MLB All-Star Game MVPs
July 16, 2008
It’s not quite the same as hitting a walk-off homer in the seventh game of the World Series, but being named Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game isn’t exactly a bad way to spend a mid-July evening.
Sometimes, the winning candidate is obvious. Often, the recipient identifies himself late in the game with a stage-seizing moment. One year (2002), no one was named MVP, because no one won the game. (That was the year of the embarrassing tie in Milwaukee.)
Who has walked away with a cool statue and the admiration of his peers?
Here’s the list:
2008 — J.D. Drew, Boston
2007 — Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle
2006 — Michael Young, Texas
2005 — Miguel Tejada, Baltimore
2004 — Alfonso Soriano, Texas
2003 — Garret Anderson, Anaheim
2002 — (Award not given)
2001 – Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore
2000 — Derek Jeter, New York Yankees
1999 — Pedro Martinez, Boston
1998 — Roberto Alomar, Baltimore
1997 — Sandy Alomar, Jr., Cleveland
1996 — Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers
1995 – Jeff Conine, Florida
1994 — Fred McGriff, Atlanta
1993 — Kirby Puckett, Minnesota
1992 — Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle
1991 — Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore
1990 — Julio Franco, Texas
1989 — Bo Jackson, Kansas City
1988 — Terry Steinbach, Oakland
1987 – Tim Raynes, Montreal
1986 — Roger Clemens, Boston
1985 — LaMarr Hoyt, San Diego
1984 — Gary Carter, Montreal
1983 — Fred Lynn, California
1982 — Dave Concepcion, Cincinnati
1981 — Gary Carter, Montreal
1980 — Ken Griffey, Sr., Cincinnati
1979 — Dave Parker, Pittsburgh
1978 — Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers
1977 — Don Sutton, Los Angeles Dodgers
1976 — George Foster, Cincinnati
1975 — Bill Madlock, Chicago Cubs; and Jon Matlack, New York Mets
1974 — Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers
1973 — Bobby Bonds, San Francisco
1972 — Joe Morgan, Cincinnati
1971 — Frank Robinson, Baltimore
1970 — Carl Yastrzemski, Boston
1969 — Willie McCovey, San Francisco
1968 — Willie Mays, San Francisco
1967 — Tony Perez, Cincinnati
1966 — Brooks Robinson, Baltimore
1965 — Juan Marichal, San Francisco
1964 — Johnny Callison, Philadelphia
1963 — Willie Mays, San Francisco
1962 — * Maury Wills, Los Angeles Dodgers
1962 — * Leon Wagner, Los Angeles Angels
* Two games were played in 1962
Source: MLB.com
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