Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award

[2] Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, and members of the media have previously voted as well.

[5] In 1948, Charlie Graham donated a plaque, which was named in his honor, to be awarded annually to the league's MVP.

Ten players who have won the MVP Award also won the Pacific Coast League Top MLB Prospect Award (formerly the Rookie of the Year Award) in the same season: Willie Davis (1960), Billy Cowan (1963), Denny Doyle (1969), Robb Quinlan (2002), Adam Eaton (2012), Chris Owings (2013), Joc Pederson (2014), Joshua Fuentes (2018), Ty France (2019), and Michael Busch (2023).

[5] The Pacific Coast League sporadically issued a Pitcher of the Year Award from 1957 to 1974 and continuously since 2001.

Seven players from the Las Vegas Aviators and Los Angeles Angels have each been selected for the MVP Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Albuquerque Dukes and San Diego Padres (6); the Hollywood Stars and Sacramento River Cats (5); the Oakland Oaks, Reno Aces, San Francisco Seals, and Spokane Indians (4); the Calgary Cannons, Oklahoma City Comets, Seattle Rainiers, and Tucson Sidewinders (3); the Albuquerque Isotopes, Edmonton Trappers, El Paso Chihuahuas, Fresno Grizzlies, Iowa Cubs, Phoenix Firebirds, Sacramento Solons, Salt Lake City Bees, and Tacoma Rainiers (2); and the Eugene Emeralds, Indianapolis Indians, Omaha Royals, Salt Lake Bees, and Tulsa Oilers (1).

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Lefty O'Doul won the first Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award in 1927.
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Joe DiMaggio , the 1935 MVP, won three American League MVP Awards and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. [ 10 ]
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Steve Bilko , the only player to win three MVP Awards, did so consecutively from 1955 to 1957.
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Tony Pérez , the 1964 MVP, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. [ 11 ]
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Sandy Alomar Jr. , who won back-to-back in 1988 and 1989, won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 1990. [ 12 ]
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Tim Salmon , the 1992 MVP, won the American League Rookie of the Year Award the next year. [ 13 ]
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Geovany Soto , the 2007 MVP, won the 2008 National League Rookie of the Year Award . [ 14 ]
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Joc Pederson won both the MVP Award and the Rookie of the Year Award in 2014. [ 5 ]