who was the last player to be named mvp for baseball but not voted to be an all-star?

Question

anyone know this answer??

named mvp but never been named on an all-star team

Answer 1

Do you mean never being voted to an All-Star Game in their career, or just that season?

If you're talking career, then I'd say Kirk Gibson. He was the 1988 NL MVP, but never made an All-Star team. If I remember correctly, he's the only MVP never to have made it to the All-Star game.

Answer 2

Justin Morneau, of the Minnesota Twins became the latest player to be voted the league MVP without having made the All-Star team that year, after the 2006 season.

Here is a complete list.

Hank Greenberg Det - AL 1935
Don Newcombe Brk - NL 1956
Dave Parker Pit - NL 1978
Willie Stargell Pit - NL 1979
Kirk Gibson* LA - NL 1988
Robin Yount Mil - AL 1989
Terry Pendleton Atl - NL 1991
Juan Gonzalez Tex - AL 1996
Justin Morneau Min - AL 2006

* Gibson never made an All-Star team in his career.

Answer 3

Justin Mornaeu was never voted to the '06 All Star game but wound up winning the M.V.P.


After a slow start to 2006, Morneau exploded offensively in the months of June, July, and August, raising his batting average nearly 50 points in June after beginning the month hitting .240. He raised his average another 33 points in July and after June consistently appeared near the top of the American League leaderboard in batting average, home runs and RBI. On August 9, 2006, Morneau became the first Twin since 1987 to hit 30 home runs in a single season. Morneau finished the season hitting .321 (6th in the AL) and slugging .559 (6th in AL) with 34 home runs and 131 RBI (2nd in the AL, most hit by a Canadian in MLB). He won the 2006 Silver Slugger Award for first base.

On November 21, Morneau won the American League MVP award, and became only the fourth player in Twins history to win the honor. Morneau won a close vote over second place finisher Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees. In winning the AL MVP Award, Morneau became the first Canadian player to do so, and second Canadian to win a major league MVP award (Larry Walker being the first by winning the NL MVP Award in 1997).