World Series Most Valuable Player Award
Ben Zobrist holding his 2016 World Series MVP trophy | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Awarded for | Annual most valuable player of the World Series |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Presented by | Major League Baseball (since 1985) |
| History | |
| First award | 1955 |
| Most recent | Freddie Freeman (Los Angeles Dodgers) |
The Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player deemed to have the most impact on his team's performance in the World Series, which is the final round of the MLB postseason. The award was first presented in 1955 by Sport magazine, but since 1985 has been officially presented by MLB. The winner is determined during the final game of the World Series by a committee of reporters and officials present at the game.
On September 29, 2017, the award was renamed in honor of Willie Mays in remembrance of the 63rd anniversary of The Catch, which occurred the year before the award's debut; Mays never won the award himself.