We covered all you need to know about MLB's World Series MVP Award, including past winners, when the award is announced, and more.
Who won MLB World Series MVP in 2024?
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman won the 2024 MLB World Series MVP Award. Over five games against the New York Yankees, he went 6-for-20 with four home runs, one triple, 12 RBI, a 2-1 walk-to-strikeout ratio, and a .300/.364/1.000 slash line.
MLB World Series MVP Winners
Year | Name | Team |
2024 | Freddie Freeman | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2023 | Corey Seager | Texas Rangers |
2022 | Jeremy Peña | Houston Astros |
2021 | Jorge Soler | Atlanta Braves |
2020 | Corey Seager | Los Angeles Dodgers |
2019 | Stephen Strasburg | Washington Nationals |
2018 | Steve Pearce | Boston Red Sox |
2017 | George Springer | Houston Astros |
2016 | Ben Zobrist | Chicago Cubs |
2015 | Salvador Pérez | Kansas City Royals |
2014 | Madison Bumgarner | San Francisco Giants |
2013 | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox |
2012 | Pablo Sandoval | San Francisco Giants |
2011 | David Freese | St. Louis Cardinals |
2010 | Edgar Rentería | San Francisco Giants |
2009 | Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees |
2008 | Cole Hamels | Philadelphia Phillies |
2007 | Mike Lowell | Boston Red Sox |
2006 | David Eckstein | St. Louis Cardinals |
2005 | Jermaine Dye | Chicago White Sox |
2004 | Manny Ramírez | Boston Red Sox |
2003 | Josh Beckett | Florida Marlins |
2002 | Troy Glaus | Anaheim Angels |
2001 | Randy Johnson & Curt Schilling | Arizona Diamondbacks |
2000 | Derek Jeter | New York Yankees |
1999 | Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees |
1998 | Scott Brosius | New York Yankees |
1997 | Liván Hernández | Florida Marlins |
1996 | John Wetteland | New York Yankees |
1995 | Tom Glavine | Atlanta Braves |
1994 | No World Series |
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1993 | Paul Molitor | Toronto Blue Jays |
1992 | Pat Borders | Toronto Blue Jays |
1991 | Jack Morris | Minnesota Twins |
1990 | José Rijo | Cincinnati Reds |
1989 | Dave Stewart | Oakland Athletics |
1988 | Orel Hershiser | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1987 | Frank Viola | Minnesota Twins |
1986 | Ray Knight | New York Mets |
1985 | Bret Saberhagen | Kansas City Royals |
1984 | Alan Trammell | Detroit Tigers |
1983 | Rick Dempsey | Baltimore Orioles |
1982 | Darrell Porter | St. Louis Cardinals |
1981 | Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero & Steve Yeager | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1980 | Mike Schmidt | Philadelphia Phillies |
1979 | Willie Stargell | Pittsburgh Pirates |
1978 | Bucky Dent | New York Yankees |
1977 | Reggie Jackson | New York Yankees |
1976 | Johnny Bench | Cincinnati Reds |
1975 | Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds |
1974 | Rollie Fingers | Oakland Athletics |
1973 | Reggie Jackson | Oakland Athletics |
1972 | Gene Tenace | Oakland Athletics |
1971 | Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates |
1970 | Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles |
1969 | Donn Clendenon | New York Mets |
1968 | Mickey Lolich | Detroit Tigers |
1967 | Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals |
1966 | Frank Robinson | Baltimore Orioles |
1965 | Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1964 | Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals |
1963 | Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1962 | Ralph Terry | New York Yankees |
1961 | Whitey Ford | New York Yankees |
1960 | Bobby Richardson | New York Yankees |
1959 | Larry Sherry | Los Angeles Dodgers |
1958 | Bob Turley | New York Yankees |
1957 | Lew Burdette | Milwaukee Braves |
1956 | Don Larsen | New York Yankees |
1955 | Johnny Podres | Brooklyn Dodgers |
MLB World Series MVP announcement
Major League Baseball announced the winner of its annual World Series MVP Award after the final game of each year's World Series as part of the postgame celebration, even in the rare occasion that a player on the losing team wins the award (which has only happened once, when Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees won it in 1960 in a losing effort to the Pittsburgh Pirates).
MLB World Series MVP voting
A committee of journalists and baseball officials present for at least the final game of the World Series vote for the award. The committee considers factors including players' statistical performances in the series, their impact in clutch moments, and their impact on the series.
MLB World Series MVP trophy
In 2017, MLB renamed the World Series MVP award after legendary outfielder Willie Mays. The trophy features a bronze sculpture of Mays making 'The Catch' during the 1954 World Series, an image still prominent in baseball history.
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