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TSN Player of the Year Winners

By Patrick Mondout

The Sporting News (TSN) has awarded a single major leaguer their "Player of the Year" award since 1936. This is the one major award that singles out one player in all of baseball as having had the best season. TSN also had a league-specific award from 1948-1991.

TSN Player of the Year
YEAR WINNER   YEAR WINNER
1936 Carl Hubbell   1972 Billy Williams
1937 Johnny Allen   1973 Reggie Jackson
1938 Johnny Vander Meer   1974 Lou Brock
1939 Joe DiMaggio   1975 Joe Morgan
1940 Bob Feller   1976 Joe Morgan
1941 Ted Williams   1977 Rod Carew
1942 Ted Williams   1978 Ron Guidry
1943 Spud Chandler   1979 Willie Stargell
1944 Marty Marion   1980 George Brett
1945 Hal Newhouser   1981 Fernando Valenzuela
1946 Stan Musial   1982 Robin Yount
1947 Ted Williams   1983 Cal Ripken
1948 Lou Boudreau   1984 Ryne Sandberg
1949 Ted Williams   1985 Don Mattingly
1950 Phil Rizzuto   1986 Roger Clemens
1951 Stan Musial   1987 George Bell
1952 Robin Roberts   1988 Orel Hershiser
1953 Al Rosen   1989 Kevin Mitchell
1954 Willie Mays   1990 Barry Bonds
1955 Duke Snider   1991 Cal Ripken
1956 Mickey Mantle   1992 Gary Sheffield
1957 Ted Williams   1993 Frank Thomas
1958 Bob Turley   1994 Jeff Bagwell
1959 Early Wynn   1995 Albert Belle
1960 Bill Mazeroski   1996 Alex Rodriguez
1961 Roger Maris   1997 Ken Griffey
1962 Don Drysdale (tied)
Maury Wills
  1998 Sammy Sosa
1963 Sandy Koufax   1999 Rafael Palmeiro
1964 Ken Boyer   2000 Carlos Delgado
1965 Sandy Koufax   2001 Barry Bonds
1966 Frank Robinson   2002 Alex Rodriguez
1967 Carl Yastrzemski   2003 Albert Pujols
1968 Denny McLain   2004 Barry Bonds
1969 Willie McCovey   2005 Andrew Jones
1970 Johnny Bench      
1971 Joe Torre      
THE SPORTING NEWS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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Padre Gary Sheffield finished a distant third to Terry Pendleton and winner Barry Bonds for 1992 NL MVP, but won TSN Major League Player of the Year!

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