California high schools have produced the most World Series MVPs

The first World Series MVP was awarded to Johnny Podres of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 after he pitched a complete game shutout in Game 7 against the New York Yankees. Podres is one of five World Series MVP's to go to high school in New York. The others are Whitey Ford, Sandy Koufax, Manny Ramirez and Frank Viola.

When it comes to bragging rights California claims the top spot with 15 players to win World Series MVP. The first was in 1956 when Don Larsen of Point Loma (San Diego) won the award after throwing a perfect game for the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Since 2000 the Golden State have had four players be honored as World Series MVP including Randy Johnson of Livermore.

San Diego has five selections with Larsen being followed by Alan Trammell of Kearny (San Diego), Troy Glaus of Carlsbad, Cole Hamels of Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) and Stephen Strasburg of West Hills (Santee). Trammell even coached under current Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy with the San Diego Padres for two seasons before becoming the manager of the Detroit Tigers.

New York and Florida are tied for second with five selections a piece. Ohio has four, including Pete Rose. No high school has ever had two different players win World Series MVP. Sandy Koufax of Lafayette (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Bob Gibson of Tech (Omaha, Neb.) and Reggie Jackson of Cheltenham (Wyncote, Pa.) all won the award twice.



In total, 24 states have produced a World Series MVP. California - 15
Rick Dempsey, 1983, Crespi (Encino)
Jermaine Dye, 2005, Wood (Vacaville)
Rollie Fingers, 1974, Upland
Troy Glaus, 2002, Carlsbad
Cole Hamels, 2008, Rancho Bernardo (San Diego)
Randy Johnson, 2001, Livermore
Don Larsen, 1956, Point Loma (San Diego)
Frank Robinson, 1966, McClymonds (Oakland)
Bret Saberhagen, 1985, Cleveland (Reseda)
Larry Sherry, 1959, Fairfax (Los Angeles)
Willie Stargell, 1979, Encinal (Alameda)
Dave Stewart, 1989, St. Elizabeth (Oakland)
Stephen Strasburg, 2019, West Hills (Santee)
Alan Trammell, 1984, Kearny (San Diego)
John Wettleland, 1996, Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa)

Florida - 5
Pat Borders, 1992, Lake Wales
Bucky Dent, 1978, Hialeah
David Eckstein, 2006, Seminole (Sanford)
Mike Lowell, 2007, Coral Gables
Steve Pearce, 2018, Lakeland

New York - 5
Whitey Ford, 1961, Aviation (Long Island City)
Sandy Koufax, 1963/1965, Lafayette (Brooklyn)
Johnny Podres, 1955, Mineville
Manny Ramirez, 2004, Washington (New York)
Frank Viola, 1987, East Meadow

Ohio - 4
Pete Rose, 1975, Western Hills (Cincinnati)
Mike Schmidt, 1980, Fairview (Dayton)
Gene Tenace, 1972, Valley (Lucasville)
Steve Yeager, 1981, Meadowdale (Dayton)

Oklahoma - 3
Johnny Bench, 1976, Binger-Oney (Binger)
Darrell Porter, 1982, Southeast (Oklahoma City)
Ralph Terry, 1962, Chelsea

Georgia - 2
Donn Clendenon, 1969, Washington (Atlanta)
Ray Knight, 1986, Dougherty (Albany)



Illinois - 2
Bob Turley, 1958, East St. Louis
Ben Zobrist, 2016, Eureka

Minnesota - 2
Paul Molitor, 1993, Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul)
Jack Morris, 1991, Highland Park (St. Paul)

North Carolina - 2
Madison Bumgarner, 2014, South Caldwell (Hudson)
Corey Seager, 2020 Northwest Cabarrus (Concord)

Oregon - 2
Scott Brosius, 1998, Putnam (Milwaukie)
Mickey Lolich, 1968, Lincoln (Portland)

Arkansas - 1
Brooks Robinson, 1970, Central (Little Rock)

Arizona -1
Curt Schilling, 2001, Shadow Mountain (Phoenix)



Connecticut - 1
George Springer, 2017, Avon Old Farms (Avon)

Massachusetts - 1
Tom Glavine, 1995, Billerica Memorial (Billerica)

Michigan - 1
Derek Jeter, 2000, Kalamazoo Central (Kalamazoo)

Missouri - 1
David Freese, 2011, Lafayette (Wildwood)

Nebraska - 1
Bob Gibson, 1964/1967, Tech (Omaha)

New Jersey - 1
Orel Hershiser, 1988, Cherry Hill East (Cherry Hill)



Pennsylvania - 1
Reggie Jackson, 1973/1977, Cheltenham (Wyncote)

Rhode Island - 1
Jeremy Pena, 2022, Classical (Providence)

South Carolina - 1
Bobby Richardson, 1960, Sumter

Texas - 1
Josh Beckett, 2003, Spring

Washington - 1
Ron Cey, 1981, Mount Tahoma (Tacoma)

West Virginia - 1
Lew Burdette, 1957, Nitro

Outside of United States
Roberto Clemente, 1971, Puerto Rico
Pedro Guerrero, 1981, Dominican Republic
Livan Hernandez, 1997, Cuba
Hideki Matsui, 2009, Japan
David Ortiz, 2013, Dominican Republic
Salvador Perez, 2015, Venezuela
Edgar Renteria, 2010, Colombia
Jose Rijo, 1990, Dominican Republic
Mariano Rivera, 1999, Panama
Pablo Sandoval, 2012, Venezuela
Jorge Soler, 2021, Cuba