page_title: Southern League Most Valuable Player Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Southern League Most Valuable Player Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: Jose Canseco at the Oakland Coliseum, 1989.
context_page_description: The Southern League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the best player in Minor League Baseball's Southern League based on their regular season performance. The award was created in 1972, eight years after the league was established in 1964.
  Twenty-one outfielders have won the MVP Award, the most of any position. First basemen, with 12 winners, have won the most among infielders, followed by third basemen and second basemen and shortstops. Seven catchers have also won the award. One player who won the award was a designated hitter.
  Five players from the Huntsville Stars and Knoxville Smokies/Sox/Tennessee Smokies have been selected for the MVP Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Carolina Mudcats, Columbus Astros/Mudcats, and Memphis Chicks; the Birmingham Barons, Chattanooga Lookouts, Jacksonville Expos/Suns, Montgomery Biscuits, and West Tenn Diamond Jaxx/Jackson Generals; the Greenville Braves, Mobile BayBears, and Nashville Sounds; and the Asheville Tourists, Biloxi Shuckers, Charlotte O's, Mississippi Braves, Montgomery Rebels, and Orlando Twins.
caption: Jose Canseco, the 1985 SL MVP, won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1986 and the American League MVP Award in 1988.[4]
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