BBTF Most Meritorious Player
Reimagining MLB's MVP Awards
What do MMP Awards represent?
- One winner per season, rather than one per league.
- Pitchers and position players are given equal consideration.
- Merit is predominantly ascribed to individual players - team strength minimally
affects a player's individual merit.
- Defense is part of baseball, too.
- We can do better than the triple crown stats in determining who the most
meritorious players were in a given season.
MMP Gallery
Aaron Judge
2022, 2024-2025
Shohei Ohtani
2021, 2023
Freddie Freeman
2020
Alex Bregman
2019
Mookie Betts
2018
José Altuve
2017
Mike Trout
2012-2014, 2016
Bryce Harper
2015
José Bautista
2011
Josh Hamilton
2010
Albert Pujols
2006, 2008-2009
Alex Rodríguez
2005, 2007
Barry Bonds
1992-1993, 1996, 2001-2004
Pedro Martínez
1999-2000
Mark McGwire
1998
Mike Piazza
1997
Greg Maddux
1994-1995
Cal Ripken
1983-1984, 1991
Rickey Henderson
1990
Will Clark
1989
José Canseco
1988
Alan Trammell
1987
Wade Boggs
1986
Dwight Gooden
1985
Robin Yount
1982
Mike Schmidt
1974, 1981
George Brett
1980
Fred Lynn
1979
Ron Guidry
1978
Rod Carew
1977
Joe Morgan
1973, 1975-1976
Steve Carlton
1972
Tom Seaver
1971
Carl Yastrzemski
1967, 1970
Reggie Jackson
1969
Bob Gibson
1968
Frank Robinson
1966
Willie Mays
1954-1955, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964-1965
Sandy Koufax
1963
Mickey Mantle
1956-1957, 1961
Ernie Banks
1959
Al Rosen
1953
Jackie Robinson
1949, 1951-1952
Phil Rizzuto
1950
Stan Musial
1943, 1948
Ted Williams
1941-1942, 1946-1947
Hal Newhouser
1945
Dizzy Trout
1944
Josh Gibson
1937, 1940
Bucky Walters
1939
Ray Brown
1938
Lou Gehrig
1934, 1936
Arky Vaughan
1935
Jimmie Foxx
1932-1933
Babe Ruth
1919-1921, 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1930-1931
Rogers Hornsby
1922, 1925, 1929
Walter Johnson
1913, 1918
Ty Cobb
1909-1911, 1917
Pete Alexander
1915-1916
Tris Speaker
1912, 1914
Honus Wagner
1900, 1905-1908
Nap Lajoie
1904
Christy Mathewson
1903
Rube Waddell
1902
Cy Young
1901
Ed Delahanty
1899
Kid Nichols
1893, 1897-1898
Hughie Jennings
1896
Pink Hawley
1895
Amos Rusie
1894