throw the ball, I hit it; they hit the ball, I catch it." - Hall of Famer (1963 / 1968 All-Star Most Valuable Player Award Recipient) Willie Mays

All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
Year	Names^(Quantity)	LG^(Qty)	Team^(Quantity)	POS
1962	Maury Wills⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰¹⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽¹⁾	SS
1962	Leon Wagner⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰¹⁾	Los Angeles Angels⁽¹⁾	OF
1963	Willie Mays⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰²⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽¹⁾	OF
1964	Johnny Callison⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰³⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽¹⁾	OF
1965	Juan Marichal⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁴⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽²⁾	P
1966	Brooks Robinson⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰²⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽¹⁾	3B
1967	Tony Perez⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁵⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽¹⁾	3B
1968	Willie Mays⁽²⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁶⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽³⁾	OF
1969	Willie McCovey⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁷⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽⁴⁾	1B
1970	Carl Yastrzemski⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰³⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽¹⁾	1B
1971	Frank Robinson⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁴⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽²⁾	OF
1972	Joe Morgan⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁸⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽²⁾	2B
1973	Bobby Bonds⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽⁰⁹⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽⁵⁾	OF
1974	Steve Garvey⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁰⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽²⁾	1B
1975	Bill Madlock⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹¹⁾	Chicago Cubs⁽¹⁾	3B
1975	Jon Matlack⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹¹⁾	New York Mets⁽¹⁾	P
1976	George Foster⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹²⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽³⁾	OF
1977	Don Sutton⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹³⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽³⁾	P
1978	Steve Garvey⁽²⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁴⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽⁴⁾	1B
1979	Dave Parker⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁵⁾	Pittsburgh Pirates⁽¹⁾	OF
1980	Ken Griffey⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁶⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽⁴⁾	OF
1981	Gary Carter⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁷⁾	Montreal Expos⁽¹⁾	C
1982	Dave Concepcion⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁸⁾	Cincinnati Reds⁽⁵⁾	SS
1983	Fred Lynn⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁵⁾	California Angels⁽²⁾	OF
1984	Gary Carter⁽²⁾	N.L.⁽¹⁹⁾	Montreal Expos⁽²⁾	C
1985	La Marr Hoyt⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁰⁾	San Diego Padres⁽¹⁾	P
1986	Roger Clemens⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁶⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽²⁾	P
1987	Tim Raines⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²¹⁾	Montreal Expos⁽³⁾	LF
1988	Terry Steinbach⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁷⁾	Oakland Athletics⁽¹⁾	C
1989	Bo Jackson⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁸⁾	Kansas City Royals⁽¹⁾	LF
1990	Julio Franco⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽⁰⁹⁾	Texas Rangers⁽¹⁾	2B
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁰⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽³⁾	SS
1992	Ken Griffey, Jr.⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹¹⁾	Seattle Mariners⁽¹⁾	CF
1993	Kirby Puckett⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹²⁾	Minnesota Twins⁽¹⁾	CF
1994	Fred McGriff⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²²⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽¹⁾	1B
1995	Jeff Conine⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²³⁾	Florida Marlins⁽¹⁾	LF
1996	Mike Piazza⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁴⁾	Los Angeles Dodgers⁽⁵⁾	C
1997	Sandy Alomar, Jr.⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹³⁾	Cleveland Indians⁽¹⁾	C
1998	Roberto Alomar⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁴⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽⁴⁾	2B
1999	Pedro Martinez⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁵⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽³⁾	P
2000	Derek Jeter⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁶⁾	New York Yankees⁽¹⁾	SS
2001	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽²⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁷⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽⁵⁾	3B
2002	Award Not Issued^(n/a)	n/a^(n/a)	n/a^(n/a)	n/a
2003	Garret Anderson⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁸⁾	Anaheim Angels⁽³⁾	LF
2004	Alfonso Soriano⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽¹⁹⁾	Texas Rangers⁽²⁾	2B
2005	Miguel Tejada⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁰⁾	Baltimore Orioles⁽⁶⁾	SS
2006	Michael Young⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²¹⁾	Texas Rangers⁽³⁾	2B
2007	Ichiro Suzuki⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²²⁾	Seattle Mariners⁽²⁾	CF
2008	J.D. Drew⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²³⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽⁴⁾	RF
2009	Carl Crawford⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁴⁾	Tampa Bay Rays⁽¹⁾	LF
2010	Brian McCann⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁵⁾	Atlanta Braves⁽²⁾	C
2011	Prince Fielder⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁶⁾	Milwaukee Brewers⁽¹⁾	1B
2012	Melky Cabrera⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁷⁾	San Francisco Giants⁽⁶⁾	OF
2013	Mariano Rivera⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁵⁾	New York Yankees⁽²⁾	P
2014	Mike Trout⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁶⁾	Los Angeles Angels⁽⁴⁾	LF
2015	Mike Trout⁽²⁾	A.L.⁽²⁷⁾	Los Angeles Angels⁽⁵⁾	CF
2016	Eric Hosmer⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁸⁾	Kansas City Royals⁽²⁾	1B
2017	Robinson Cano⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽²⁹⁾	Seattle Mariners⁽³⁾	2B
2018	Alex Bregman⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³⁰⁾	Houston Astros⁽¹⁾	3B
2019	Shane Bieber⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³¹⁾	Cleveland Indians⁽²⁾	RHP
2020	Award Not Issued^(n/a)	n/a	Covid 19 Pandemic^(n/a)	n/a
2021	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³²⁾	Toronto Blue Jays⁽¹⁾	1B
2022	Giancarlo Stanton⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³³⁾	New York Yankees⁽³⁾	RF
2023	Elias Díaz⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁸⁾	Colorado Rockies⁽¹⁾	C
2024	Jarren Duran⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³⁴⁾	Boston Red Sox⁽⁵⁾	CF
2025	Kyle Schwarber⁽¹⁾	N.L.⁽²⁹⁾	Philadelphia Phillies⁽²⁾	DH
2026	Cody Bellinger ⁽¹⁾	A.L.⁽³⁵⁾	New York Yankees⁽⁴⁾	RF
2027	Not Yet Awarded^(07-2027)	--	--	--
Year	Names^(Quantity)	LG^(Qty)	Team^(Quantity)	POS
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