Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award

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The Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Baseball Player ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, typically most significantly in the MLB season in progress during the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony.

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and retired sportspersons, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners[]

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.[1]

  Player was a member of the winning team in the World Series.
  Player was a member of the losing team in the World Series.
* Major League Baseball MVP
† World Series MVP

Year Player Position played Team represented
1993 Dennis Eckersley Relief pitcher Oakland Athletics
1994 Barry Bonds Left fielder San Francisco Giants
19951 Jeff Bagwell* First baseman Houston Astros
1996 Greg Maddux Starting pitcher Atlanta Braves
1997 Ken Caminiti Third baseman San Diego Padres
1998 Larry Walker Right fielder Colorado Rockies
1999 Mark McGwire First baseman St. Louis Cardinals
2000 Pedro Martínez Starting pitcher Boston Red Sox
2001 Pedro Martínez (2) Starting pitcher Boston Red Sox
2002 Barry Bonds* (2) Left fielder San Francisco Giants
2003 Barry Bonds* (3) Left fielder San Francisco Giants
2004 Barry Bonds* (4) Left fielder San Francisco Giants
2005 Albert Pujols* First baseman St. Louis Cardinals
2006 Albert Pujols (2) First baseman St. Louis Cardinals
2007 Derek Jeter Shortstop New York Yankees
2008 Alex Rodriguez Third baseman New York Yankees
2009 Albert Pujols (3) First baseman St. Louis Cardinals
2010 Albert Pujols (4) First baseman St. Louis Cardinals
2011 Roy Halladay Starting pitcher Philadelphia Phillies
2012 Josh Hamilton Outfielder Texas Rangers
2013 Miguel Cabrera Third baseman Detroit Tigers
2014 Miguel Cabrera (2) First baseman Detroit Tigers
2015 Mike Trout Outfielder Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2016 Bryce Harper Outfielder Washington Nationals
2017 Mike Trout (2) Outfielder Los Angeles Angels
2018 Mike Trout (3) Outfielder Los Angeles Angels
2019 Christian Yelich Outfielder Milwaukee Brewers
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Shohei Ohtani Designated hitter / pitcher Los Angeles Angels

1The 1994 and 1995 seasons were shortened due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.

See also[]

  • Players Choice Awards Player of the Year (in MLB; for all positions) (there are also Outstanding Player and Outstanding Pitcher awards in each league)
  • Baseball America Major League Player of the Year (in MLB; for all positions)
  • The 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; Hitter of the Year, Starting Pitcher of the Year, Closer of the Year, Setup Man of the Year)
  • Most Valuable Player Award (in each league; for all positions) (MLB also has the Cy Young Award for a pitcher in each league)
  • Baseball awards#U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB
  • List of MLB awards

Notes[]

  1. ^ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.

References[]

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