Fields in the stream. Last time around we unpacked the real history of baseball and other bullets. Today we
Today in baseball history:
- 1911 - The Most Valuable Player award is introduced and sponsored by Hugh Chalmers, an auto manufacturer. The first winners of the MVP, selected by a vote of one baseball writer representing each franchise in the league, will be Tigers’ outfielder Ty Cobb and Frank Schulte of the Cubs. (1)
There have been three different “official” most valuable player awards in Major League Baseball since 1911; the Chalmers Award (1911-1914), the League Award (1922-1929), and this is the third, and currently awarded, version simply referred to as the Most Valuable Player Award.