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2005–2025 · 40 awarded to 38 people · AL, NL

Most wins

Buster Posey 2
Francisco Liriano 2

Latest (2025)

Jacob deGrom AL
Ronald Acuna NL

First (2005)

Jason Giambi
Ken Griffey

Winners

Year	Lg	Winner	Team
2025	AL	Jacob deGrom	Texas Rangers
2025	NL	Ronald Acuna	Atlanta Braves
2024	AL	Garrett Crochet	Chicago White Sox
2024	NL	Chris Sale	Atlanta Braves
2023	AL	Liam Hendriks	Chicago White Sox
2023	NL	Cody Bellinger	Chicago Cubs
2022	AL	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros
2022	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals
2021	AL	Trey Mancini	Baltimore Orioles
2021	NL	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2019	AL	Carlos Carrasco	Cleveland Indians
2019	NL	Josh Donaldson	Atlanta Braves
2018	AL	David Price	Boston Red Sox
2018	NL	Jonny Venters	Atlanta Braves
2017	AL	Mike Moustakas	Kansas City Royals
2017	NL	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington Nationals
2016	AL	Rick Porcello	Boston Red Sox
2016	NL	Anthony Rendon	Washington Nationals
2015	AL	Prince Fielder	Texas Rangers
2015	NL	Matt Harvey	New York Mets
2014	AL	Chris Young	Seattle Mariners
2014	NL	Casey McGehee	Miami Marlins
2013	AL	Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees
2013	NL	Francisco Liriano	Pittsburgh Pirates
2012	AL	Fernando Rodney	Tampa Bay Rays
2012	NL	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2011	AL	Jacoby Ellsbury	Boston Red Sox
2011	NL	Lance Berkman	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	AL	Francisco Liriano	Minnesota Twins
2010	NL	Tim Hudson	Atlanta Braves
2009	AL	Aaron Hill	Toronto Blue Jays
2009	NL	Chris Carpenter
2008	AL	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians
2008	NL	Brad Lidge	Philadelphia Phillies
2007	AL	Carlos Pena	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2007	NL	Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals
2006	AL	Jim Johnson	Baltimore Orioles
2006	NL	Nomar Garciaparra	Los Angeles Dodgers
2005	AL	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees
2005	NL	Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds

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