From 1970 to 1984, the Commissioner ' s Trophy referred to the award disposed at the Better League Baseball All - Star Game MVP Award, which is bestowed upon the best all - star game performer for a given year. However, in 1985, the trophy originally confessed as the World Series Trophy was renamed the Commissioners Trophy ( ergo prompting a new handle for the MVP Award ). Today, the Commissioners Trophy is awarded to the winning gang of each year ' s Greater League Baseball World Series which takes place every fall, in October.
Following the Higher League Baseball World Series game, the Commissioner of Senior League Baseball presents the trophy to the winning bunch ' s publician, general manager, and manager - players and coaches receive rings ( or, in some years, medallions or pocket watches ) to commemorate their wins. Initially, the trophy was bestowed upon the winners in the clubhouse; beginning in 1997, the trophy was presented on the field instead, to the Florida Marlins, who won that year. However, the presentation on the field currently only occurs when the home team is the winning team - if the visiting wins, the trophy is then presented in the clubhouse. Traditionally, the winning team is also invited to the White House to meet the U. S. President.
The Commissioners Trophy, originally called the World Series Trophy, was first presented in 1967, to the St. Louis Cardinals following their victory against the Boston Red Sox.
1994 is the only year that the Commissioner ' s Trophy was not awarded, as that year, an eight month players ' strike - beginning in August of 1994 and ending in April 1995, lasting 232 days total - brought the baseball season to a complete stop during that period, effectively canceling nearly 950 games in all, including the entire post - season for 1994. Thus, for the first time since 1904 - when the owner of the New York Giants, John T. Brush, was motivated by animosity toward the National League ' s president to refuse to play against the Boston Americans in the World Series after winning the National League pennant for the season - no World Series game took place, and no Commissioners Trophy was awarded. The 1994 - 1995 strike interrupted the Montreal Expos ' best season in the team ' s history, and had been the eighth strike in the history of baseball, and by its conclusion had set a record as the longest and most financially sacrifice in the history of all professional sports, resulting in an overall loss of nearly one billion dollars.
It had all begun with owners ' attempts to enforce a salary cap, in addition to a reduction in revenue share from 56 % to 50 % for the players. As a compromise, owners would offer players free agency after four years rather than six - but the players could only see this offer as subjection to lower salary growth. With little progress, negotiations carried on throughout the length of the strike, which only ended with a court order preliminary injunction against the owners. There have been no more strikes in baseball since and the Commissioners Trophy sports award has been back in business.
