No New York Met has ever won the Most Valuable Player award. Is that better or worse than Cleveland’s 60-year MVP drought? I’ll leave that for you to decide, dear reader. In the meantime, this handy chart will tell you how long it’s been since a player from each American League team won the MVP. If I were you, I’d commit this to memory before awards season.
MVP droughts, A.L. edition
Victor Decolongon
| Team | Last MVP | Player | Notes |
| Tigers | 2012 | Miguel Cabrera | Kind of a controversial vote. Maybe google it. |
| Rangers | 2010 | Josh Hamilton | Putting his GM's job in jeopardy with .245/.303/.431 season. |
| Twins | 2009 | Joe Mauer | Sorry I made fun of Twins for drafting Mauer instead of Mark Prior. |
| Red Sox | 2008 | Dustin Pedroia | "Scherzer's starting? Good, that guy sucks." - Pedroia, probably. |
| Yankees | 2007 | Alex Rodriguez | History's greatest monster. |
| Angels | 2004 | Vlad Guerrero | Obvious Hall of Famer. Probably won't get in. |
| Athletics | 2002 | Miguel Tejada | Playing Royce Clayton in upcoming biopic. |
| Mariners | 2001 | Ichiro Suzuki | Like a 6-year-old's idea of what a baseball player is. In a good way. |
| Astros | 1994 | Jeff Bagwell | Born on ... |
| White Sox | 1994 | Frank Thomas | ... the same day. |
| Orioles | 1991 | Cal Ripken | My favorite player of all time. Well, 10,000th favorite. |
| Blue Jays | 1987 | George Bell | People forget narratives. Stats last forever. |
| Royals | 1980 | George Brett | Hit 3 home runs off Catfish Hunter in '78 ALCS. |
| Indians | 1953 | Al Rosen | Sixty years! Grady Sizemore's '06 is best season since, sez WAR. |
| Rays | - | - | Who will be the Rays' first MVP, Longoria or Myers? |
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