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	MLB Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the game of baseball, both amateur and professional, it is tradition to annually recognize the one player in the league who has contributed the most to the success of the player's team.
		In 1931, the Baseball Writers Association of America began awarding the Most Valuable Player trophy.
		After that, the belief arose that the Most Valuable Player ought to be a position player, based on two factors, one being that pitchers had their own award, and the other being that pitchers could not be considered as valuable as position players since they do not play every day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award (1054 words)

	Baseball statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The practice keeping of records of the achievements of the players was started in the 19th century by Henry Chadwick, who devised the predecessors of statistics like batting average, runs scored, and runs allowed based on his experience of cricket.
		General managers and baseball scouts study player statistics to decide what players to try to get for their team.
		Comprehensive, historical baseball statistics were difficult for the average fan to access until 1951, when researcher Hy Turkin published "The Complete Encyclopedia of Baseball".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baseball_statistics (2207 words)

	Baseball
		Baseball is played on a large scale in Latin America, Japan, and other places besides the United States, but it is in the United States that it thrives most both as a participant's and spectator's sport.
		Baseball's popularity is in part a result of the fact that almost every American boy plays the game at one time or another, and the lore of the game is intertwined with American life.
		The most common kind of home run is a fair ball over the fence on a fly, but a batter may also run around all the bases before the fielders can retrieve a ball hit inside the park and throw it to the plate.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/dchome/baseball.html (3135 words)

	League Award : Most Valuable Player Award on Baseball Almanac
		There have been three different Most Valuable Player awards in baseball since 1911 and The League Award is the second of the three.
		The League Award was first presented by the National and American Leagues in 1922 but ended in 1929 after little attention was given to the recipient.
		In 1922 the National League began giving this award also, but limited who could be selected by only placing one player from each team on the ballot giving writers eight players to select from; none of those eight were selected.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_lge.shtml (158 words)

	MVP - BR Bullpen
		The Most Valuable Player Award (or MVP) in Major League Baseball is given to a player in each league who has contributed the most to the success of the player's team.
		The first two were awarded in the 1910s and 1920s, however the award did not become an annual one until 1931.
		The creation of this award was due to the controversy in the American League from the previous year in which the company gave an automobile in to the batting champion in each league.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/MVP (376 words)

	Wikipedia: MLB Most Valuable Player award
		The Chalmers Award was the first attempt to recognize a player for overall contributions to his team's success — hence the designation Most Valuable rather than "player of the year", a distinction which remains today.
		A League Award could also be won by a player only once, leading to unusual results like Babe Ruth's 1927 (one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time) not being eligible for the award.
		After that, the belief arose that the Most Valuable Player ought to be a position player, since pitchers had their own award.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/m/ml/mlb_most_valuable_player_award.html (952 words)

	Most Valuable Player Award on Baseball Almanac
		since 1911; the Chalmer's Award (1911-1914), the League Award (1922-1929), and this is the third, and currently awarded, version simply referred to as the Most Valuable Player Award.
		his one was first awarded in 1931 and its full title is the Baseball Writers Most Valuable Player Award, or the M.V.P. by the rest of us, and it is presented annually by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
		as the only "official" most valuable player award and symbolizes the pinnacle of a player's personal achievement during any single season of play.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_mvp.shtml (214 words)

	AaronGleeman.com
		First of all, the idea that a player should be downgraded because he "has had a pedestrian season by his normal standards" or "a sub par season by his normal standards" is ridiculous.
		When it comes to baseball's yearly awards, I believe there should be no extra "credit" given to a player for having good teammates or for pitching on a team with a great offense or for having guys with good on-base percentages batting in front of them.
		In most cases, if you take the two best players in the league and one of them has such a big edge in playing time, he's going to have been the more valuable player.
	www.aarongleeman.com /2003_09_21_baseballblog_archive.html (12913 words)

	Baseball
		Tom Kohl, a sophomore outfielder from Leavenworth, Kan., received the Don Protexter Most Valuable Player Award and Josh Hansen, a sophomore pitcher from Onawa, Iowa, received the Eric Johnson Most Valuable Pitcher Award for the Morningside College baseball team at the Mustangs’ awards banquet held Sunday.
		Most Improved Players – Eric Husen, a freshman outfielder from Newcastle, Neb.; Chris Dicks, a freshman infielder-pitcher from Anthon, Iowa; and Derek Hill, a sophomore utility player from Meriden, Iowa.
		Most Valuable JV Player – Jason Engleman, a freshman catcher from Hawarden, Iowa, and Husen.
	www.morningside.edu /mustangs/baseball/index.cfm (1942 words)

	Barry Bonds Books For Sale
		Just as players and coaches are hitting their stride at spring training, a new book, This Gracious Season (Winter Publications, March 2002), reminds us what a magical season 2001 was for the San Francisco Giants and their Future Hall-of-Fame slugger, Barry Bonds.
		Examines the personal life and career of the San Francisco Giants baseball player who, in 2001, broke the record for most home runs in a season and became the first baseball player to win four MVP awards.
		Relates the baseball career of this San Francisco Giant who had been with the Pittsburgh Pirates and who was three times named the National League's Most Valuable Player.
	www.oddball-mall.com /bonds-books.htm (352 words)

	National Baseball Hall of Fame - December 2001 Trivia Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ted Williams called this young player a "Hall of Famer for sure." Ted was right, and the player also became the youngest man (age 22) to ever win a Most Valuable Player Award.
		The last time three different players from the same team won the Most Valuable Player Award in consecutive seasons was 1961-1963.
		The League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award was first given in the National League in 1977.
	www.baseballhalloffame.org /games/quiz/quiz_2001dec.htm (314 words)

	The Internet Baseball Awards
		These locales are not for the weak of mind or heart, nor are they for those who would rather hang on to their predispositions.
		For now, an announcement will suffice: the 7th annual Internet Baseball Awards have just been announced at Baseball Prospectus, the most popular site for baseball analysis.
		But the Internet Baseball Most Valuable Player Award goes to Mark McGwire, because he was more, uh, valuable.
	www.sportsjones.com /iba7.htm (291 words)

	The MVP Award
		The MVP award is awarded at year's end by the Baseball Writers Association of America based on a point-system determined by first- to 10th-place votes (14-9-8-7...3-2-1).
		On 17 occasions one player received all of the available first-place votes in his league, making him a unanimous choice.
		The AL players so honored are Ty Cobb (1911), Babe Ruth (1923), Hank Greenberg (1935), Al Rosen (1953), Mickey Mantle (1956), Frank Robinson (1966), Denny McLain (1968), Reggie Jackson (1973), Jose Canseco (1988), Frank Thomas (1993), and Ken Griffey, Jr.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/fishbert/mvp.html (145 words)

	2004 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player - The CHUD.COM Message Boards
		He is a great baseball player and has earned his mark in the history of baseball but, his time to reign as the premeir player in baseball is over.
		So while these statistics may not exactly correlate to a players value, they certainly mean more than the triple crown when determining which players performing better than another.
		And in conjunction with traditional statisticss, they mostly reaffirm that which is most obvious, Barry Bonds has clearly been both the best and most valuable player in MLB this season.
	www.chud.com /forums/showthread.php?t=70001 (3281 words)

	Stanford Baseball Announces 2003 Team Awards :: Ryan Garko named Stanford's Most Valuable Player for the 2003 season
		Ryan Garko earned the team's Most Valuable Player honors as well as the Jack Shepard Memorial Award, given annually to the player with the team's highest batting average.
		Quentin, who signed a professional baseball contract after being selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2003 MLB First-Year Player Draft last June, led the Cardinal with 105 hits in his junior season in 2003.
		He did not play professional baseball in the summer of 2003 while recovering from a shoulder injury but is expected to continue his baseball career in 2004.
	www.cstv.com /sports/m-basebl/stories/112203aab.html (1125 words)

	Most Valuable Player Award by The Sporting News on Baseball Almanac
		Their coverage of baseball has no rival and they are simply the most respected source of historical baseball statistics anywhere.
		Listed below in chronological order are the players / pitchers chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of their Most Valuable Player Award.
		The award, which originally started in 1929, was discontinued in 1945 and never resumed.
	baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_snmv.shtml (201 words)

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		His accomplishments included a Gold Medal at the Baseball Canada Cup in Stonewall, MB; a runner-up performance at the Babe Ruth World Series in Concord, New Hampshire and a championship title in the prestigious BC Premier Baseball League.
		Ted Derpack was the recipient of the Dick Willis Memorial Award for excellence in umpiring.
		Derpack, involved with the Alberta Baseball Association, has increased umpire registration in Alberta at all levels and has reorganized and improved communication between umpires throughout the province.
	www.baseball.ca /frn_news_story_print.cfm?NewsID=562 (420 words)

	Most Valuable Players Baseball Digest - Find Articles
		From 1911 to 1914, the MVP Award was known as the Chalmers Award.
		No most valuable player honors were given out from 1915 through 1921.
		Starting in 1922 through 1929, the MVP Award was known as the League Award--no National League awards were handed out in 1922 or 1.923 and no A.L. award in 1929.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_12_59/ai_67045354 (462 words)

	Encyclopedia Search
		Originally used by Major League Baseball (the award was first...The term
		titles, but limited the ballot options to one player per team, which led to...
		Most consecutive games played at 2,632 - The median income for a household...
	www.encyclopedian.com /search.php?searWords=MVP (210 words)

	ESPN.com - MLB - A first for A-Rod: MVP
		NEW YORK -- Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez became the second player from a last-place team to win a Most Valuable Player award, beating Carlos Delgado and Jorge Posada in American League voting announced Monday.
		Showing the split among the writers, 10 players received first-place votes, matching the record set in the 1947 NL vote and one short of the 1977 AL vote.
		The only other player on a last-place team to win an MVP was the Chicago Cubs' Andre Dawson in 1987.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1663732 (921 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: Tuesday Night ~~Fights~~ Ballgames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If you enjoy watching pitchers throw baseballs from the mound toward the plate rather than folding chairs from the bullpen into the stands, then Tuesday was your kind of night.
		I felt privileged to watch two of the ten best pitchers in the history of baseball, one of the most underrated pitchers of the past 15 years, the favorite to win this year’s American League Cy Young Award, and two of the most highly prized pitching arms in the game.
		He is a shoo-in for the Cy Young Award and should receive serious consideration for the Most Valuable Player Award as well.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/015481.html (1644 words)

	Major League Baseball : History : MLB Awards
		With both players fizzling in their debuts, the door opened wide for a host of other candidates.
		Ichiro, who ended his career in Japan with seven straight batting titles and began his American baseball career with another one, was named AL Rookie of the Year.
		The first winner of the full BBWAA Rookie of the Year award was, appropriately, baseball's seminal rookie, Jackie Robinson.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?... (203 words)

	ESPN.com - NBA - Garnett wins MVP award by landslide
		Garnett joined Larry Bird as the only players to average 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for five consecutive years.
		The Timberwolves host the Sacramento Kings in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series Tuesday night, and commissioner David Stern will be there to present Garnett with his trophy.
		It's the first league MVP award for a Minnesota player in the NBA, NFL, NHL or major leagues since Rod Carew won the 1977 American League honor with the Twins.
	sports.espn.go.com /nba/news/story?id=1794534 (731 words)

	World Baseball Classics Generates More Enthusiasm Than Expected \| Asian American Daily \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		That's quite a statement from one of the game's most famous players, a U.S. Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player award winner who set the single-season hits record and helped the Seattle Mariners to a 116-win campaign.
		Still, there were 42,000 fans, and the excitement wasn't the fact that they maybe just had tickets and had to go, but the excitement was already there.
		The only two players from U.S. MLB clubs on the diamond Monday night were Suzuki and Japanese closer Akinori Otsuka of the Texas Rangers, who began his U.S. league career with San Diego.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/603/22classics.html (667 words)

	Power Line: It's one of those silly
		This report from ESPN shows that, in the minds of those who vote on the award, the answer is "no." Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers was clearly the best player in the American League this year.
		To me, a player's value is measured by the extent to which he causes his team to score runs and stops opponents from doing the same.
		But, because of the closeness of the race in the AL West, there are probably half a dozen or more Oakland players of whom this can be said.
	www.powerlineblog.com /archives/001077.php (473 words)

	Fantasy Football - RotoTimes.com
		Player Comparison Compare two or more players with stats broken down by season, last three weeks and more.
		Baseball Draft Kit Everything you need to prepare for your fantasy draft.
		Select and manage a team of 22 pro football players and teams within the constraints of a $60 million value cap and limited roster moves.
	www.rototimes.com /index.php?sport=pbkball&type=carpenter&name=F20060421161211 (2087 words)

	Timeline Baseball
		He is credited with turning baseball from a game of speed and skill to one of power.
		1995 Aug 13, Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle died at a Dallas hospital of rapidly spreading liver cancer at the age of 63.
		It was the first time since 1970 that players and owners had agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement without a work stoppage.
	timelines.ws /subjects/Baseball.HTML (9510 words)

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