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1947–2025 · 158 awarded to 158 people · AL, ML, NL

Latest (2025)

Nick Kurtz AL
Drake Baldwin NL

First (1947)

Jackie Robinson

Winners

Year	Lg	Winner	Team	Vote share	1st-place votes	Runner-up	Notes
2025	AL	Nick Kurtz	Athletics	100%	30	Jacob Wilson
2025	NL	Drake Baldwin	Atlanta Braves	87%	21	Cade Horton
2024	AL	Luis Gil	New York Yankees	71%	15	Colton Cowser
2024	NL	Paul Skenes	Pittsburgh Pirates	91%	23	Jackson Merrill
2023	AL	Gunnar Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	100%	30	Tanner Bibee
2023	NL	Corbin Carroll	Arizona Diamondbacks	100%	30	Kodai Senga
2022	AL	Julio Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners	99%	29	Adley Rutschman
2022	NL	Michael Harris	Atlanta Braves	89%	22	Spencer Strider
2021	AL	Randy Arozarena	Tampa Bay Rays	83%	22	Luis Garcia
2021	NL	Jonathan India	Cincinnati Reds	99%	29	Trevor Rogers
2020	AL	Kyle Lewis	Seattle Mariners	100%	30	Luis Robert
2020	NL	Devin Williams	Milwaukee Brewers	63%	14	Alec Bohm
2019	AL	Yordan Alvarez	Houston Astros	100%	30	John Means
2019	NL	Pete Alonso	New York Mets	99%	29	Mike Soroka
2018	AL	Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	91%	25	Miguel Andujar
2018	NL	Ronald Acuna	Atlanta Braves	96%	27	Juan Soto
2017	AL	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	100%	30	Andrew Benintendi
2017	NL	Cody Bellinger	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	30	Paul DeJong
2016	AL	Michael Fulmer	Detroit Tigers	95%	26	Gary Sanchez
2016	NL	Corey Seager	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	30	Trea Turner	Unanimous
2015	AL	Carlos Correa	Houston Astros	83%	17	Francisco Lindor
2015	NL	Kris Bryant	Chicago Cubs	100%	30	Matt Duffy
2014	AL	Jose Abreu	Chicago White Sox	100%	30	Matt Shoemaker
2014	NL	Jacob deGrom	New York Mets	95%	26	Billy Hamilton
2013	AL	Wil Myers	Tampa Bay Rays	87%	23	Jose Iglesias
2013	NL	Jose Fernandez	Miami Marlins	95%	26	Yasiel Puig
2012	AL	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	100%	28	Yoenis Cespedes
2012	NL	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals	70%	16	Wade Miley
2011	AL	Jeremy Hellickson	Tampa Bay Rays	73%	17	Mark Trumbo
2011	NL	Craig Kimbrel	Atlanta Braves	100%	32	Freddie Freeman
2010	AL	Neftali Feliz	Texas Rangers	87%	20	Austin Jackson
2010	NL	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants	81%	20	Jason Heyward
2009	AL	Andrew Bailey	Oakland Athletics	55%	13	Elvis Andrus
2009	NL	Chris Coghlan	Florida Marlins	66%	17	J. A. Happ
2008	AL	Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	100%	28	Alexei Ramirez
2008	NL	Geovany Soto	Chicago Cubs	99%	31	Joey Votto
2007	AL	Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	94%	24	Delmon Young
2007	NL	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	80%	17	Troy Tulowitzki
2006	AL	Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	95%	26	Jonathan Papelbon
2006	NL	Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins	66%	14	Ryan Zimmerman
2005	AL	Huston Street	Oakland Athletics	69%	15	Robinson Cano
2005	NL	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	68%	19	Willy Taveras
2004	AL	Bobby Crosby	Oakland Athletics	99%	27	Shingo Takatsu
2004	NL	Jason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates	91%	25	Khalil Greene
2003	AL	Angel Berroa	Kansas City Royals	63%	12	Hideki Matsui
2003	NL	Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins	74%	17	Scott Podsednik
2002	AL	Eric Hinske	Toronto Blue Jays	87%	19	Rodrigo Lopez
2002	NL	Jason Jennings	Colorado Rockies	94%	27	Brad Wilkerson
2001	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	99%	27	CC Sabathia
2001	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	100%	32	Roy Oswalt
2000	AL	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Seattle Mariners	74%	17	Terrence Long
2000	NL	Rafael Furcal	Atlanta Braves	90%	25	Rick Ankiel
1999	AL	Carlos Beltran	Kansas City Royals	95%	26	Freddy Garcia
1999	NL	Scott Williamson	Cincinnati Reds	74%	17	Preston Wilson
1998	AL	Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	93%	23	Rolando Arrojo
1998	NL	Kerry Wood	Chicago Cubs	80%	16	Todd Helton
1997	AL	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	100%	28	Jose Cruz
1997	NL	Scott Rolen	Philadelphia Phillies	100%	28	Livan Hernandez
1996	AL	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	100%	28	James Baldwin
1996	NL	Todd Hollandsworth	Los Angeles Dodgers	75%	15	Edgar Renteria
1995	AL	Marty Cordova	Minnesota Twins	75%	13	Garret Anderson
1995	NL	Hideo Nomo	Los Angeles Dodgers	84%	18	Chipper Jones
1994	AL	Bob Hamelin	Kansas City Royals	96%	25	Manny Ramirez
1994	NL	Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	28	John Hudek
1993	AL	Tim Salmon	California Angels	100%	28	Jason Bere
1993	NL	Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	100%	28	Greg McMichael
1992	AL	Pat Listach	Milwaukee Brewers	87%	20	Kenny Lofton
1992	NL	Eric Karros	Los Angeles Dodgers	97%	22	Moises Alou
1991	AL	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	97%	26	Juan Guzman
1991	NL	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	98%	23	Orlando Merced
1990	AL	Sandy Alomar	Cleveland Indians	100%	28	Kevin Maas
1990	NL	David Justice	Atlanta Braves	98%	23	Delino DeShields
1989	AL	Gregg Olson	Baltimore Orioles	97%	26	Tom Gordon
1989	NL	Jerome Walton	Chicago Cubs	97%	22	Dwight Smith
1988	AL	Walt Weiss	Oakland Athletics	74%	17	Bryan Harvey
1988	NL	Chris Sabo	Cincinnati Reds	66%	11	Mark Grace
1987	AL	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	100%	28	Kevin Seitzer
1987	NL	Benito Santiago	San Diego Padres	100%	24	Mike Dunne
1986	AL	Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics	79%	16	Wally Joyner
1986	NL	Todd Worrell	St. Louis Cardinals	98%	23	Robby Thompson
1985	AL	Ozzie Guillen	Chicago White Sox	72%	16	Teddy Higuera
1985	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals	100%	24	Tom Browning
1984	AL	Alvin Davis	Seattle Mariners	96%	25	Mark Langston
1984	NL	Dwight Gooden	New York Mets	98%	23	Juan Samuel
1983	AL	Ron Kittle	Chicago White Sox	74%	15	Julio Franco
1983	NL	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	88%	18	Craig McMurtry
1982	AL	Cal Ripken	Baltimore Orioles	94%	24	Kent Hrbek
1982	NL	Steve Sax	Los Angeles Dodgers	52%	9	Johnny Ray
1981	AL	Dave Righetti	New York Yankees	91%	23	Rich Gedman
1981	NL	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers	89%	17	Tim Raines
1980	AL	Joe Charboneau	Cleveland Indians	73%	15	Dave Stapleton
1980	NL	Steve Howe	Los Angeles Dodgers	67%	12	Bill Gullickson
1979	AL	Alfredo Griffin tie	Toronto Blue Jays	25%	7	Mark Clear
1979	AL	John Castino tie	Minnesota Twins	25%	7	Alfredo Griffin
1979	NL	Rick Sutcliffe	Los Angeles Dodgers	83%	20	Jeffrey Leonard
1978	AL	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers	75%	21	Paul Molitor
1978	NL	Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	50%	12	Ozzie Smith
1977	AL	Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles	43%	12	Mitchell Page
1977	NL	Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	42%	10	Steve Henderson
1976	AL	Mark Fidrych	Detroit Tigers	92%	22	Butch Wynegar
1976	NL	Butch Metzger tie	San Diego Padres	46%	11	Pat Zachry
1976	NL	Pat Zachry tie	Cincinnati Reds	46%	11	Hector Cruz
1975	AL	Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	98%	23	Jim Rice
1975	NL	John Montefusco	San Francisco Giants	50%	12	Gary Carter
1974	AL	Mike Hargrove	Texas Rangers	67%	16	Bucky Dent
1974	NL	Bake McBride	St. Louis Cardinals	67%	16	Greg Gross
1973	AL	Al Bumbry	Baltimore Orioles	54%	13	Pedro Garcia
1973	NL	Gary Matthews	San Francisco Giants	46%	11	Steve Rogers
1972	AL	Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	100%	24
1972	NL	Jon Matlack	New York Mets	79%	19	Dave Rader
1971	AL	Chris Chambliss	Cleveland Indians	46%	11	Bill Parsons
1971	NL	Earl Williams	Atlanta Braves	75%	18	Willie Montanez
1970	AL	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	96%	23	Roy Foster
1970	NL	Carl Morton	Montreal Expos	46%	11	Bernie Carbo
1969	AL	Lou Piniella	Kansas City Royals	38%	9	Mike Nagy
1969	NL	Ted Sizemore	Los Angeles Dodgers	58%	14	Coco Laboy
1968	AL	Stan Bahnsen	New York Yankees	85%	17	Del Unser
1968	NL	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	52%	10	Jerry Koosman
1967	AL	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	95%	19	Reggie Smith
1967	NL	Tom Seaver	New York Mets	55%	11	Dick Hughes
1966	AL	Tommie Agee	Chicago White Sox	80%	16	Jim Nash
1966	NL	Tommy Helms	Cincinnati Reds	60%	12	Sonny Jackson
1965	AL	Curt Blefary	Baltimore Orioles	60%	12	Marcelino Lopez
1965	NL	Jim Lefebvre	Los Angeles Dodgers	65%	14	Joe Morgan
1964	AL	Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	95%	19	Wally Bunker
1964	NL	Dick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	90%	18	Rico Carty
1963	AL	Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox	50%	10	Pete Ward
1963	NL	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	85%	17	Ron Hunt
1962	AL	Tom Tresh	New York Yankees	65%	13	Buck Rodgers
1962	NL	Ken Hubbs	Chicago Cubs	95%	19	Donn Clendenon
1961	AL	Don Schwall	Boston Red Sox	35%	7	Dick Howser
1961	NL	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs	62%	10	Joe Torre
1960	AL	Ron Hansen	Baltimore Orioles	92%	22	Chuck Estrada
1960	NL	Frank Howard	Los Angeles Dodgers	50%	12	Pancho Herrera
1959	AL	Bob Allison	Washington Senators	75%	18	Jim Perry
1959	NL	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	100%	24
1958	AL	Albie Pearson	Washington Senators	58%	14	Ryne Duren
1958	NL	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	88%	21
1957	AL	Tony Kubek	New York Yankees	96%	23	Frank Malzone
1957	NL	Jack Sanford	Philadelphia Phillies	67%	16	Ed Bouchee
1956	AL	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	92%	22	Rocky Colavito
1956	NL	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Redlegs	100%	24
1955	AL	Herb Score	Cleveland Indians	75%	18	Billy Klaus
1955	NL	Bill Virdon	St. Louis Cardinals	62%	15	Jack Meyer
1954	AL	Bob Grim	New York Yankees	62%	15	Jim Finigan
1954	NL	Wally Moon	St. Louis Cardinals	71%	17	Ernie Banks
1953	AL	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers	96%	23	Tom Umphlett
1953	NL	Jim Gilliam	Brooklyn Dodgers	46%	11	Harvey Haddix
1952	AL	Harry Byrd	Philadelphia Athletics	38%	9	Clint Courtney
1952	NL	Joe Black	Brooklyn Dodgers	79%	19	Hoyt Wilhelm
1951	AL	Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	54%	13	Minnie Minoso
1951	NL	Willie Mays	New York Giants	75%	18	Chet Nichols
1950	AL	Walt Dropo	Boston Red Sox	62%	15	Whitey Ford
1950	NL	Sam Jethroe	Boston Braves	46%	11	Bob Miller
1949	AL	Roy Sievers	St. Louis Browns	42%	10	Alex Kellner
1949	NL	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers	88%	21	Del Crandall
1948	ML	Al Dark	Boston Braves	56%	27	Gene Bearden
1947	ML	Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers	78%		Larry Jansen

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