Associated Press Player of the Year Award by Baseball Almanac

Associated Press Player of the Year Award

In 1988, the Associated Press began naming an overall player of the year. A nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters is polled and the results are tallied by the Associated Press to determine an overall player of the year in the major leagues. Listed below in chronological order are the recipients of the prestigious Associated Press Player of the Year Award.

"Trust me, I'd much rather be in the Yankees' shoes." - Todd Helton

Player of the Year by the Associated Press ©
Year	Name	Position	League	Team
1988	Jose Canseco	OF	AL	Oakland
1989	Kevin Mitchell	OF	NL	San Francisco
1990	Cecil Fielder	1B	AL	Detroit
1991	Cal Ripken, Jr.	SS	AL	Baltimore
1992	Barry Bonds	OF	NL	Pittsburgh
1993	Barry Bonds	OF	NL	San Francisco
1994	Jeff Bagwell	1B	NL	Houston
1995	Greg Maddux	P	NL	Atlanta
1996	Alex Rodriguez	SS	AL	Seattle
1997	No Award Given	--	--	--
1998	Mark McGwire	1B	NL	St. Louis
1999	Pedro Martinez	P	AL	Boston
2000	Todd Helton	1B	NL	Colorado
2001	Award Discontinued	--	--	--
Year	Name	Position	League	Team
Player of the Year by the Associated Press ©

The quotation by Todd Helton was made after he won the Associated Press Player of the Year Award and is made in reference to the New York Yankees winning the 2000 World Series.

Barry Bonds, who won with two different ballclubs, is also the only recipient of the Associated Press Player of the Year Award to win twice.

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