The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award
Sport | Baseball |
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League | Minor League Baseball |
Awarded for | Player of the Year |
Country | United States, Canada, Mexico |
Presented by | The Sporting News[a] |
History | |
First award | 1936 |
First winner | Johnny Vander Meer |
Most wins | Gene Conley (1951, 1953) Sandy Alomar Jr. (1988, 1989) |
Most recent | Jay Bruce (2007) |
The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award was presented annually by The Sporting News[a] to a player in Minor League Baseball deemed to have had the most outstanding season. It was awarded annually starting in 1936,[1] and was last known to have been awarded in 2007.[2]
Winners
The first winner of the award, Johnny Vander Meer, subsequently pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is best known for pitching back-to-back no-hitters in 1938. Several winners of the award are inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Johnny Bench, Vladimir Guerrero, Derek Jeter, Pedro Martínez, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, and Phil Rizzuto. Two players won the award twice: Gene Conley (1951, 1953) and Sandy Alomar Jr. (1988, 1989). There was one tie, occurring in 1988 when Alomar Jr. shared the honor with Gary Sheffield.[3] Each winner of the award went on to play in MLB, with the exception of Jason Stokes, who won the award in 2002 while in Class A and later reached the Triple-A level.[4]
See also
- Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award
- USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award
- Topps Minor League Player of the Year Award
Notes
- ^ a b In 2002, The Sporting News adjusted their name to Sporting News.
References
- ^ Mehl, Ernest (January 21, 1953). "Sporting Comment". The Kansas City Star. p. 28. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Sporting News honors OF Bruce". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 2, 2007. p. C3. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Locally". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. December 3, 1988. p. 2D. Retrieved December 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jason Stokes Minor, Fall & Independent Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Dutton, Bob (March 3, 2008). "Once a phenom, Royals' Gordon ready to succeed". St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. p. D1. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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- 1936: Vander Meer
- 1937: Keller
- 1938: Hutchinson
- 1939: Novikoff
- 1940: Rizzuto
- 1941: Lindell
- 1942: Barrett
- 1943: Covington
- 1944: Collins
- 1945: Coan
- 1946: Sisti
- 1947: Sauer
- 1948: Woodling
- 1949: Arntzen
- 1950: Saucier
- 1951: Conley
- 1952: Skowron
- 1953: Conley
- 1954: Score
- 1955: Murff
- 1956: Bilko
- 1957: Siebern
- 1958: O'Toole
- 1959: Howard
- 1960: Davis
- 1961: Koplitz
- 1962: Bailey
- 1963: Buford
- 1964: Stottlemyre
- 1965: Foy
- 1966: Epstein
- 1967: Bench
- 1968: Rettenmund
- 1969: Walton
- 1970: Baylor
- 1971: Grich
- 1972: Paciorek
- 1973: Ontiveros
- 1974: Rice
- 1975: Cruz
- 1976: Putnam
- 1977: Landreaux
- 1978: Summers
- 1979: Bomback
- 1980: Raines
- 1981: Marshall
- 1982: Kittle
- 1983: McReynolds
- 1984: Knicely
- 1985: Canseco
- 1986: Pyznarski
- 1987: Milligan
- 1988: Alomar Jr. & Sheffield
- 1989: Alomar Jr.
- 1990: Offerman
- 1991: Martínez
- 1992: Salmon
- 1993: Floyd
- 1994: Jeter
- 1995: García
- 1996: Guerrero
- 1997: Grieve
- 1998: Kapler
- 1999: Ankiel
- 2000: Rauch
- 2001: Beckett
- 2002: Stokes
- 2003: Greinke
- 2004: McPherson
- 2005: Wood
- 2006: Gordon
- 2007: Bruce