The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced their election results for the 2019 Most Valuable Player awards in the American League and National League. The winners were
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and
Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Trout received 101 of 127 first-place votes (79.53%). Others receiving first-place votes include
Alex Bregman, with 17 (13.39%),
D.J. LeMahieu (6, 4.72%),
Marcus Semien (1, 0.79%) and
Gerrit Cole (0.79). Bellinger received 69 first-place votes (55.65%). Others receiving first-place votes include
Christian Yelich, with 41 (33.06%),
Anthony Rendon (11, 8.87%) and
Ronald Acuna, Jr, (3, 2.42%). Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method. The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). FenwayNation's Editor-In-Chief
Ernest Paicopolos and International Editor
Mark Lawrence as voting members of IBWAA.
