Northwest League Most Valuable Player Award

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

One player who has won the MVP Award also won the Northwest League Top MLB Prospect Award in the same season: Zac Veen (2022).

In 2015, the Northwest League established a Pitcher of the Year Award.

[2] Twelve players from the Spokane Indians have been selected for the MVP Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Everett AquaSox (7); the Boise Hawks (5); the Eugene Emeralds and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (4); the Vancouver Canadians (3); the Medford Athletics, Southern Oregon Timberjacks, and Yakima Bears (2); and the Bellingham Mariners, Everett Giants, Tri-Cities Triplets, and Walla Walla Padres (1).

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

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Tony Gwynn won the first Northwest League Most Valuable Player Award in 1981 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. [ 8 ]
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Todd Greene won the 1993 Most Valuable Player Award.
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Garrett Atkins was chosen as the Most Valuable Player in 2000.
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Joe Panik , the 2011 MVP, was selected to play in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game . [ 9 ]