Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award

[6][7] Twenty-two outfielders have won the MVP Award, the most of any position.

Eleven players who have won the MVP Award have also won the Eastern League Top MLB Prospect Award (formerly the Rookie of the Year Award) in the same season: Cliff Floyd (1993), Mark Grudzielanek (1994), Jay Payton (1995), Vladimir Guerrero (1996), Calvin Pickering (1998), Marlon Byrd (2001), Ryan Howard (2004), Jordan Brown (2007), Brandon Laird (2010), Darin Ruf (2012), and Cavan Biggio (2018).

In 1985, the Eastern League established a Pitcher of the Year Award.

[4] Eight players from the Reading Fightin Phils have been selected for the MVP Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Harrisburg Senators (6); the Chesapeake Baysox (4); the Akron RubberDucks, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Glens Falls Tigers, and New Hampshire Fisher Cats (3); the Elmira Pioneers, Erie SeaWolves, Pittsfield Cubs, Pittsfield Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Trenton Thunder, Trois-Rivières Aigles, and West Haven A's (2); and the Albany-Colonie Yankees, Altoona Curve, Berkshire Brewers, Buffalo Bisons, Charleston Indians, Holyoke Millers, New Britain Red Sox, New Haven Ravens, Pittsfield Rangers, Sherbrooke Pirates, Somerset Patriots, Springfield Giants, Thetford Mines Pirates, Waterbury Indians, Williamsport Mets, and York Pirates (1).

Active Eastern League–Major League Baseball affiliations appear in bold.

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Jim Ray Hart won the first Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award in 1962.
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Greg Luzinski , winner of the 1970 MVP Award, became a four-time MLB All-Star (1975–1978). [ 8 ]
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Ron Kittle , the 1981 MVP, won the 1983 American League Rookie of the Year Award . [ 9 ]
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Rafael Palmeiro , winner of the 1986 MVP Award, became a four-time MLB All-Star (1988, 1991, 1998, 1999). [ 10 ]
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Ryan Howard , the 2004 MVP, won the 2005 National League Rookie of the Year Award and the 2006 NL MVP Award . [ 11 ]