Carolina_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award Knowpia

Carolina League
Most Valuable Player Award
Sport	Baseball
League	Carolina League
Awarded for	Regular season most valuable player of the Carolina League
Country	United States
Presented by	Carolina League
History
First award	Lewis Hester (1948)
Most wins	Bubba Smith (2)
Most recent	Samuel Basallo (2023)

The Carolina League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the most valuable player in Minor League Baseball's Carolina League. The award was first given in 1948.

Key edit

†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum^[1]

List edit

Curt Flood, MVP in 1956

Year	Winner	Team	Ref.
1948	Lewis Hester	Reidsville Luckies
1949	Leo Shoals	Reidsville Luckies
1950	Bill Evans	Burlington Bees
1951	Ray Jablonski	Winston-Salem Cards
1952	Leonard Matarazzo	Fayetteville Athletics
1953	Ramón Monzant	Danville Leafs
1954	Guy Morton Jr.	Greensboro Patriots
1955	Danny Morejón	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1956	Curt Flood	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1957	Fred Van Dusen	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1958	Fred Valentine	Wilson Tobs
1959	Carl Yastrzemski^†	Raleigh Capitals
1960	Ed Olivares	Winston-Salem Redbirds
1961	Chuck Weatherspoon	Wilson Tobs
1962	Rusty Staub	Durham Bulls
1963	Jim Price	Kinston Eagles
1964	Ed Stroud	Tidewater Tides
1965	Bobby Murcer	Greensboro Yankees
1966	Robbie Snow	Winston-Salem Red Sox
1967	Don Money	Raleigh Pirates
1968	Tony Solaita	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms
1969	Luther Quinn	Salem Rebels
1970	Cliff Johnson	Raleigh-Durham Triangles
1971	Richard Giallella	Peninsula Phillies
1972	Dave Parker	Salem Pirates
1973	Terry Whitfield	Kinston Eagles
1974	Miguel Diloné	Salem Pirates
1975	Luke Wrenn	Salem Pirates
1976	Marshall Brant	Lynchburg Mets
1977	Oswaldo Olivares	Salem Pirates
1978	Ozzie Virgil Jr.	Peninsula Pilots
1979	Bob Dernier	Peninsula Pilots
1980	Julio Franco	Peninsula Pilots
1981	Brad Komminsk	Durham Bulls
1982	Juan Samuel	Peninsula Pilots
1983	Lenny Dykstra	Lynchburg Mets
1984	Barry Lyons	Lynchburg Mets
1985	Shawn Abner	Lynchburg Mets
1986	Gregg Jefferies	Lynchburg Mets
1987	Casey Webster	Kinston Indians
1988	Mickey Pina	Lynchburg Red Sox
1989	Phil Plantier	Lynchburg Red Sox
1990	Gary Scott	Winston-Salem Spirits
1991	Pete Castellano	Winston-Salem Spirits
1992	Bubba Smith	Peninsula Pilots
1993	Bubba Smith	Winston-Salem Spirits
1994	Larry Sutton	Wilmington Blue Rocks
1995	Richie Sexson	Kinston Indians
1996	José Guillén	Lynchburg Hillcats
1997	Aramis Ramirez	Lynchburg Hillcats
1998	Joe Crede	Winston-Salem Warthogs
1999	Marcus Giles	Myrtle Beach Pelicans
2000	Troy Farnsworth	Potomac Cannons
2001	Víctor Martínez	Kinston Indians
2002	Brad Hawpe	Salem Avalanche
2003	Chris Shelton	Lynchburg Hillcats
2004	Brad Eldred	Lynchburg Hillcats
2005	Leo Daigle	Winston-Salem Warthogs
2006	Jordan Brown	Kinston Indians
2007	Mitch Einertson	Salem Avalanche
2008	Beau Mills	Kinston Indians
2009	Brandon Waring	Frederick Keys	^[2]
2010	Tyler Moore	Potomac Nationals	^[3]
2011	Ian Gac	Winston-Salem Dash	^[4]
2012	Dan Black	Winston-Salem Dash	^[5]
2013	Chris Curley	Winston-Salem Dash	^[6]
2014	Joey Gallo	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	^[7]
2015	Nellie Rodríguez	Lynchburg Hillcats	^[8]
2016	Bobby Bradley	Lynchburg Hillcats	^[9]
2017	Ademar Rifaela	Frederick Keys	^[10]
2018	Bobby Dalbec	Salem Red Sox	^[11]
2019	Mario Feliciano	Carolina Mudcats	^[12]
2020	None selected (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)		^[13]
2021	Diego Infante	Charleston RiverDogs	^[14]
2022	Jackson Chourio	Carolina Mudcats	^[15]
2023	Samuel Basallo	Delmarva Shorebirds	^[16]

References edit

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