Southern Association Most Valuable Player Award


The Southern Association Most Valuable Player Award was an annual award given to the best player in minor league baseball's Southern Association from 1937 to 1957. In 1937, Coaker Triplett won the first ever Southern Association MVP Award. Stan Palys won the final award in 1957.
Catchers, with 3 winners, won the most among infielders, followed by first basemen, second baseman, and third baseman. Four pitchers also won the award. Nine outfielders won the MVP Award, the most of any position.
Eight players from the Nashville Vols were selected for the MVP Award, more than any other teams in the league, followed by the Atlanta Crackers ; the Memphis Chicks ; the Little Rock Travelers and Mobile Bears ; and the Chattanooga Lookouts, Knoxville Smokies, and New Orleans Pelicans.
Four players from the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball organization won the MVP Award, more than any other, followed by the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, New York Giants, and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations ; the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators organizations. Five players were from teams unaffiliated with any MLB organization.

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