# Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award that is presented to the most outstanding player in each year's MLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962 (two games were held and an award was presented to each game winner in 1962), it was originally called the Arch Ward Memorial Award in honor of Arch Ward, the man who conceived of the All-Star Game in 1933. The award's name was changed to the Commissioner's Trophy in 1970, but this name change was reversed in 1985 when the World Series Trophy was renamed the Commissioner's Trophy. Finally, the trophy was renamed the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002, in honor of former Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams, who had died earlier that year. No award was presented for the 2002 All-Star Game, which ended in a tie. Thus, the Anaheim Angels' Garret Anderson was the first recipient of the newly named Ted Williams Award in 2003. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player also receives a Chevrolet vehicle.
As of 2023, NL players have won the award 28 times (including one award shared by two players), and American League (AL) players have won 33 times. Baltimore Orioles players have won the most awards for a single franchise (with six); players from the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants are tied for the most in the NL with five each. Five players have won the award twice: Willie Mays (1963, 1968), Steve Garvey (1974, 1978), Gary Carter (1981, 1984), Cal Ripken Jr. (1991, 2001), and Mike Trout (2014, 2015, becoming the only player to win the award in back-to-back years). The award has been shared by multiple players once; Bill Madlock and Jon Matlack shared the award in 1975. Two players have won the award for a game in which their league lost: Brooks Robinson in 1966 and Carl Yastrzemski in 1970. One pair of awardees were father and son (Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr.), and another were brothers (Roberto Alomar and Sandy Alomar Jr.). Three players have won the MVP award at a game played in their home ballpark (Sandy Alomar Jr. in 1997, Pedro Martínez in 1999, and Shane Bieber in 2019). Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000.
Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer. Only the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers, the Arizona Diamondbacks, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals (aside from their predecessor the Montreal Expos) have never had a player win the All-Star Game MVP award.

## List of winners

Key :
| Year | Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball All-Star Game |
| Player (X) | Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point |
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active |
| * | Denotes year in which the award was shared |
| Year | Player | Team | League | Position |
| 1962 | Maury Wills | Los Angeles Dodgers | National | Shortstop |
| 1962 | Leon Wagner | Los Angeles Angels | American | Left fielder |
| 1963 | Willie Mays$^†$ | San Francisco Giants | National | Center fielder |
| 1964 | Johnny Callison | Philadelphia Phillies | National | Right fielder |
| 1965 | Juan Marichal$^†$ | San Francisco Giants | National | Pitcher |
| 1966 | Brooks Robinson$^†$ | Baltimore Orioles | American | Third baseman |
| 1967 | Tony Pérez$^†$ | Cincinnati Reds | National | Third baseman |
| 1968 | Willie Mays$^†$ (2) | San Francisco Giants | National | Center fielder |
| 1969 | Willie McCovey$^†$ | San Francisco Giants | National | First baseman |
| 1970 | Carl Yastrzemski$^†$ | Boston Red Sox | American | Center fielder/First baseman |
| 1971 | Frank Robinson$^†$ | Baltimore Orioles | American | Right fielder |
| 1972 | Joe Morgan$^†$ | Cincinnati Reds | National | Second baseman |
| 1973 | Bobby Bonds | San Francisco Giants | National | Right fielder |
| 1974 | Steve Garvey | Los Angeles Dodgers | National | First baseman |
| 1975$^*$ | Bill Madlock | Chicago Cubs | National | Third baseman |
| 1975$^*$ | Jon Matlack | New York Mets | National | Pitcher |
| 1976 | George Foster | Cincinnati Reds | National | Left fielder |
| 1977 | Don Sutton$^†$ | Los Angeles Dodgers | National | Pitcher |
| 1978 | Steve Garvey (2) | Los Angeles Dodgers | National | First baseman |
| 1979 | Dave Parker$^†$ | Pittsburgh Pirates | National | Right fielder |
| 1980 | Ken Griffey, Sr. | Cincinnati Reds | National | Right fielder |
| 1981 | Gary Carter$^†$ | Montreal Expos | National | Catcher |
| 1982 | Dave Concepción | Cincinnati Reds | National | Shortstop |
| 1983 | Fred Lynn | California Angels | American | Center fielder |
| 1984 | Gary Carter$^†$ (2) | Montreal Expos | National | Catcher |
| 1985 | LaMarr Hoyt | San Diego Padres | National | Pitcher |
| 1986 | Roger Clemens | Boston Red Sox | American | Pitcher |
| 1987 | Tim Raines$^†$ | Montreal Expos | National | Left fielder |
| 1988 | Terry Steinbach | Oakland Athletics | American | Catcher |
| 1989 | Bo Jackson | Kansas City Royals | American | Left fielder |
| 1990 | Julio Franco | Texas Rangers | American | Second baseman |
| 1991 | Cal Ripken Jr.$^†$ | Baltimore Orioles | American | Shortstop |
| 1992 | Ken Griffey Jr.$^†$ | Seattle Mariners | American | Center fielder |
| 1993 | Kirby Puckett$^†$ | Minnesota Twins | American | Center fielder |
| 1994 | Fred McGriff$^†$ | Atlanta Braves | National | First baseman |
| 1995 | Jeff Conine | Florida Marlins | National | Left fielder |
| 1996 | Mike Piazza$^†$ | Los Angeles Dodgers | National | Catcher |
| 1997 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Cleveland Indians | American | Catcher |
| 1998 | Roberto Alomar$^†$ | Baltimore Orioles | American | Second baseman |
| 1999 | Pedro Martínez$^†$ | Boston Red Sox | American | Pitcher |
| 2000 | Derek Jeter$^†$ | New York Yankees | American | Shortstop |
| 2001 | Cal Ripken Jr.$^†$ (2) | Baltimore Orioles | American | Shortstop/Third baseman |
| 2002 | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | Garret Anderson | Anaheim Angels | American | Left fielder |
| 2004 | Alfonso Soriano | Texas Rangers | American | Second baseman |
| 2005 | Miguel Tejada | Baltimore Orioles | American | Shortstop |
| 2006 | Michael Young | Texas Rangers | American | Shortstop |
| 2007 | Ichiro Suzuki$^†$ | Seattle Mariners | American | Center fielder |
| 2008 | J. D. Drew | Boston Red Sox | American | Right fielder |
| 2009 | Carl Crawford | Tampa Bay Rays | American | Left fielder |
| 2010 | Brian McCann | Atlanta Braves | National | Catcher |
| 2011 | Prince Fielder | Milwaukee Brewers | National | First baseman |
| 2012 | Melky Cabrera | San Francisco Giants | National | Center fielder |
| 2013 | Mariano Rivera$^†$ | New York Yankees | American | Pitcher |
| 2014 | Mike Trout$^^$ | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | American | Outfielder |
| 2015 | Mike Trout$^^$ (2) | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | American | Outfielder |
| 2016 | Eric Hosmer | Kansas City Royals | American | First baseman |
| 2017 | Robinson Canó | Seattle Mariners | American | Second baseman |
| 2018 | Alex Bregman$^^$ | Houston Astros | American | Third baseman |
| 2019 | Shane Bieber$^^$ | Cleveland Indians | American | Pitcher |
| 2020 | Game cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Game cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Game cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. | Game cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr.$^^$ | Toronto Blue Jays | American | First baseman |
| 2022 | Giancarlo Stanton$^^$ | New York Yankees | American | Outfielder |
| 2023 | Elías Díaz$^^$ | Colorado Rockies | National | Catcher |
| 2024 | Jarren Duran$^^$ | Boston Red Sox | American | Outfielder |