NEW YORK (AP) – Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen and Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera have won baseball’s Most Valuable Player awards.
McCutchen won the National League honor by a surprisingly wide margin Thursday. Cabrera took the AL prize for the second straight year by a comfortable gap over Mike Trout.
McCutchen received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
The 27-year-old with the long, flowing dreadlocks led a baseball revival in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates stopped a record streak of 20 losing seasons and made the playoffs for the first time since 1992.
McCutchen ranked among the NL leaders by hitting .317 with 21 home runs and 84 RBIs. He also scored 97 runs, stole 27 bases and had a .404 on-base percentage.
Cabrera drew 23 of 30 first-place votes.
National League Most Valuable Players
The Associated Press
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2013 – Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh
2012 – Buster Posey, San Francisco
2011 – Ryan Braun, Milwaukee
2010 – Joey Votto, Cincinnati
2009 – x-Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2008 – Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2007 – Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia
2006 – Ryan Howard, Philadelphia
2005 – Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2004 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco
2003 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco
2002 – x-Barry Bonds, San Francisco
2001 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco
2000 – Jeff Kent, San Francisco
1999 – Chipper Jones, Atlanta
1998 – Sammy Sosa, Chicago
1997 – Larry Walker, Colorado
1996 – x-Ken Caminiti, San Diego
1995 – Barry Larkin, Cincinnati
1994 – x-Jeff Bagwell, Houston
1993 – Barry Bonds, San Francisco
1992 – Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh
1991 – Terry Pendleton, Atlanta
1990 – Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh
1989 – Kevin Mitchell, San Francisco
1988 – Kirk Gibson, Los Angeles
1987 – Andre Dawson, Chicago
1986 – Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia
1985 – Willie McGee, St. Louis
1984 – Ryne Sandberg, Chicago
1983 – Dale Murphy, Atlanta
1982 – Dale Murphy, Atlanta
1981 – Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia
1980 – x-Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia
1979 – Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh, and Keith Hernandez, St. Louis
1978 – Dave Parker, Pittsburgh
1977 – George Foster, Cincinnati
1976 – Joe Morgan, Cincinnati
1975 – Joe Morgan, Cincinnati
1974 – Steve Garvey, Los Angeles
1973 – Pete Rose, Cincinnati
1972 – Johnny Bench, Cincinnati
1971 – Joe Torre, St. Louis
1970 – Johnny Bench, Cincinnati
1969 – Willie McCovey, San Francisco
1968 – Bob Gibson, St. Louis
1967 – x-Orlando Cepeda, St. Louis
1966 – Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh
1965 – Willie Mays, San Francisco
1964 – Ken Boyer, St. Louis
1963 – Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles
1962 – Maury Wills, Los Angeles
1961 – Frank Robinson, Cincinnati
1960 – Dick Groat, Pittsburgh
1959 – Ernie Banks, Chicago
1958 – Ernie Banks, Chicago
1957 – Hank Aaron, Milwaukee
1956 – Don Newcombe, Brooklyn
1955 – Roy Campanella, Brooklyn
1954 – Willie Mays, New York
1953 – Roy Campanella, Brooklyn
1952 – Hank Sauer, Chicago
1951 – Roy Campanella, Brooklyn
1950 – Jim Konstanty, Philadelphia
1949 – Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn
1948 – Stan Musial, St. Louis
1947 – Bob Elliott, Boston
1946 – Stan Musial, St. Louis
1945 – Phil Cavarretta, Chicago
1944 – Marty Marion, St. Louis
1943 – Stan Musial, St. Louis
1942 – Mort Cooper, St. Louis
1941 – Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn
1940 – Frank McCormick, Cincinnati
1939 – Bucky Walters, Cincinnati
1938 – Ernie Lombardi, Cincinnati
1937 – Joe Medwick, St. Louis
1936 – Carl Hubbell, New York
1935 – Gabby Hartnett, Chicago
1934 – Dizzy Dean, St. Louis
1933 – Carl Hubbell, New York
1932 – Chuck Klein, Philadelphia
1931 – Frank Frisch, St. Louis