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The Baseball Writers Association of America voted to remove former MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis's name from the American and National League MVP Awards.
A total of 313 votes were cast, and 89% were in favor of stripping Landis's name from the plaques. The MVP awards will be nameless in 2020, and the organization will decide on renaming them in 2021.
In June, former NL MVPs Barry Larkin, Mike Schmidt and Terry Pendleton spoke out about removing Landis's name from the awards due to his impact on slowing integration in MLB.