As selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America:
2001 - Barry Bonds, LF, San Francisco
2000 - Jeff Kent, 2B, San Francisco
1999 - Chipper Jones, 3B, Atlanta
1998 - Sammy Sosa, RF, Chicago
1997 - Larry Walker, RF, Colorado
1996 - Ken Caminiti, 3B, San Diego (x)
1995 - Barry Larkin, SS, Cincinnati
1994 - Jeff Bagwell, 1B, Houston (x)
1993 - Barry Bonds, LF, San Francisco
1992 - Barry Bonds, LF, Pittsburgh
1991 - Terry Pendleton, 3B, Atlanta
1990 - Barry Bonds, LF, Pittsburgh
1989 - Kevin Mitchell, LF, San Francisco
1988 - Kirk Gibson, RF, Los Angeles
1987 - Andre Dawson, RF, Chicago
1986 - Mike Schmidt, 3B, Philadelphia
1985 - Willie McGee, CF, St. Louis
1984 - Ryne Sandberg, 2B, Chicago
1983 - Dale Murphy, CF, Atlanta
1982 - Dale Murphy, CF, Atlanta
1981 - Mike Schmidt, 3B, Philadelphia
1980 - Mike Schmidt, 3B, Philadelphia (x)
1979 - (tie) Keith Hernandez, 1B, St. Louis
(tie)- Willie Stargell, 1B, Pittsburgh
1978 - Dave Parker, RF, Pittsburgh
1977 - George Foster, LF, Cincinnati
1976 - Joe Morgan, 2B, Cincinnati
1975 - Joe Morgan, 2B, Cincinnati
1974 - Steve Garvey, 1B, Los Angeles
1973 - Pete Rose, LF, Cincinnati
1972 - Johnny Bench, C, Cincinnati
1971 - Joe Torre, 3B, St. Louis
1970 - Johnny Bench, C, Cincinnati
1969 - Willie McCovey, 1B, San Francisco
1968 - Bob Gibson, RHP, St. Louis
1967 - Orlando Cepeda, 1B, St. Louis (x)
1966 - Roberto Clemente, RF, Pittsburgh
1965 - Willie Mays, CF, San Francisco
1964 - Ken Boyer, 3B, St. Louis
1963 - Sandy Koufax, LHP, Los Angeles
1962 - Maury Wills, SS, Los Angeles
1961 - Frank Robinson, RF, Cincinnati
1960 - Dick Groat, SS, Pittsburgh
1959 - Ernie Banks, SS, Chicago
1958 - Ernie Banks, SS, Chicago
1957 - Hank Aaron, RF, Milwaukee
1956 - Don Newcombe, RHP, Brooklyn
1955 - Roy Campanella, C, Brooklyn
1954 - Willie Mays, CF, New York
1953 - Roy Campanella, C, Brooklyn
1952 - Hank Sauer, LF, Chicago
1951 - Roy Campanella, C, Brooklyn
1950 - Jim Konstanty, RHP, Philadelphia
1949 - Jackie Robinson, 2B, Brooklyn
1948 - Stan Musial, OF, St. Louis
1947 - Bob Elliott, 3B, Boston
1946 - Stan Musial, 1B, St. Louis
1945 - Phil Cavarretta, 1B, Chicago
1944 - Marty Marion, SS, St. Louis
1943 - Stan Musial, RF, St. Louis
1942 - Mort Cooper, RHP, St. Louis
1941 - Dolph Camilli, 1B, Brooklyn
1940 - Frank McCormick, 1B, Cincinnati
1939 - Bucky Walters, RHP, Cincinnati
1938 - Ernie Lombardi, C, Cincinnati
1937 - Joe Medwick, LF, St. Louis
1936 - Carl Hubbell, LHP, New York
1935 - Gabby Harnett, C, Chicago
1934 - Dizzy Dean, RHP, St. Louis
1933 - Carl Hubbell, LHP, New York
1932 - Chuck Klein, RF, Philadelphia
1931 - Frankie Frisch, 2B, St. Louis
(x) - unanimous
League Awards:
1929 - Rogers Hornsby, 2B, Chicago
1928 - Jim Bottomley, 1B, St. Louis
1927 - Paul Waner, RF, Pittsburgh
1926 - Bob O'Farrell, C, St. Louis
1925 - Rogers Hornsby, 2B, St. Louis
1924 - Dazzy Vance, RHP, Brooklyn
Chalmers Award:
1914 - Johnny Evers, 2B, Boston
1913 - Jake Daubert, 1B, Brooklyn
1912 - Larry Doyle, 2B, New York
1911 - Wildfire Schulte, RF, Chicago
