The Best Major League Baseball Player

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, known alternatively as the Best Baseball Player ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the

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(MLB) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, typically most significantly in the MLB season in progress during the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously

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s, termed collectively ''experts''; and retired

s, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the

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from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The award wasn't awarded in

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List of winners

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Player was a member of the losing team in the World Series.
* Major League Baseball MVP
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List of winners

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