The International League Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award given to the best player in Minor League Baseball's International League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by
Red Schoendienst, the 1943 MVP, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
Tony Martínez won the 1962 International League MVP Award.
Don Buford was the first to win the MVP Award and Rookie of the Year in the same season (1963).
Jim Rice, the 1974 winner, won 1978 American League MVP Award and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
The International League Top MLB Prospect Award is an annual award given to the best rookie player in Minor League Baseball's International League based on their regular-season performance as voted on
International League Most Valuable Player Award
…shortstops (10), and second basemen (5). Five catchers and four pitchers have won the award. Seventeen players who have won the MVP Award also won the International League Top MLB Prospect Award (formerly the Rookie of the Year Award) in the same season: Don Buford (1963), Joe Foy (1965), Mike Epstein (1966), Merv Rettenmund (1968), Luis Alvarado…
Randy Jackson won the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1950.
Cal Ripken Jr., the 1981 winner, won the 1982 American League Rookie of the Year Award.
Chipper Jones, the 1993 Rookie of the Year, won the 1999 National League MVP Award and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.