Major League Baseball award
Madison Bumgarner , the 2014 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player, won both this award and the World Series MVP in the same season.
The League Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP ) Award is given annually to the
Major League Baseball (MLB) players deemed to have the most impact on their teams' performances in each of the two respective
League Championship Series that comprise the penultimate round of the
MLB postseason . The award is given separately for a player in both the
American League Championship Series and the
National League Championship Series .
[1] It has been presented in the
National League (NL) since 1977, and in the
American League (AL) since 1980.
[2]
Dusty Baker won the inaugural award in 1977 with the
Los Angeles Dodgers , and
Frank White won the first AL award in 1980 with the
Kansas City Royals . The ten
Hall of Famers to win LCS MVPs include
Roberto Alomar ,
George Brett ,
Dennis Eckersley ,
Rickey Henderson ,
Kirby Puckett ,
Ozzie Smith ,
Willie Stargell ,
John Smoltz ,
Iván Rodríguez , and
Mariano Rivera .
Three players have won the award twice:
Steve Garvey (1978, 1984),
Dave Stewart (1990, 1993), and
Orel Hershiser (1988, 1995). Incidentally, all three of these players won their two awards with two different teams. Nine players have gone on to win the
World Series MVP Award in the same season in which they won the LCS MVP—eight from the NL and one from the AL. Three players have won while playing for the losing team in the series:
Fred Lynn played for the
1982 California Angels ;
[3]
Mike Scott pitched for the
1986 Houston Astros ;
[4] and
Jeffrey Leonard played for the
1987 San Francisco Giants .
[5] Two players have shared the award in the same year three times, all in the NL;
Rob Dibble and
Randy Myers for the
1990 Cincinnati Reds , the Chicago Cubs'
Jon Lester and
Javier Báez in 2016, and
Chris Taylor and
Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017.
Nelson Cruz won the award in the
2011 ALCS after hitting 6 home runs in the series.
Adolis García won the award after having 15 RBIs during the
2023 ALCS .
Adam Kennedy won the
2002 ALCS MVP when he hit 3 home runs in 1 game;
[6] he had hit 7 during the regular season and hit 80 in his 14-year career.
[7] From the
pitcher's mound ,
Steve Avery threw 16+ 1 ⁄3 innings without giving up a run in the
1991 NLCS ,
[8] and
John Smoltz amassed 19 strikeouts the following year.
[9]
Liván Hernández won the
1997 NLCS MVP after winning his only start and earning a win out of the bullpen in
relief ; he struck out 16 in 10+ 2 ⁄3 innings.
Daniel Murphy won the
2015 NLCS MVP after hitting home runs in six consecutive games (including the final two games of the preceding division series), setting a major league record for consecutive postseason games with a home run.
[10]
Liván Hernández (1997, NL) and his half-brother
Orlando Hernández (1999, AL) are the only family pair to have won the award.
[11] The only
rookies to have won the award are
Mike Boddicker (1983, AL),
Liván Hernández (1997, NL),
Michael Wacha (2013, NL),
Randy Arozarena (2020, AL) and
Jeremy Peña (2022, AL).
[12]
[13]
Key
Year
Links to the article about that corresponding ALCS or NLCS
†
Member of the
Baseball Hall of Fame
*
Indicates that the player won the
World Series MVP Award the same year
§
Indicates losing team in the series
^
Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
(#)
Indicates number of times winning League Championship Series MVP at that point (if he won multiple times)
American League winners
Adolis Garcia (2023 ALCS MVP)
Yordan Álvarez (2021 ALCS MVP)
Randy Arozarena (2020 ALCS MVP)
José Altuve (2019 ALCS MVP)
Jackie Bradley Jr. (2018 ALCS MVP)
National League winners
Ketel Marte (2023 NLCS MVP)
Bryce Harper (2022 NLCS MVP)
Eddie Rosario (2021 NLCS MVP)
Corey Seager (2020 NLCS MVP)
Howie Kendrick (2019 NLCS MVP)
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