tainted MVPs
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 by AriBelow is a list of every MLB MVP award winner for the past 20 years. The ones in red and bold are the ones we know were using some sort of performance enhancing drugs, usually from their own admission. The ones in bold text are the ones where there is reasonable suspicion of PEDs (for example, Juan Gonzalex was accused by Canseco, but Canseco lies so much he should be in politics, or Sammy Sosa, who suddenly went from a skinny guy to a 250lb monster in an awful hurry, and then lost his power when MLB instituted a drug testing program. Hmmmm….). It is, overall, a very sad list.
| 1988 | Kirk Gibson, Dodgers | José Canseco, Athletics |
| 1989 | Kevin Mitchell, Giants | Robin Yount, Brewers |
| 1990 | Barry Bonds, Pirates | Rickey Henderson, Athletics |
| 1991 | Terry Pendleton, Braves | Cal Ripken, Jr., Orioles |
| 1992 | Barry Bonds, Pirates | Dennis Eckersley, Athletic |
| 1993 | Barry Bonds, Giants | Frank Thomas, White Sox |
| 1994 | Jeff Bagwell, Astros | Frank Thomas, White Sox |
| 1995 | Barry Larkin, Reds | Mo Vaughn, Red Sox |
| 1996 | Ken Caminiti, Padres | Juan González, Rangers |
| 1997 | Larry Walker, Rockies | Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariners |
| 1998 | Sammy Sosa, Cubs | Juan González, Rangers |
| 1999 | Chipper Jones, Braves | Iván Rodríguez, Rangers |
| 2000 | Jeff Kent, Giants | Jason Giambi, Athletics |
| 2001 | Barry Bonds, Giants | Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners |
| 2002 | Barry Bonds, Giants | Miguel Tejada, Athletics |
| 2003 | Barry Bonds, Giants | Alex Rodriguez, Rangers |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds, Giants | Vladimir Guerrero, Angels |
| 2005 | Albert Pujols, Cardinals | Alex Rodriguez, Yankees |
| 2006 | Ryan Howard, Phillies | Justin Morneau, Twins |
| 2007 | Jimmy Rollins, Phillies | Alex Rodriguez, Yankees |
| 2008 | Albert Pujols, Cardinals | Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox |
