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Most recent MVP Award winners

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2022 AL MVP: Aaron Judge

After hitting an AL-record 62 HRs, Judge earned 28 of 30 1st-place votes to finish well ahead of 2-way star Shohei Ohtani

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2022 NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt

Goldy was the 9th-oldest player to win an MVP Award, finishing ahead of SD's Manny Machado and teammate Nolan Arenado

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2021 AL MVP: Shohei Ohtani

It all came together for Ohtani in 2021, the year he became a superstar with 46 HRs and 156 Ks on the mound

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2021 NL MVP: Bryce Harper

This was the Bryce the Phillies knew they were getting, a guy who hit 35 HRs and put up a 1.044 OPS

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2020 AL MVP: José Abreu

The steady force of the White Sox had his best season, playing in all 60 games of the shortened season and knocking in 60 runs

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2020 NL MVP: Freddie Freeman

Braves face of the franchise Freeman was always a hit machine, and in this year he led the Majors in doubles and runs

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2019 AL MVP: Mike Trout

This was Trout's 3rd time winning the award, and he led the AL in OBP, SLG, OPS and OPS+

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2019 NL MVP: Cody Bellinger

2 years after winning Rookie of the Year, Bellinger proved he was for real, launching 47 HRs with 115 RBIs

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2018 AL MVP: Mookie Betts

An MVP, a batting title and eventually a World Series title. Not a bad year for Betts

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2018 NL MVP: Christian Yelich

In his first year with the Brewers after being traded by the Marlins, Yelich won a batting title and had a 30/20 season

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2017 AL MVP: Jose Altuve

Altuve led the AL in hits with 204 and beat out one 6-foot-7 Yankees outfielder named Aaron Judge for this award

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2017 NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton

A 59-HR season will usually do the trick, but Stanton also hit .281, drove in 132 runs and had an NL-high 169 OPS+

All-time MVP winners