Since 1950, there have been 7 starting pitchers to win an American League or National League MVP award:
1986 AL - Roger Clemens
1971 AL - Vida Blue
1968 AL - Denny McLain
1952 AL - Bobby Shantz 1968 NL - Bob Gibson
1963 NL - Sandy Koufax
1956 NL - Don Newcombe
Chat with our AI personalities
Pitcher Orel Hershiser was the 1988 NLCS MVP for the Dodgers and 1995 ALCS MVP for the Indians.
The 2009 National League MVP Award winner was Albert Pujols, and The American League MVP was Joe Mauer.
Eckersly
Jack Morris of the Minnesota Twins won the World Series MVP award in 1991.
Derek Jeter is the only person to accomplish this, and perhaps even more impressively, he won both MVP awards in the same year (2000). He is actually in the running for AL MVP this year, however, so with a little luck this answer won't be meaningful much longer.