Cody Bellinger in 2017. Photo by Johnmaxmena2, via Wikipedia.
Earlier this week, the MVP and Cy Young awards were announced. Turns out, both Jacob deGrom and Justin Verlander won the Cy Young award for the second time in their careers. Mike Trout won his third MVP award, while Cody Bellinger won for the first time. How many other players have won these awards multiple times? Turns out, there’s been quite a few. Check out the table below.
|
MVP |
Cy Young |
| Barry Bonds (7) | Roger Clemens (7) |
| Yogi Berra (3) | Randy Johnson (5) |
| Roy Campanella (3) | Steve Carlton (4) |
| Joe DiMaggio (3) | Greg Maddux (4) |
| Jimmie Foxx (3) | Clayton Kershaw (3) |
| Mickey Mantle (3) | Sandy Koufax (3) |
| Stan Musial (3) | Pedro Martinez (3) |
| Albert Pujols (3) | Jim Palmer (3) |
| Alex Rodriguez (3) | Max Scherzer (3) |
| Mike Schmidt (3) | Tom Seaver (3) |
| Mike Trout (3) | Jacob deGrom (2) |
| Ernie Banks (2) | Bob Gibson (2) |
| Johnny Bench (2) | Tom Glavine (2) |
| Miguel Cabrera (2) | Roy Halladay (2) |
| Mickey Cochrane (2) | Corey Kluber (2) |
| Lou Gehrig (2) | Tim Lincecum (2) |
| Juan Gonzalez (2) | Denny McLain (2) |
| Hank Greenberg (2) | Gaylord Perry (2) |
| Rogers Hornsby (2) | Bret Saberhagen (2) |
| Carl Hubbell (2) | Johan Santana (2) |
| Walter Johnson (2) | Justin Verlander (2) |
| Roger Maris (2) | |
| Willie Mays (2) | |
| Joe Morgan (2) | |
| Dale Murphy (2) | |
| Hal Newhouser (2) | |
| Cal Ripken Jr. (2) | |
| Frank Robinson (2) | |
| Frank Thomas (2) | |
| Ted Williams (2) | |
| Robin Yount (2) |
Happy Stat-urday!
~ baseballrebecca
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