MVP's by Position

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Post season awards come out this time of year - Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, Most Valuable Player - to name three. MVP awards are voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

For your next game of baseball trivia, here's an interesting look at the defensive positions that produced the most MVP's since 1990.

American League
First Base........5
Right Field.......4
Shortstop........3
Third Base.......3
Left Field.........2
Catcher...........2
Second Base....1
Pitcher............1
Centerfield......1

National League
Left Field.........7
First Base........6
Third Base.......3
Shortstop........2
Right Field.......2
Second Base....1
Catcher...........1

Centerfield......0

Pitcher............0

It's interesting that only two American League left fielders (Rickey Henderson, 1990 and Josh Hamilton, 2010) have MVP's since 1990, but 7 times a National League left fielder took home the trophy. Barry Bonds won it 7 times.

Below is a link to the full list of MVP's.

Maybe they'll change the MVP award to the Barry Bonds award. Then again, maybe not.

CONTRIBUTING SOURCES:
List of MVP winners

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