World Series Most Valuable Player Award
The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series,[1] which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 as the SPORT Magazine Award, but is now decided during the final game of the Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game.[2][3] On September 29, 2017, it was renamed in honor of Willie Mays in remembrance of the 63rd anniversary of The Catch.[4] Mays never won the award himself.
Sport | Baseball |
---|---|
League | Major League Baseball |
Awarded for | Annual most valuable player of the World Series |
Country | United States, Canada |
Presented by | Major League Baseball |
History | |
First award | 1955 |
Most recent | Jorge Soler (Braves) |
Pitchers have been named Series MVP twenty-nine (29) times; four of them were relief pitchers. Twelve of the first fourteen World Series MVPs were won by pitchers; from 1969 until 1986, the proportion of pitcher MVPs declined—Rollie Fingers (1974) and Bret Saberhagen (1985) were the only two pitchers to win the award in this period. From 1987 until 1991, all of the World Series MVPs were pitchers, and, since 1995, pitchers have won the award nine times. Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees is the only player in World Series history to be named MVP despite being on the losing team and as the second basemen in the same year. Stephen Strasburg (2019 winner), is the only first overall draft pick to win the award.[5] The most recent winner is Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler, who won the award in 2021.
Trophy
The World Series MVP award up to 2017 was a trophy that was similar to the Commissioner's Trophy, albeit scaled down and with a single large gold-plated flag.
After being renamed to Willie Mays World Series MVP Award for the 2018 edition and onward, the trophy is a wooden pedestal topped by a bronze sculpture of Willie Mays making the iconic catch in the 1954 World Series.
General Motors has provided a vehicle to the World Series MVP winner for 14 straight seasons through 2018.[6]
Winners
Year | Links to the article about that corresponding World Series |
---|---|
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | |
Active player | |
* | Indicates player also won the LCS MVP Award in the same postseason |
§ | Indicates losing team in the World Series |
^ | Indicates multiple award winners in the same World Series |
(#) | Indicates number of times winning World Series MVP at that point (if he won multiple times) |
Year | Player | Team | Position | Selected statistics | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1955 | Johnny Podres | Brooklyn Dodgers | Starting pitcher |
|
[7] |
1956 | Don Larsen | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |
|
[9] |
1957 | Lew Burdette | Milwaukee Braves | Starting pitcher |
|
[10] |
1958 | Bob Turley | New York Yankees | Pitcher |
|
[11] |
1959 | Larry Sherry | Los Angeles Dodgers | Relief pitcher |
|
[12] |
1960 | Bobby Richardson | New York Yankees§ | Second baseman |
|
[13] |
1961 | Whitey Ford | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |
|
[14] |
1962 | Ralph Terry | New York Yankees | Starting pitcher |
|
[15] |
1963 | Sandy Koufax | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |
|
[16] |
1964 | Bob Gibson | St. Louis Cardinals | Starting pitcher |
|
[17] |
1965 | Sandy Koufax (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |
|
[18] |
1966 | Frank Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | Outfielder |
|
[19] |
1967 | Bob Gibson (2) | St. Louis Cardinals | Starting pitcher |
|
[20] |
1968 | Mickey Lolich | Detroit Tigers | Starting pitcher |
|
[21] |
1969 | Donn Clendenon | New York Mets | First baseman |
|
[22] |
1970 | Brooks Robinson | Baltimore Orioles | Third baseman |
|
[23] |
1971 | Roberto Clemente | Pittsburgh Pirates | Outfielder |
|
[24] |
1972 | Gene Tenace | Oakland Athletics | Catcher |
|
[25] |
1973 | Reggie Jackson | Oakland Athletics | Outfielder |
|
[26] |
1974 | Rollie Fingers | Oakland Athletics | Relief pitcher |
|
[27] |
1975 | Pete Rose | Cincinnati Reds | Third baseman |
|
[28] |
1976 | Johnny Bench | Cincinnati Reds | Catcher |
|
[29] |
1977 | Reggie Jackson (2) | New York Yankees | Outfielder |
|
[30] |
1978 | Bucky Dent | New York Yankees | Shortstop |
|
[31] |
1979* | Willie Stargell | Pittsburgh Pirates | First baseman |
|
[32] |
1980 | Mike Schmidt | Philadelphia Phillies | Third baseman |
|
[33] |
1981^ | Ron Cey | Los Angeles Dodgers | Third baseman |
|
[34] |
Pedro Guerrero | Outfielder |
|
[34] | ||
Steve Yeager | Catcher |
|
[34] | ||
1982* | Darrell Porter | St. Louis Cardinals | Catcher |
|
[35] |
1983 | Rick Dempsey | Baltimore Orioles | Catcher |
|
[36] |
1984 | Alan Trammell | Detroit Tigers | Shortstop |
|
[37] |
1985 | Bret Saberhagen | Kansas City Royals | Starting pitcher |
|
[38] |
1986 | Ray Knight | New York Mets | Third baseman |
|
[39] |
1987 | Frank Viola | Minnesota Twins | Starting pitcher |
|
[40] |
1988* | Orel Hershiser | Los Angeles Dodgers | Starting pitcher |
|
[41] |
1989 | Dave Stewart | Oakland Athletics | Starting pitcher |
|
[42] |
1990 | José Rijo | Cincinnati Reds | Starting pitcher |
|
[43] |
1991 | Jack Morris | Minnesota Twins | Starting pitcher |
|
[44] |
1992 | Pat Borders | Toronto Blue Jays | Catcher |
|
[45] |
1993 | Paul Molitor | Toronto Blue Jays | Designated hitter, first baseman, third baseman |
|
[46] |
1994 | Series cancelled due to player's strike | [47] | |||
1995 | Tom Glavine | Atlanta Braves | Starting pitcher |
|
[48] |
1996 | John Wetteland | New York Yankees | Relief pitcher |
|
[49] |
1997* | Liván Hernández | Florida Marlins | Starting pitcher |
|
[50][51] |
1998 | Scott Brosius | New York Yankees | Third baseman |
|
[52] |
1999 | Mariano Rivera | New York Yankees | Relief pitcher |
|
[53][54] |
2000 | Derek Jeter | New York Yankees | Shortstop |
|
[55][56] |
2001^ | Randy Johnson | Arizona Diamondbacks | Pitcher |
|
[57][58] |
Curt Schilling | Starting pitcher |
|
[57][59] | ||
2002 | Troy Glaus | Anaheim Angels | Third baseman |
|
[60][61] |
2003 | Josh Beckett | Florida Marlins | Starting pitcher |
|
[62][63] |
2004 | Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox | Outfielder |
|
[64][65] |
2005 | Jermaine Dye | Chicago White Sox | Outfielder |
|
[66][67] |
2006 | David Eckstein | St. Louis Cardinals | Shortstop |
|
[68][69] |
2007 | Mike Lowell | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman |
|
[70][71] |
2008* | Cole Hamels | Philadelphia Phillies | Starting pitcher |
|
[72][73] |
2009 | Hideki Matsui | New York Yankees | Designated hitter |
|
[74][75] |
2010 | Edgar Rentería | San Francisco Giants | Shortstop |
|
[76][77] |
2011* | David Freese | St. Louis Cardinals | Third baseman |
|
[78][79] |
2012 | Pablo Sandoval | San Francisco Giants | Third baseman |
|
[80][81] |
2013 | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox | Designated hitter |
|
[82][83][84] |
2014* | Madison Bumgarner | San Francisco Giants | Starting pitcher |
|
[85][86][87] |
2015 | Salvador Pérez | Kansas City Royals | Catcher |
|
[88] |
2016 | Ben Zobrist | Chicago Cubs | Outfielder |
|
[89] |
2017 | George Springer | Houston Astros | Outfielder |
|
[90] |
2018 |
Steve Pearce |
Boston Red Sox | First baseman |
|
[91] |
2019 | Stephen Strasburg | Washington Nationals | Starting pitcher |
|
[92] |
2020* | Corey Seager | Los Angeles Dodgers | Shortstop |
|
[93] |
2021 | Jorge Soler | Atlanta Braves | Right fielder, designated hitter |
|
[94] |
By team
Team | Total |
---|---|
New York Yankees | 12 |
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers | 9 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 5 |
Boston Red Sox | 4 |
Oakland Athletics | 4 |
Baltimore Orioles | 3 |
Cincinnati Reds | 3 |
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves | 3 |
San Francisco Giants | 3 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 2 |
Detroit Tigers | 2 |
Florida Marlins | 2 |
Kansas City Royals | 2 |
Minnesota Twins | 2 |
New York Mets | 2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 2 |
Anaheim Angels | 1 |
Chicago Cubs | 1 |
Chicago White Sox | 1 |
Houston Astros | 1 |
Washington Nationals | 1 |
By position
Position | Total |
---|---|
Pitcher | 29 |
Third baseman | 10 |
Outfielder | 9 |
Catcher | 7 |
Shortstop | 6 |
Designated hitter | 3 |
First baseman | 3 |
Second baseman | 1 |
Pitching total includes both starting and relief roles.
Multiple winners
Player | Position | Wins | Years |
---|---|---|---|
Sandy Koufax | starting pitcher | 2 | 1963, 1965 |
Bob Gibson | starting pitcher | 2 | 1964, 1967 |
Reggie Jackson | outfielder | 2 | 1973, 1977 |
See also
- Babe Ruth Award
- List of Major League Baseball awards
- Baseball awards#United States
Notes
- Johnny Podres won the inaugural award in 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Podres, with nine wins and ten losses during the regular season, beat the Yankees twice in the series; both victories were complete games.[7]
- Don Larsen won the 1956 World Series MVP after pitching the only no-hitter in World Series history, in the fifth game of the series; the no-hitter was also a perfect game.[95][96]
- Bobby Richardson won the 1960 World Series MVP while playing for the losing team in the series, the New York Yankees, and had 12 runs batted in, a World Series record;[97] he is also the only second baseman to win the World Series MVP.[98]
- The first non-American to win the award was Pedro Guerrero in 1981.
- In 1977, Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in the deciding game, taking the nickname "Mr. October", in which October is the month of the MLB postseason;[99] Jackson had a total of five home runs in the series, a World Series record.[97]
- Willie Stargell won the 1979 World Series MVP at the age of 39, and is the oldest World Series MVP.[100]
- In 1996, John Wetteland won the World Series MVP, setting a World Series record with four saves.[101]
- In 2000, Derek Jeter won the World Series MVP and the All-Star Game MVP in the same season, the only player to do so.
- 22 World Series MVPs have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame:[102] Alan Trammell (1984), Jack Morris (1991), Paul Molitor (1993), Tom Glavine (1995), Mariano Rivera (1999), Derek Jeter (2000), Randy Johnson (2001), and David Ortiz (2013) are the only Hall of Famers to have won the World Series MVP since 1981. Molitor was also the first designated hitter to win the World Series MVP.[98]
- Hideki Matsui, the 2009 winner, batted in six runs in the sixth game of the 2009 World Series, tying Richardson's record of most runs batted in for a single World Series game. Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the award, as well as the first player to win it as a full-time designated hitter.[103][104] He is also the only player named both a World Series and a Japan Series MVP.[105]
- Three players have won the award twice: Sandy Koufax (1963, 1965), Gibson (1964, 1967), and Jackson (1973, 1977); Jackson is the only player to have won the award with two different teams. There have been two occasions on which multiple winners were awarded in the same World Series: Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, and Steve Yeager in 1981,[34] and Johnson and Schilling in 2001. The duo of Johnson and Schilling combined for all four of Arizona's wins in the 2001 World Series; Johnson had three of them.[57]
- Twelve of the fifty-eight World Series MVPs have also won the MLB MVP, the Cy Young Award, or the LCS MVP in the same season. Koufax (1963), Frank Robinson (1966), Jackson (1973), Stargell, and Mike Schmidt (1980) are the only players to have won the MLB MVP and the World Series MVP. A total of six players won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). Eight players have won the World Series MVP in the same season in which they won the LCS MVP: Stargell (1979), Darrell Porter (1982), Hershiser (1988), Liván Hernández (1997), Cole Hamels (2008), David Freese (2011), Madison Bumgarner (2014), and Corey Seager (2020)—all of them were the NLCS MVPs. Koufax (1963) is the only person to have won the Cy Young Award, the MLB MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season, while Stargell (1979) is the only person to have won the MLB MVP, the LCS MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season. Hershiser (1988) won the Cy Young Award, the LCS MVP, and the World Series MVP in the same season.[106][107][108]
- In the 4th inning of the 2015 All-Star Game, 2014 World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner pitched to future 2015 World Series MVP Salvador Pérez, who struck out but reached first due to a passed ball. This was the first time the previous year's MVP faced the current year's future MVP in the All-Star Game. Bumgarner and Pérez also faced each other in the final play of the 2014 World Series: Pérez popped out.
References
- General
- "World Series History: Most Valuable Players". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- "Post-Season Awards & All-Star Game MVP Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- "Playoff and World Series Stats". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- Specific
- Rand, Michael (September 3, 2009). "Thursday (Derek Jeter over Joe Mauer for MVP?) edition: Wha' Happened?". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
- Dickson, Paul (2011). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. p. 945. ISBN 9780393073492. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
The SPORT Magazine Award, an annual award presented since 1955, originally by SPORT magazine in cooperation with the Chevrolet Motor Co. (the magazine ceased publication in 2000 and is no longer involved with the award).
- "World Series Most Valuable Player Award". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- Adler, David (September 29, 2017). "World Series MVP Award renamed for Mays". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- "Strasburg named World Series MVP".
- "World Series MVP Has to Wait for His 2020 Corvette". November 2019.
- "1955 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1956 World Series: Game 5". Major League Baseball. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- "1956 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1957 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1958 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1959 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1960 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1961 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1962 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1963 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1964 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1965 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1966 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1967 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1968 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1969 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1970 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1971 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1972 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1973 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1974 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1975 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1976 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1977 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1978 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1979 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1980 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1981 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1982 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1983 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1984 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1985 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1986 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1987 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1988 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1989 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1990 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1991 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1992 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1993 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- Bryant, Howard (2005). Juicing the Game. Penguin Group. p. 53. ISBN 0-670-03445-2.
- "1995 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1996 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1997 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Livan Hernandez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "1998 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "1999 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Mariano Rivera Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2000 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Derek Jeter Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2001 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Randy Johnson Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "Curt Schilling Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "2002 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Troy Glaus Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2003 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Josh Beckett Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2004 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Manny Ramirez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2005 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Jermaine Dye Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2006 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "David Eckstein Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2007 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Mike Lowell Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2008 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- "Cole Hamels Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2009 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "Hideki Matsui Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
- "2010 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "Edgar Renteria Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "2011 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "David Freese Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "2012 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "Pablo Sandoval Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "2013 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- "David Ortiz Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- DiComo, Anthony (October 31, 2013). "Most Valuable Papi: Ortiz outstanding". MLB.com. Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- Castrovince, Anthony (October 30, 2014). "MadBum seals MVP with outing, postseason for the ages". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- "2014 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- "Madison Bumgarner Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- Castrovince, Anthony (November 2, 2015). "Perez voted unanimous World Series MVP". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- Trezza, Joe (November 2, 2016). "Zobrist's heroics net MVP honors". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- Castrovince, Anthony (November 1, 2017). "Springer swats his way to MVP honors". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- Castrovince, Anthony (October 28, 2018). "Pearce rides midseason trade to Series MVP". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- Castrovince, Anthony (October 30, 2019). "Undefeated in October, Stras named WS MVP". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Justice, Richard (October 28, 2020). "World Series MVP Seager 8th in special club". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - McCalvy, Adam (November 3, 2021). "Soler clears train tracks, hauls in Series MVP". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Robinson, Joshua (October 9, 2009). "Live Analysis: Twins vs. Yankees". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- "1956 World Series: Game 5; Three words: Larsen's Perfect Game". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- "All-time and Single-Season WS Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- "World Series History: Most Valuable Players by Position". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- Boeck, Scott (June 25, 2010). "Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson thanks the Dodgers for his nickname". USA Today. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
- Bloom, Barry M. (October 29, 2007). "World Series MVP rewarding to Lowell". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- "All-time and Single-Season WS Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- "MLB Hall of Fame". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
- "Matsui Becomes 1st Japanese-Born World Series MVP". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 5, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- "Statsui: MVP delivers jaw-dropping numbers". Major League Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- Armstrong, Jim (January 21, 2010). "Matsui backs idea of global World Series". The Japan Times. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- "Most Valuable Player winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- "Cy Young Award winners". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- Bloom, Barry M. (October 30, 2008). "Perfect Hamels is World Series MVP". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved October 29, 2018.