Awarded for | Best relief pitcher in MLB |
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Sponsored by | DHL (2005–2010) |
Country | United States, Canada |
Presented by | Major League Baseball |
History | |
First award | 2005 |
Final award | 2013 |
Most wins | Trevor Hoffman (4) |
Major League Baseball (MLB) honored its best relief pitchers with a Delivery Man of the Month Award for one pitcher during each month of the regular season from 2005 through 2013. The awards were initially part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and package delivery company DHL Express; DHL's sponsorship ran from 2005 to 2010. [1] [2] There was also a Delivery Man of the Year Award; all of the Delivery Man awards were discontinued after 2013. [3] A new Reliever of the Month Award was first awarded in 2017.
Winners of the monthly award were decided by a four-man panel, which originally consisted of Dennis Eckersley, Jerome Holtzman, Rick Sutcliffe and Bob Watson. [4] The panel later included Darryl Hamilton and Mike Bauman, a national columnist for MLB.com. [5]
Trevor Hoffman received the award more than any other pitcher, with four wins between May 2005 and May 2009. Four other pitchers received the award three times: Craig Kimbrel, Joe Nathan, J. J. Putz, and Rafael Soriano. The most wins by a team was four, accomplished by the Kansas City Royals via Joakim Soria (2) and Greg Holland (2); the Pittsburgh Pirates via José Mesa, Joel Hanrahan, and Jason Grilli (2); and the San Diego Padres via Hoffman (3) and Heath Bell.
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