LEFTHANDED BASEBALL

The Best Lefthanded Batters and Lefthanded Pitchers in Baseball

Lefthanded American League MVP's Lefthanded National League MVP's

Stan Musial won the National League Most Valuable Player award three times with the St. Louis Cardinals (1943, 1946 and in 1948).

Shohei Ohtani won the AL MVP Award in 2021 & 2023, and the NL MVP Award in 2024. He earns most of his votes as a lefthanded slugging designated hitter, even though he pitches pretty well with his right hand.

Lefthanded Most Valuable Player Award Winners

Lefthanders who have won two MVP Awards are:

Carl Hubbell (1933 &1936)

Hal Newhouser (1944 & 1945)

Roger Maris (1960 & 1961)

Joe Morgan (1975 & 1976)

Bryce Harper (2015 & 2021)

Barry Bonds stands alone as the only player with more than three MVP Awards. 

Shohei Ohtani has now joined Yogi Berra and Stan Musial as lefthanded batters with 3 MVP Awards

Barry Bonds won the National League Most Valuable Player Award seven times, including four in a row with San Francisco (2001-2004) and three times with Pittsburgh (1990, 1992 & 1993).

The National League and the American League Most Valuable Player Awards has been awarded every year since 1931 as voted by members of the Baseball Writers of America.

There have been 94 MVP Award Winners in the American League, and it has been won by lefthanded batters 27 times and by lefthanded pitchers 6 times.

There have been 95 MVP Award Winners in the American League ( there was a tie in 1979) and it has been won by lefthanded batters 28 times and lefthanded pitchers 4 times.

Yogi Berra won the American League Most Valuable Player award three times with the New York Yankees (1951, 1954 and 1955).

Lefthanded American League Most Valuable Players

Lefthanded National League Most Valuable Players

Lefthanded Cy Young Award Winners

Righthanded batters who have won 3 MVP awards include righthanded batters Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Jimmy Foxx, Albert Pujois, Alex Rodriguez, Mike Schmidt, and switch-hitter Mickey Mantle.

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Lefthanded Most Valuable Player Award Winners

LEFTHANDED BASEBALL