Baseball America Major League Player of the Year

The Baseball America Major League Player of the Year award is given each year by Baseball America to the best player—at any position—in Major League Baseball. (Baseball America does not have a Pitcher of the Year award.^[1]) The award was first presented in 1998.

Key

Year	The year the player won the award
Player	Name of the player
Team	The player's team at the time he won the award
Position	The player's position at the time he won the award
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame
‡	Denotes player who is still active

Winners

See footnotes^[2][3]

Year	Player	Team	Position	Ref
1998	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
1999	Pedro Martínez*	Boston Red Sox	Pitcher
2000	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	Outfielder
2002	Alex Rodriguez (2)	Texas Rangers	Shortstop
2003	Barry Bonds (2)	San Francisco Giants	Outfielder
2004	Barry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants	Outfielder
2005	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
2006	Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins	Pitcher	[4]
2007	Alex Rodriguez (3)	New York Yankees	Third baseman	[5]
2008	CC Sabathia*	Cleveland Indians Milwaukee Brewers	Pitcher	[6]
2009	Joe Mauer*	Minnesota Twins	Catcher	[7]
2010	Roy Halladay*	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher	[8]
2011	Matt Kemp‡	Los Angeles Dodgers	Outfielder	[9]
2012	Mike Trout‡	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder
2013	Mike Trout‡ (2)	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder	[10]
2014	Clayton Kershaw‡	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher	[11]
2015	Bryce Harper‡	Washington Nationals	Outfielder
2016	Mike Trout‡ (3)	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder	[12]
2017	Jose Altuve‡	Houston Astros	Second baseman	[13]
2018	Mike Trout‡ (4)	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder	[14]
2019	Justin Verlander‡	Houston Astros	Pitcher
2020	Freddie Freeman‡	Atlanta Braves	First baseman
2021	Shohei Ohtani‡	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher / Designated hitter	[15]
2022	Aaron Judge‡	New York Yankees	Outfielder	[16]
2023	Shohei Ohtani‡ (2)	Los Angeles Angels	Pitcher / Designated hitter
2024	Aaron Judge‡ (2)	New York Yankees	Outfielder

See also

• Baseball portal

• Players Choice Awards Player of the Year (in MLB; for all positions)
• Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award (in MLB; for all positions)
• "Esurance MLB Awards" Best Major Leaguer (in MLB; for all positions) (also Best Hitter and Best Pitcher)
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award (in MLB; for all positions) (Sporting News also has a Pitcher of the Year award for each league)
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award (in each league) (discontinued in 1946)
• Baseball Digest Player of the Year (in MLB; for position players) (from 1969 to 1993, included all positions; in 1994, a separate Pitcher of the Year award was added)
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis Most Valuable Player Award (in each league; for all positions) (MLB also has the Cy Young Award for a pitcher in each league)
• Baseball America Rookie of the Year
• Baseball awards § U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB
• List of MLB awards