Pittsburgh Pirates award winners and league leaders

This is a list of all awards won by players and personnel of the Pittsburgh Pirates professional baseball team.

Awards

Most Valuable Player Award

• Andrew McCutchen (2013)
• Barry Bonds (1990, 1992)
• Willie Stargell (1979)
• Dave Parker (1978)
• Roberto Clemente (1966)
• Dick Groat (1960)
• Paul Waner (1927)

Cy Young Award

• Doug Drabek (1990)
• Vern Law (1960, MLB)

Rookie of the Year Award

• Jason Bay (2004)

Manager of the Year Award

• Clint Hurdle (2013)
• Jim Leyland (1990, 1992)

Golden Gloves

Pitcher

• Harvey Haddix (1959, 1960)
• Bobby Shantz (1961)
• Rick Reuschel (1985, 1987)

Catcher

• Tony Peña (1983, 1984, 1985)
• Mike LaValliere (1987)

First base

Second base

• Bill Mazeroski (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967)
• José Lind (1992)

Third base

Shortstop

• Gene Alley (1966, 1967)
• Jay Bell (1993)

Outfield

• Roberto Clemente (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)
• Bill Virdon (1962)
• Dave Parker (1977, 1978, 1979)
• Andy Van Slyke (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• Barry Bonds (1990, 1991, 1992)
• Nate McLouth (2008)
• Andrew McCutchen (2012)

Silver Slugger Award

Pitcher Don Robinson (1982) Rick Rhoden (1984, 1985, 1986) Catcher First base Second base Johnny Ray (1983) Neil Walker (2014)

Third base Pedro Álvarez (2013) Shortstop Jay Bell (1993) Jack Wilson (2004) Outfield Bobby Bonilla (1988, 1990, 1991) Andy Van Slyke (1988, 1992) Barry Bonds (1990, 1991, 1992) Andrew McCutchen (2012, 2013, 2014)

Comeback Player of the Year Award

• Francisco Liriano (2013)
• Vern Law (1964)
• Willie Stargell (1978)
• Rick Reuschel (1985)

All-Star Game MVP Award

• Dave Parker (1979)

Roberto Clemente Award

• Willie Stargell (1974)

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

• Roberto Clemente — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

Ford C. Frick Award

• Bob Prince (1986)
• Milo Hamilton (1992)

Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year

• Rip Sewell (1943)
• Frankie Frisch (1944)
• Bill Meyer (1948)
• Ralph Kiner (1947, 1949)
• Murry Dickson (1951)
• Dale Long (1956)
• Dick Groat (1957, 1960)
• Danny Murtaugh (1958, 1970, 1971)
• Roy Face (1959)
• Roberto Clemente (1961, 1966, 1971)
• Vernon Law (1965)
• Steve Blass (1968)
• Willie Stargell (1971, 1979)
• Dave Parker (1978)
• Syd Thrift (1987)
• Jim Leyland (1990)
• Jay Bell (1993)
• Jason Kendall (2000)
• Andrew McCutchen (2012)
• Clint Hurdle (2013)

Team award

• 1971 – Warren C. Giles Trophy (National League champion)
• 1971 – World Series Trophy^[1]
• 1979 – Warren C. Giles Trophy (National League champion)
• 1979 – World Series Trophy

Team records (single-season and career)

Franchise records

See: Pittsburgh Pirates#Franchise records

Other achievements

Hall of Famers

See: Pittsburgh Pirates#Baseball Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

See: Pittsburgh Pirates#Retired numbers

Sporting News Sportsman of the Year

See: Sporting News#Sportsman of the Year

No-Hitters

Pirates No-Hitters
Name	IP	Date
Nick Maddox	9.0	20 Sep 1907
Cliff Chambers	9.0	6 May 1951
Bob Moose	9.0	20 Sep 1969
Dock Ellis	9.0	12 Jun 1970
John Candelaria	9.0	9 Aug 1976
Francisco Córdova Ricardo Rincón	9.0 1.0	12 Jul 1997

• On September 20, 1907, Nick Maddox, a 20-year-old rookie,^[2] the youngest Major League Baseball player to ever throw a no-hitter,^[3][4] threw the first no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club. Through 1907 and 1908 Maddox won 20 of his 30 starts, making him the fastest pitcher to ever reach 20 games. This mark will be tied in the future by three other pitchers, but never beaten. Maddox won the third game of the 1909 World Series over Detroit, but was released in 1910 after winning only two games.
• The Pirates waited decades later for their next no-hitter, which was delivered by Cliff Chambers against the Boston Braves in Boston, a 3-0 victory, on May 6, 1951. Chambers walked eight and had one wild pitch, and he also drove in the third run in the 8th inning. For Chambers, this was his last victory in a Pirates uniform.
• Bob Moose no-hit the New York Mets in New York on September 20, 1969, which became the 5th no-hitter recorded by National League pitchers, a record at the time. Moose later moved into a relief role, and in 1976 led the Pirates in saves.
• Dock Ellis might be considered the most notorious no-hitter pitcher. In his autobiography, Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Ellis revealed that he pitched his no-hitter against the San Diego Padres while under the influence of LSD. Ellis won the game 2-0, receiving his support from two Willie Stargell home runs.
• John "The Candy Man" Candelaria threw his no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 9, 1976, winning 2-0.^[5] Candelaria got out of a bases-loaded jam in the 3rd inning to preserve his no-hit shut out. It was the first no-hitter thrown in Pittsburgh by a Pirate since Nick Maddox in 1907.^[6]
• July 12, 1997 was Pittsburgh's first non-Opening Day sellout since 1977; the crowd of 44,119 saw Francisco Córdova and Ricardo Rincón pitch 10 innings of no-hit, shut out baseball against the Houston Astros.^[7] The Pirates were held scoreless through nine innings, meaning the game would need extra innings. Rincon came in to relieve Córdova, who had thrown 121 pitches, in the 10th inning, and Rincón completed the performance by pitching a single inning of no-hit baseball. Rincon got the win when Mark Smith hit a three-run, pinch hit home run in the bottom of the 10th. Three seasons later, in 2000, Córdova was on his way to recording his 2nd no-hitter with the Pirates until he gave up a hit with one out in the 8th inning.

League leaders

Batting Champions

Ed Swartwood (1883) Honus Wagner (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911) Ginger Beaumont (1902) Paul Waner (1927, 1934, 1936) Arky Vaughan (1935) Debs Garms (1940)

Dick Groat (1960) Roberto Clemente (1961, 1964, 1965, 1967) Matty Alou (1966) Dave Parker (1977, 1978) Bill Madlock (1981, 1983) Freddy Sanchez (2006)

Home Run Champions

• Tommy Leach (1902)
• Ralph Kiner (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952)
• Willie Stargell (1971, 1973)
• Pedro Álvarez (2013)

See also

• Chuck Tanner Baseball Manager of the Year Award
• Baseball awards
• List of MLB awards

References

1. The World Series Trophy was first awarded in 1967. In 1985, it was re-named the Commissioner's Trophy. From 1970 to 1984, the "Commissioner's Trophy" was the name of the award given to the All-Star Game MVP.
2. Newman, Mark (7 September 2006). "Sanchez latest rookie to toss a no-no". FloridaMarlins.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
3. "Nick Maddox". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
4. "Letters to the Editor". Baseball Digest. June 2003. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
5. "Candy's no-hitter sweetens Buc's year". The Daily Collegian (Pittsburgh). Associated Press. 11 August 1976. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
6. Feeney, Charley (11 August 1976). "Candelaria's Refrain Same After No-Hitter". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Google). p. 17. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
7. "Cordova Hurls 9 Innings Of 10-Inning No-Hitter". The New York Times. 13 July 1997. Retrieved 25 November 2008.