Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award

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Reliever of the Year Award
The Reliever of the Year Awards, presented by The Hartford (22212150784).jpg
The presentation of the trophies to the 2015 winners
Sport Baseball
League Major League Baseball
Awarded forBest relief pitcher in the American League and National League
Presented byMajor League Baseball
History
First award2014
Most wins Josh Hader (3)
Most recent Emmanuel Clase (AL)
Ryan Helsley (NL)

Major League Baseball (MLB) annually honors its best relief pitchers in the American League (AL) and National League (NL) with the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award, respectively. The awards are named after former relievers Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman, who played their entire careers in the respective leagues. [1] First issued in 2014, the awards replaced the Delivery Man of the Year Award, which had been presented since 2005. [2]

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The Reliever of the Year Awards are based on the votes of a panel of retired relievers. [2] Each voter selects three pitchers for each league based solely on their performance in the regular season; a 5-3-1 weighted point system is used to determine the winner. [3] At its inception in 2014, the panel consisted of the top five relievers in career saves at the time—Rivera, Hoffman, Lee Smith, John Franco, and Billy Wagner—and the four living relief pitchers who were in the Hall of Fame: Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Bruce Sutter.

The Reliever of the Year Award winners had all been closers until 2018 when Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers won as a setup man; he later won the NL title in 2019 and 2021 as a closer. In 2019, both winners of the awards were also named in the inaugural All-MLB teams. In 2020, the Brewers' Devin Williams became the first rookie, and the first reliever with no saves, to win the award in either league. [4]

Since 2017, MLB has also issued a Reliever of the Month Award. [5]

Winners

Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year

Namesake of the NL award, Trevor Hoffman Trevor Hoffman 01.jpg
Namesake of the NL award, Trevor Hoffman
YearPlayerTeam SV ERA WHIP K IP Ref
2014 Craig Kimbrel Atlanta Braves 471.610.919561+2⁄3 [3]
2015 Mark Melancon Pittsburgh Pirates 512.230.936276+2⁄3 [6]
2016 Kenley Jansen Los Angeles Dodgers 471.830.6710468+2⁄3 [7]
2017 Kenley Jansen (2)Los Angeles Dodgers411.320.7510968+1⁄3 [8]
2018 Josh Hader Milwaukee Brewers 122.430.8114381+1⁄3 [9]
2019 Josh Hader (2)
Milwaukee Brewers372.620.8113875+2⁄3 [10]
2020 Devin Williams
Milwaukee Brewers00.330.635327 [4]
2021 Josh Hader (3)
Milwaukee Brewers341.230.8410258+2⁄3 [11]
2022 Edwin Díaz (2) New York Mets 321.310.83911862 [12]
2023 Devin Williams (2)Milwaukee Brewers361.530.9208758+2⁄3 [13]
2024 Ryan Helsley St. Louis Cardinals 492.041.1007966+1⁄3 [14]

Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year

Namesake of the AL award, Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg
Namesake of the AL award, Mariano Rivera
YearPlayerTeam SV ERA WHIP K IP Ref
2014 Greg Holland Kansas City Royals 461.440.919062+1⁄3 [3]
2015 Andrew Miller New York Yankees 362.040.8610061+2⁄3 [15]
2016 Zack Britton Baltimore Orioles 470.540.847467 [7]
2017 Craig Kimbrel (2) Boston Red Sox 351.430.6812669 [8]
2018 Edwin Díaz Seattle Mariners 571.960.7912473+1⁄3 [9]
2019 Aroldis Chapman
New York Yankees372.211.118557 [10]
2020 Liam Hendriks
Oakland Athletics 141.780.673725+1⁄3 [4]
2021 Liam Hendriks (2) Chicago White Sox 382.540.7311371 [11]
2022 Emmanuel Clase Cleveland Guardians 421.360.7297772+2⁄3 [12]
2023 Félix Bautista Baltimore Orioles331.480.91811061 [13]
2024 Emmanuel Clase (2)Cleveland Guardians470.610.6606674+1⁄3 [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ESPN.com news services (April 9, 2014). "Awards named after retired closers". ESPN.com . Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Fordin, Spencer (April 9, 2014). "Yearly relief awards named after Rivera, Hoffman". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Greg Holland, Craig Kimbrel named 2014 Relievers of the Year". MLB.com (Press release). October 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Hendriks, Williams named Relievers of Year". MLB.com. October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ Newman, Mark (May 3, 2017). "Relievers of the Month: Allen, Holland". MLB.com. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pirates notebook: Melancon named NL's top reliever". TribLIVE.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Britton, Jansen earn Reliever of Year honors". MLB.com . Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Newton, Mark (October 28, 2017). "Kimbrel, Jansen named Relievers of the Year". mlb.com. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Edwin Díaz, Josh Hader Named 2018 Relievers of the Year Presented by the Hartford". apnews.com. October 27, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Chapman, Hader named Relievers of the Year". MLB.com. October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Hendriks, Hader earn Reliever of Year honors". MLB.com. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Díaz, Clase named 2022 Relievers of the Year". MLB.com.
  13. 1 2 "Strikeout artists Bautista, Williams named Relievers of the Year". MLB.com .
  14. 1 2 "Clase, Helsley named Relievers of the Year". MLB.com .
  15. ↑ "Yankees' closer Andrew Miller wins AL Reliever of the Year Award". NJ.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

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