Players Choice Awards

The Players Choice Awards are annual Major League Baseball awards, given by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).

The Players Choice Awards are given following a secret ballot by players.^[1][2] Four awards go to a player in each league, while two awards each go to one player in all of Major League Baseball. Prize money is donated to a charity of each winner's choice.^[3]

The first Players Choice Awards were given in 1992, to the Comeback Player in each of the two major leagues. There were no other awards that year. In 1993, the Comeback Player awards were replaced by an Outstanding Player award for each league. Then, in 1994, two more categories were added: Outstanding Pitcher (in each league) and Outstanding Rookie (in each league).

In 1997, the dual Comeback Player awards were again named, along with the first ever single award — the Man of the Year — for one player in all of Major League Baseball. In 1998, a second non-dual award was added, Player of the Year. In addition, the Man of the Year award was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Besides, in 1999 a special Player of the Decade award was given.

Since 2015, the Always Game award is given to the player who – game in and game out – constantly exhibits positive energy, grit, tenacity, hustle, perseverance, relentlessness and sportsmanship; all for the benefit of his teammates and fans.^[4]

Awards for one player in all of Major League Baseball

Player of the Year

This award was first given in 1998.

Year	Winner	Team
1998	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals
1999	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez	Boston Red Sox
2000	Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays
2001	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (1)	San Francisco Giants
2002	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (1)	Texas Rangers
2003	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
2004	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (2)	San Francisco Giants
2005	Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
2006	Howard, RyanRyan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies
2007	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (2)	New York Yankees
2008	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
2009	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (3)	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	González, CarlosCarlos González	Colorado Rockies
2011	Verlander, JustinJustin Verlander	Detroit Tigers
2012	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers
2013	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera (2)	Detroit Tigers
2014	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers
2015	Donaldson, JoshJosh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays

The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award

This award is given to "the player in either league whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement."^[5] First given in 1997 (as the "Man of the Year" Award), it was renamed in 1998 in honor of Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Year	Winner	Team
1997	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	Oakland Athletics
1998	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor	Minnesota Twins
1999	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs
2000	Davis, EricEric Davis	St. Louis Cardinals
2001	Thome, JimJim Thome (1)	Cleveland Indians
2002	Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz (1)	Atlanta Braves
2003	Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz (2)	Atlanta Braves
2004	Thome, JimJim Thome (2)	Philadelphia Phillies
2005	Sweeney, MikeMike Sweeney	Kansas City Royals
2006	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals
2007	Hunter, ToriiTorii Hunter	Minnesota Twins
2008	Young, MichaelMichael Young (1)	Texas Rangers
2009	Granderson, CurtisCurtis Granderson	Detroit Tigers
2010	Inge, BrandonBrandon Inge	Detroit Tigers
2011	Young, MichaelMichael Young (2)	Texas Rangers
2012	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	Atlanta Braves
2013	Rivera, MarianoMariano Rivera	New York Yankees
2014	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers
2015	Jones, AdamAdam Jones	Baltimore Orioles

Majestic Athletic Always Game Award

This award was first given in 2015.

Year	Winner	Team
2015	Altuve, JoséJosé Altuve	Houston Astros

Awards for a player in each league

Outstanding Player

First awarded in 1993.

Year	American League		National League
	Player	Team	Player	Team
1993	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas (1)	Chicago White Sox	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (1)	San Francisco Giants
1994	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas (2)	Chicago White Sox	Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell	Houston Astros
1995	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	Cleveland Indians	Bichette, DanteDante Bichette	Colorado Rockies
1996	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (1)	Seattle Mariners	Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti	San Diego Padres
1997	Griffey, Jr., KenKen Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	Walker, LarryLarry Walker	Colorado Rockies
1998	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (2)	Seattle Mariners	Sosa, SammySammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs
1999	Ramírez, MannyManny Ramírez	Cleveland Indians	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	Atlanta Braves
2000	Delgado, CarlosCarlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	Helton, ToddTodd Helton	Colorado Rockies
2001	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (3)	Texas Rangers	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (2)	San Francisco Giants
2002	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (4)	Texas Rangers	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (3)	San Francisco Giants
2003	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (5)	Texas Rangers	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
2004	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds (4)	San Francisco Giants
2005	Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones	Atlanta Braves
2006	Dye, JermaineJermaine Dye	Chicago White Sox	Howard, RyanRyan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies
2007	Rodriguez, AlexAlex Rodriguez (6)	New York Yankees	Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers
2008	Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton (1)	Texas Rangers	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
2009	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols (3)	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	Hamilton, JoshJosh Hamilton (2)	Texas Rangers	González, CarlosCarlos González	Colorado Rockies
2011	Granderson, CurtisCurtis Granderson	New York Yankees	Kemp, MattMatt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers
2012	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	McCutchen, AndrewAndrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates
2013	Cabrera, MiguelMiguel Cabrera (2)	Detroit Tigers	McCutchen, AndrewAndrew McCutchen (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates
2014	Trout, MikeMike Trout	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Stanton, GiancarloGiancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins
2015	Donaldson, JoshJosh Donaldson	Toronto Blue Jays	Harper, BryceBryce Harper	Washington Nationals

Outstanding Pitcher

First awarded in 1994.

Year	American League		National League
	Player	Team	Player	Team
1994	Key, JimmyJimmy Key	New York Yankees	Maddux, GregGreg Maddux (1)	Atlanta Braves
1995	Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson (1)	Seattle Mariners	Maddux, GregGreg Maddux (2)	Atlanta Braves
1996	Hentgen, PatPat Hentgen	Toronto Blue Jays	Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz	Atlanta Braves
1997	Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens (1)	Toronto Blue Jays	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez (1)	Montreal Expos
1998	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez (2) Roger Clemens (2)	Boston Red Sox Toronto Blue Jays	Maddux, GregGreg Maddux (3)	Atlanta Braves
1999	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez (3)	Boston Red Sox	Hampton, MikeMike Hampton	Houston Astros
2000	Martínez, PedroPedro Martínez (4)	Boston Red Sox	Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson (2)	Arizona Diamondbacks
2001	Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens (3)	New York Yankees	Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling (1)	Arizona Diamondbacks
2002	Zito, BarryBarry Zito	Oakland Athletics	Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling (2)	Arizona Diamondbacks
2003	Halladay, RoyRoy Halladay (1)	Toronto Blue Jays	Gagné, ÉricÉric Gagné	Los Angeles Dodgers
2004	Santana, JohanJohan Santana	Minnesota Twins	Schmidt, JasonJason Schmidt	San Francisco Giants
2005	Colón, BartoloBartolo Colón	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
2006	Santana, JohanJohan Santana	Minnesota Twins	Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
2007	Sabathia, CCCC Sabathia	Cleveland Indians	Peavy, JakeJake Peavy	San Diego Padres
2008	Lee, CliffCliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	Lincecum, TimTim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants
2009	Greinke, ZackZack Greinke (1)	Kansas City Royals	Wainwright, AdamAdam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	Price, DavidDavid Price (1)	Tampa Bay Rays	Halladay, RoyRoy Halladay (2)	Philadelphia Phillies
2011	Verlander, JustinJustin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers
2012	Price, DavidDavid Price (2)	Tampa Bay Rays	Dickey, R.A.R.A. Dickey	New York Mets
2013	Scherzer, MaxMax Scherzer	Detroit Tigers	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers
2014	Hernández, FélixFélix Hernández	Seattle Mariners	Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers
2015	Keuchel, DallasDallas Keuchel	Houston Astros	Greinke, ZackZack Greinke (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers

Outstanding Rookie

First awarded in 1994.

Year	American League		National League
	Player	Team	Player	Team
1994	Hamelin, BobBob Hamelin	Kansas City Royals	Mondesí, RaúlRaúl Mondesí	Los Angeles Dodgers
1995	Cordova, MartyMarty Cordova	Minnesota Twins	Jones, ChipperChipper Jones	Atlanta Braves
1996	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	New York Yankees	Hollandsworth, ToddTodd Hollandsworth	Los Angeles Dodgers
1997	Garciaparra, NomarNomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	Rolen, ScottScott Rolen	Philadelphia Phillies
1998	Grieve, BenBen Grieve	Oakland Athletics	Wood, KerryKerry Wood	Chicago Cubs
1999	Beltrán, CarlosCarlos Beltrán	Kansas City Royals	Wilson, PrestonPreston Wilson	Florida Marlins
2000	Long, TerrenceTerrence Long	Oakland Athletics	Furcal, RafaelRafael Furcal	Atlanta Braves
2001	Suzuki, IchiroIchiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals
2002	Hinske, EricEric Hinske	Toronto Blue Jays	Jennings, JasonJason Jennings	Colorado Rockies
2003	Berroa, ÁngelÁngel Berroa	Kansas City Royals	Podsednik, ScottScott Podsednik	Milwaukee Brewers
2004	Crosby, BobbyBobby Crosby	Oakland Athletics	Bay, JasonJason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates
2005	Street, HustonHuston Street	Oakland Athletics	Taveras, WillyWilly Taveras	Houston Astros
2006	Verlander, JustinJustin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	Uggla, DanDan Uggla	Florida Marlins
2007	Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	Braun, RyanRyan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers
2008	Longoria, EvanEvan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	Soto, GeovanyGeovany Soto	Chicago Cubs
2009	Beckham, GordonGordon Beckham	Chicago White Sox	Happ, J. A.J. A. Happ	Philadelphia Phillies
2010	Jackson, AustinAustin Jackson	Detroit Tigers	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2011	Trumbo, MarkMark Trumbo	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Kimbrel, CraigCraig Kimbrel	Atlanta Braves
2012	Trout, MikeMike Trout	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Frazier, ToddTodd Frazier	Cincinnati Reds
2013	Myers, WilWil Myers	Tampa Bay Rays	Fernández, JoséJosé Fernández	Miami Marlins
2014	Abreu, JoséJosé Abreu	Chicago White Sox	deGrom, JacobJacob deGrom	New York Mets
2015	Correa, CarlosCarlos Correa	Houston Astros	Bryant, KrisKris Bryant	Chicago Cubs

Comeback Player

In 1992, this was the first ever Players Choice Award. There were no other awards that year. The Comeback Player award was not given from 1993 to 1996, although awards were given in other categories. In 1997, it was again awarded and has been ever since.

Year	American League		National League
	Player	Team	Player	Team
1992	Eckersley, DennisDennis Eckersley	Oakland Athletics	Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates
1997	Justice, DavidDavid Justice	Cleveland Indians	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies
1998	Davis, EricEric Davis	Baltimore Orioles	Vaughn, GregGreg Vaughn	San Diego Padres
1999	Jaha, JohnJohn Jaha	Oakland Athletics	Fernandez, AlexAlex Fernandez	Florida Marlins
2000	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas (1)	Chicago White Sox	Galarraga, AndrésAndrés Galarraga	Atlanta Braves
2001	Sierra, RubénRubén Sierra	Texas Rangers	Morris, MattMatt Morris	St. Louis Cardinals
2002	Salmon, TimTim Salmon	Anaheim Angels	Lieberthal, MikeMike Lieberthal John Smoltz	Philadelphia Phillies Atlanta Braves
2003	Loaiza, EstebanEsteban Loaiza	Chicago White Sox	Beck, RodRod Beck	San Diego Padres
2004	Hernández, OrlandoOrlando Hernández	New York Yankees	Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter (1)	St. Louis Cardinals
2005	Giambi, JasonJason Giambi	New York Yankees	Griffey Jr., KenKen Griffey Jr.	Cincinnati Reds
2006	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas (2)	Oakland Athletics	Garciaparra, NomarNomar Garciaparra	Los Angeles Dodgers
2007	Peña, CarlosCarlos Peña	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Young, DmitriDmitri Young	Washington Nationals
2008	Lee, CliffCliff Lee	Cleveland Indians	Tatís, FernandoFernando Tatís	New York Mets
2009	Hill, AaronAaron Hill	Toronto Blue Jays	Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	Guerrero, VladimirVladimir Guerrero	Texas Rangers	Hudson, TimTim Hudson	Atlanta Braves
2011	Ellsbury, JacobyJacoby Ellsbury	Boston Red Sox	Berkman, LanceLance Berkman	St. Louis Cardinals
2012	Dunn, AdamAdam Dunn	Chicago White Sox	Posey, BusterBuster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2013	Rivera, MarianoMariano Rivera	New York Yankees	Liriano, FranciscoFrancisco Liriano	Pittsburgh Pirates
2014	Young, ChrisChris Young	Seattle Mariners	McGehee, CaseyCasey McGehee	Miami Marlins
2015	Fielder, PrincePrince Fielder	Texas Rangers	Harvey, MattMatt Harvey	New York Mets

Award for Player of the Decade

See also: Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards MVP of the Decade (1999) and The Sporting News Player of the Decade (1999)

In 1999, a special Player of the Decade award was given to Ken Griffey, Jr..

See also

• Baseball America Major League Player of the Year (in MLB; for all positions)
• Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award (in MLB; for all positions)
• Sporting News Player of the Year Award (in MLB; for all positions) (Sporting News also has a Pitcher of the Year award for each league)
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award (in each league) (discontinued in 1946)
• Baseball Digest Player of the Year (in MLB; for position players) (from 1969 to 1993, included all positions; in 1994, a separate Pitcher of the Year award was added)
• MLB GIBBY / This Year in Baseball Awards (in MLB; including Hitter, Starting Pitcher, Rookie, Closer, Setup Man, Defensive Player)
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis Most Valuable Player Award (in each league; for all positions) (MLB also has the Cy Young Award for a pitcher in each league)
• Triple Crown (baseball)
• MLB All-Century Team (1999)
• MLB All-Time Team (1997; Baseball Writers' Association of America)
• Baseball awards#U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB
• List of MLB awards

References

1. "Major League Baseball Players Association: Programs". Mlb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
2. Ken Mandel / MLB.com. "Howard dual Players Choice winner | phillies.com: News". Mlb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
3. Jack O'Connell / MLB.com. "Two Players Choice Awards for Howard | MLB.com: News". MLB.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
4. Players Choice Award winners unveiled. MLB.com. Retrieved on November 11, 2015.
5. Matthew Leach / MLB.com. "Pujols, Carpenter draw peers' kudos | cardinals.com". Mlb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.

External links

• "Major League Baseball Players Association: Players Choice". Mlb.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.