Pick one MVP 29 seasons 2025-1997.

If there was one MVP: Judge or Ohtani? And why are there two?  Friday, November 21, 2025

In some years a non winner might seem like the best choice but the picks below are between the two actual winners.

My picks:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/mvp.shtml#multi

	Batting Stats						Pitching Stats
Year	Lg	Name	Tm	WAR	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	SO	Voting
2025	AL	Aaron Judge	NYY	9.7	.331	.457	.688	53	114	12							Voting
2025	NL	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	7.7	.282	.392	.622	55	102	20	1	1	0	2.87	47.0	62	Voting
2024	AL	Aaron Judge	NYY	10.8	.322	.458	.701	58	144	10							Voting
2024	NL	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	9.2	.310	.390	.646	54	130	59							Voting
2023	AL	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	10.0	.304	.412	.654	44	95	20	10	5	0	3.14	132.0	167	Voting
2023	NL	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	8.4	.337	.416	.596	41	106	73							Voting
2022	AL	Aaron Judge	NYY	10.8	.311	.425	.686	62	131	16							Voting
2022	NL	Paul Goldschmidt	STL	7.7	.317	.404	.578	35	115	7							Voting
2021	AL	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	9.0	.257	.372	.592	46	100	26	9	2	0	3.18	130.1	156	Voting
2021	NL	Bryce Harper	PHI	5.9	.309	.429	.615	35	84	13							Voting
2020	AL	José Abreu	CHW	2.7	.317	.370	.617	19	60	0							Voting
2020	NL	Freddie Freeman	ATL	3.3	.341	.462	.640	13	53	2							Voting
2019	AL	Mike Trout	LAA	7.9	.291	.438	.645	45	104	11							Voting
2019	NL	Cody Bellinger	LAD	8.7	.305	.406	.629	47	115	15							Voting
2018	AL	Mookie Betts	BOS	10.7	.346	.438	.640	32	80	30							Voting
2018	NL	Christian Yelich	MIL	7.3	.326	.402	.598	36	110	22							Voting
2017	AL	Jose Altuve	HOU	8.1	.346	.410	.547	24	81	32							Voting
					Batting Stats						Pitching Stats
Year	Lg	Name	Tm	WAR	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	SO	Voting
2017	NL	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	8.1	.281	.376	.631	59	132	2							Voting
2016	AL	Mike Trout	LAA	10.4	.315	.441	.550	29	100	30							Voting
2016	NL	Kris Bryant	CHC	7.3	.292	.385	.554	39	102	8							Voting
2015	AL	Josh Donaldson	TOR	7.4	.297	.371	.568	41	123	6							Voting
2015	NL	Bryce Harper	WSN	9.7	.330	.460	.649	42	99	6							Voting
2014	AL	Mike Trout	LAA	7.7	.287	.377	.561	36	111	16							Voting
2014	NL	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	8.2	.175	.235	.206	0	3	1	21	3	0	1.77	198.1	239	Voting
2013	AL	Miguel Cabrera	DET	7.5	.348	.442	.636	44	137	3							Voting
2013	NL	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	7.8	.317	.404	.508	21	84	27							Voting
2012	AL	Miguel Cabrera	DET	7.1	.330	.393	.606	44	139	4							Voting
2012	NL	Buster Posey	SFG	7.6	.336	.408	.549	24	103	1							Voting
2011	AL	Justin Verlander	DET	8.6	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	24	5	0	2.40	251.0	250	Voting
2011	NL	Ryan Braun	MIL	7.7	.332	.397	.597	33	111	33							Voting
2010	AL	Josh Hamilton	TEX	8.7	.359	.411	.633	32	100	8							Voting
2010	NL	Joey Votto	CIN	7.0	.324	.424	.600	37	113	16							Voting
2009	AL	Joe Mauer	MIN	7.8	.365	.444	.587	28	96	4							Voting
2009	NL	Albert Pujols	STL	9.7	.327	.443	.658	47	135	16							Voting
					Batting Stats						Pitching Stats
Year	Lg	Name	Tm	WAR	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	SO	Voting
2008	AL	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	6.9	.326	.376	.493	17	83	20							Voting
2008	NL	Albert Pujols	STL	9.2	.357	.462	.653	37	116	7							Voting
2007	AL	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	9.4	.314	.422	.645	54	156	24							Voting
2007	NL	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	6.1	.296	.344	.531	30	94	41							Voting
2006	AL	Justin Morneau	MIN	4.3	.321	.375	.559	34	130	3							Voting
2006	NL	Ryan Howard	PHI	5.2	.313	.425	.659	58	149	0							Voting
2005	AL	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	9.4	.321	.421	.610	48	130	21							Voting
2005	NL	Albert Pujols	STL	8.4	.330	.430	.609	41	117	16							Voting
2004	AL	Vladimir Guerrero	ANA	5.6	.337	.391	.598	39	126	15							Voting
2004	NL	Barry Bonds	SFG	10.6	.362	.609	.812	45	101	6							Voting
2003	AL	Alex Rodriguez	TEX	8.4	.298	.396	.600	47	118	17							Voting
2003	NL	Barry Bonds	SFG	9.2	.341	.529	.749	45	90	7							Voting
2002	AL	Miguel Tejada	OAK	5.7	.308	.354	.508	34	131	7							Voting
2002	NL	Barry Bonds	SFG	11.7	.370	.582	.799	46	110	9							Voting
2001	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	7.7	.350	.381	.457	8	69	56							Voting
2001	NL	Barry Bonds	SFG	11.9	.328	.515	.863	73	137	13							Voting
					Batting Stats						Pitching Stats
Year	Lg	Name	Tm	WAR	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	SB	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	SO	Voting
2000	AL	Jason Giambi	OAK	7.8	.333	.476	.647	43	137	2							Voting
2000	NL	Jeff Kent	SFG	7.2	.334	.424	.596	33	125	12							Voting
1999	AL	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	6.4	.332	.356	.558	35	113	25							Voting
1999	NL	Chipper Jones	ATL	6.9	.319	.441	.633	45	110	25							Voting
1998	AL	Juan González	TEX	4.9	.318	.366	.630	45	157	2							Voting
1998	NL	Sammy Sosa	CHC	6.5	.308	.377	.647	66	158	18							Voting
1997	AL	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	9.1	.304	.382	.646	56	147	15							Voting
1997	NL	Larry Walker	COL	9.8	.366	.452	.720	49	130	33							Voting

NL: 12

AL: 17

Multiples:

4: Bonds

3: Judge, Trout

2: Ohtani, Rodriguez, Cabrera, Pujols