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1965–2025 · 122 awarded to 115 people · AL, NL

Most wins

Buster Posey 2
Chris Carpenter 2
Andres Galarraga 2
Bret Saberhagen 2
Rick Sutcliffe 2

Latest (2025)

Jacob deGrom AL
Christian Yelich NL

First (1965)

Norm Cash
Vern Law

Winners

Year	Lg	Winner	Team
2025	AL	Jacob deGrom	Texas Rangers
2025	NL	Christian Yelich	Milwaukee Brewers
2024	AL	Vladimir Guerrero	Toronto Blue Jays
2024	NL	Chris Sale	Atlanta Braves
2023	AL	Tyler Glasnow	Tampa Bay Rays
2023	NL	Cody Bellinger	Chicago Cubs
2022	AL	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros
2022	NL	Brandon Drury	Cincinnati Reds
2021	AL	Trey Mancini	Baltimore Orioles
2021	NL	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2020	AL	Carlos Carrasco	Cleveland Indians
2020	NL	Daniel Bard	Colorado Rockies
2019	AL	Hunter Pence	Texas Rangers
2019	NL	Josh Donaldson	Atlanta Braves
2018	AL	David Price	Boston Red Sox
2018	NL	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers
2017	AL	Mike Moustakas	Kansas City Royals
2017	NL	Greg Holland	Colorado Rockies
2016	AL	Mark Trumbo	Baltimore Orioles
2016	NL	Jose Fernandez	Miami Marlins
2015	AL	Prince Fielder	Texas Rangers
2015	NL	Matt Harvey	New York Mets
2014	AL	Chris Young	New York Mets
2014	NL	Casey McGehee	Miami Marlins
2013	AL	Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees
2013	NL	Francisco Liriano	Pittsburgh Pirates
2012	AL	Adam Dunn	Chicago White Sox
2012	NL	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
2011	AL	Jacoby Ellsbury	Boston Red Sox
2011	NL	Lance Berkman	St. Louis Cardinals
2010	AL	Vladimir Guerrero	Texas Rangers
2010	NL	Tim Hudson	Atlanta Braves
2009	AL	Aaron Hill	Toronto Blue Jays
2009	NL	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals
2008	AL	Cliff Lee	Cleveland Indians
2008	NL	Fernando Tatis	New York Mets
2007	AL	Carlos Pena	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2007	NL	Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals
2006	AL	Jim Thome	Chicago White Sox
2006	NL	Nomar Garciaparra	Los Angeles Dodgers
2005	AL	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees
2005	NL	Ken Griffey	Cincinnati Reds
2004	AL	Paul Konerko	Chicago White Sox
2004	NL	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals
2003	AL	Gil Meche	Seattle Mariners
2003	NL	Javy Lopez	Atlanta Braves
2002	AL	Tim Salmon	Anaheim Angels
2002	NL	Mike Lieberthal	Philadelphia Phillies
2001	AL	Ruben Sierra	Texas Rangers
2001	NL	Matt Morris	St. Louis Cardinals
2000	AL	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox
2000	NL	Andres Galarraga	Atlanta Braves
1999	AL	John Jaha	Oakland Athletics
1999	NL	Rickey Henderson	New York Mets
1998	AL	Bret Saberhagen	Boston Red Sox
1998	NL	Greg Vaughn	San Diego Padres
1997	AL	David Justice	Cleveland Indians
1997	NL	Darren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies
1996	AL	Kevin Elster	Texas Rangers
1996	NL	Eric Davis	Cincinnati Reds
1995	AL	Tim Wakefield	Boston Red Sox
1995	NL	Ron Gant	Cincinnati Reds
1994	AL	Jose Canseco	Texas Rangers
1994	NL	Tim Wallach	Los Angeles Dodgers
1993	AL	Bo Jackson	Chicago White Sox
1993	NL	Andres Galarraga	Colorado Rockies
1992	AL	Rick Sutcliffe	Baltimore Orioles
1992	NL	Gary Sheffield	San Diego Padres
1991	AL	Jose Guzman	Texas Rangers
1991	NL	Terry Pendleton	Atlanta Braves
1990	AL	Dave Winfield	California Angels
1990	NL	John Tudor	St. Louis Cardinals
1989	AL	Bert Blyleven	California Angels
1989	NL	Lonnie Smith	Atlanta Braves
1988	AL	Storm Davis	Oakland Athletics
1988	NL	Tim Leary	Los Angeles Dodgers
1987	AL	Bret Saberhagen	Kansas City Royals
1987	NL	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs
1986	AL	John Candelaria	California Angels
1986	NL	Ray Knight	New York Mets
1985	AL	Gorman Thomas	Seattle Mariners
1985	NL	Rick Reuschel	Pittsburgh Pirates
1984	AL	Dave Kingman	Oakland Athletics
1984	NL	Joaquin Andujar	St. Louis Cardinals
1983	AL	Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers
1983	NL	John Denny	Philadelphia Phillies
1982	AL	Andre Thornton	Cleveland Indians
1982	NL	Joe Morgan	San Francisco Giants
1981	AL	Richie Zisk	Seattle Mariners
1981	NL	Bob Knepper	Houston Astros
1980	AL	Matt Keough	Oakland Athletics
1980	NL	Jerry Reuss	Los Angeles Dodgers
1979	AL	Willie Horton	Seattle Mariners
1979	NL	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals
1978	AL	Mike Caldwell	Milwaukee Brewers
1978	NL	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates
1977	AL	Eric Soderholm	Chicago White Sox
1977	NL	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants
1976	AL	Dock Ellis	New York Yankees
1976	NL	Tommy John	Los Angeles Dodgers
1975	AL	Boog Powell	Cleveland Indians
1975	NL	Randy Jones	San Diego Padres
1974	AL	Fergie Jenkins	Texas Rangers
1974	NL	Jim Wynn	Los Angeles Dodgers
1973	AL	John Hiller	Detroit Tigers
1973	NL	Davey Johnson	Atlanta Braves
1972	AL	Luis Tiant	Boston Red Sox
1972	NL	Bobby Tolan	Cincinnati Reds
1971	AL	Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers
1971	NL	Al Downing	Los Angeles Dodgers
1970	AL	Clyde Wright	California Angels
1970	NL	Jim Hickman	Chicago Cubs
1969	AL	Tony Conigliaro	Boston Red Sox
1969	NL	Tommie Agee	New York Mets
1968	AL	Ken Harrelson	Boston Red Sox
1968	NL	Alex Johnson	Cincinnati Reds
1967	AL	Dean Chance	Minnesota Twins
1967	NL	Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants
1966	AL	Boog Powell	Baltimore Orioles
1966	NL	Phil Regan	Los Angeles Dodgers
1965	AL	Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers
1965	NL	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates

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