Trophies of MLB

The Trophies of Major League Baseball

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Most Valuable Player
The Baseball Writers Association of America presents the Most Valuable Player Award annually to the player who is deemed to have been most valuable to his team. The award is presented to a player from both the American League and National League.

• The 2021 NL MVP was Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper (.309, 35 HR, 85 RBI), who received 83% of first-place votes. Harper, who was also the 2015 NL MVP with the Washington Nationals, became the 12th multiple winner of the NL award, and joined Hall of Famer Frank Robinson as the only players to win the award for two different NL Clubs.
• The 2021 AL MVP was two-way star Shohei Ohtani (103 R, 46 HR, 100 RBI; 9-2, 3.18 ERA, 156 SO) of the Los Angeles Angels, who received all 30 first place votes. Shohei was the 11th unanimous winner of the AL award and the first since his teammate Mike Trout in 2014. He also became the second Japan born player honored, joining Ichiro Suzuki.

Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion
At the 2016 All Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, Major League Baseball renamed its annual batting championships in honor of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew.

In 2021, the Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion was shortstop Trea Turner, who hit an MLB best 328 with an MLB high 195 hits over 595 at-bats. Turner was traded from the Washington Nationals to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 30th.

Rod Carew American League Batting Champion
At the 2016 All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, Major League Baseball renamed its annual batting championships in honor of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew.

The Hank Aaron Award
The Hank Aaron Awards were first bestowed in 1999 to honor the 25th anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record. The Hank Aaron Awards recognize the most outstanding offensive performers in each League. Winners are determined by a fan vote conducted on MLB.com and a special panel of Hall of Fame players. The 2021 winners were Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays and 2021 NLMVP Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies. Guerrero became the youngest player in MLB history to win the Hank Aaron Award, and Harper became the 12th player in history to win multiple times (also 2015).

Ted Williams All-Star Game MVP Presented by Chevrolet
At the conclusion of the All-Star Game, the Arch Ward Trophy is presented to the player who is named the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet. The award, which was first presented in 1962, was previously known as the Commissioner's Trophy. Past winners include Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Bo Jackson, Cal Ripken Jr, and Derek Jeter. In 2021, Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won the award and became the youngest player to ever win Chevrolet All-Star Game MVP honors, leading the AL to a 5-2 victory.

T-Mobile Home Run Derby Trophy
Presented at the conclusion of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day. The 2021 winner was Pete Alonso of the New York Mets, who became the third player in Derby history to take home back-to-back Home Run Derby crowns, joining Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. (1998-99) and Yoenis Cespedes (2013-14). In 2019, Alonso became the second rookie ever to win the Home Run Derby, joining Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who accomplished the feat in 2017.

Home Run Derby Winners

• 1985 Dave Parker
• 1986 Wally Joyner & Darryl Strawberry
• 1987 Andre Dawson *
• 1988 Cancelled due to rain
• 1989 Eric Davis
• 1990 Ryne Sandberg *
• 1991 Cal Ripken Jr. *
• 1992 Mark McGwire
• 1993 Juan Gonzalez
• 1994 Ken Griffey Jr. *
• 1995 Frank Thomas*
• 1996 Barry Bonds
• 1997 Tino Martinez
• 1998 Ken Griffey Jr. *
• 1999 Ken Griffey Jr. *
• 2000 Sammy Sosa
• 2001 Luis Gonzalez
• 2002 Jason Giambi
• 2003 Garret Anderson
• 2004 Miguel Tejada
• 2005 Bobby Abreu
• 2006 Ryan Howard
• 2007 Vladimir Guerrero*
• 2008 Justin Morneau
• 2009 Prince Fielder
• 2010 David Ortiz
• 2011 Robinson Cano
• 2012 Prince Fielder
• 2013 Yonis Cespedes
• 2014 Yonis Cespedes
• 2015 Todd Frazier
• 2016 Giancarlo Stanton
• 2017 Aaron Judge
• 2018 Bryce Harper
• 2019 Pete Alonso
• 2021 Pete Alonso

* Hall of Famer

Pete Alonso
The winner of the annual T-Mobile Home Run Derby is presented with the Home Run Derby Trophy at the conclusion of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day. The 2021 winner was New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who defeated Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles with 23 home runs in the final round. This victory was Alonso's second consecutive Home Run Derby title. Pete launched a combined 75 home runs overall at Coors Field, and became the third player to win two straight Derbies, joining Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and Yoenis Cespedes.

World Baseball Classic Trophy
On March 22, 2017, the World Baseball Classic Championship Trophy was presented to Team USA after its 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the Championship Game of the 2017 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Led by players such as MVP Marcus Stroman, Eric Hosmer, Christian Yelich, and Adam Jones, Team USA's title was its first in the history of the tournament, which has now been held four times since 2006. The sterling silver trophy, which was created by Tiffany & Co. is symbolic of the 2017 World Baseball Classic Championship and the official national team championship of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award
The most recent recipient was Angels' two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, who was honored prior to Game One of the 2021 World Series. At the 2021 Midsummer Classic in Denver, Ohtani became the first player to be an All-Star as both a pitcher and a hitter in the 88-year history of MLB's Midsummer Classic. During his American League Most Valuable Player-winning season, Ohtani became the first player ever to record 10-or-more home runs as a hitter and 100-or-more strikeouts as a pitcher in the same campaign.

Tiffany & Co.
The Maker of Trophies

Tiffany & Co, creates some of the world's most coveted sports trophies and custom designed awards in baseball, football, basketball, horse racing, soccer, yachting and tennis, in which a Tiffany & Co trophy is the winner's reward.

Since 1850, Tiffany & Co has been the world's premier designer of sporting trophies. The tradition continues to this day as each year Major League Baseball awards the World Series Champion with the Commissioner's Trophy.

• Commissioner's Trophy
  The Major League Club that wins the World Series receives the Commissioner's Trophy, presented annually by the Commissioner of Baseball. In 2021 the Braves captured their first World Series since 1995.
• World Baseball Classic Championship Trophy
  On March 22, 2017, the World Baseball Classic Trophy was presented to Team USA after an 8-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the Championship Game of the 2017 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Led by players such as MVP Marcus Stroman, Eric Homer, Christian Yelich and Adam Jones, Team USA's title was the first in their history of the tournament, which has now been held four times since 2006. The World Baseball Classic is sanctioned as baseball's official World Championship by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the world governing body of the sport, and the sterling silver trophy is the ultimate prize.

Making the Commissioner's Trophy
Designed by Tiffany & Co. for Major League Baseball, the design features 30 pennants that surround a dome with etched longitude and latitude lines and small vermeil stitching. The process is very complicated, involving many steps and man hours. Some of the processes:

• A designer carefully creates a technical drawing of the World Series Trophy. This plan will then be used to make a full-scale three-dimensional mock up.
• Once the three-dimensional mock up is created, the metal smiths go to work fabricating all the necessary parts such as the pennants and stitching.
• Here a metal smith uses a lathe to form the base of the trophy. The silver disc he is holding has been specially treated to endure the rigors of the forming process.
• A wooden dye is carefully pounded with a rubber mallet to uniformly form all the waves in the pennants. Wood is used as it doesn't harm the precious metals.