The Fergie Jenkins Most Valuable Player Award was established in 1975 and is awarded to the most outstanding player in Chatham Minor Baseball. 
 
The Fergie Jenkins MVP Award winner is selected from a list of nominees comprised of the team MVP’s from the seven travel teams in our system.  The nominees are put forward to the Executive by the coaching staffs of each travel team.
 
This award is of great significance to CMBA as it bares the name of our very own, Fergie Jenkins, the only Canadian inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
 
Previous winners who have gone on to higher achievements in their lives and most have benefited from having this unique distinction in their portfolio.
 
In 2003, the executive of CMBA adopted standardized criteria from which all team nominees are to be chosen by and rules governing the nomination of the individual player.
 
Each nominee is evaluated on each of the following:
 
1)         Their overall skill level and ability.
 
2)         Sportsmanship, not only on the field but off the field as well
 
3)         Leadership
 
4)         And the impact that player had on the success that his team enjoyed this past season.
 
The award is not just about who has the best “stats” or who strikes out the most batters.  It is about recognizing that special player who epitomizes exactly what it means to be a Chatham Minor Baseball player.  
 
The nominations are received and the committee, consisting of three Executive members, analyze the nominations until a winner is selected.

Past Winners

1975         Lonnie Brown
1976         Keith Blackford
1977         Mark Cleeve
1978         Gary Roberts
1979         Scott Crosier
1980         Tim Dickinson
1981         Greg Balan
1982         Randy Poisson
1983         Jeff Laidlaw
1984         Roger Brown
1985         Chris Peterson
1986         Jon Teetzel
1987        
1988         Bryan Martin
1989         Jeff Stephenson
1990         Steve Donald
1991         Paul Brown
1992         Mike Rylett
1993         Jeremy McGowan
1994         Jon Derksen
1995         Graeme Gaunt
1996         Mathew Handsor
1997         Alan Cattrysse
1998         Jason Montgomery
1999         Shawn Kahue
2000         Jason Shaw
2001         Ryan Weaver
2002         Larry Balkwill
2003         Dave Smith
2004         Sean Myers
2005         Jeff Chittim
2006         Mike Verfaillie
2007         Joey Hewak
2008         Luke Van Rycheghem
2009         Tyler Udvari
2010         Connor Goldsmith
2011         Justin Doran
2012         Deni Goure
2013         Spencer Marcus
2014         Ayden McKinlay
2015         Matthew McMahon
2016         Cameron Pickford
2017         Kurt Countryman
2018         Garret Day
2019         Ethan Boulley-Dekker
2020         No Winner - Season Cancelled
2021         Travis Caron
2022         Austin Drew
2023         Cam Wellington