Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award

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Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award
CountryUnited States
Presented by Major League Baseball Players Association
History
First award1997
Most recent Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers
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Searchtool.svg Marvin Miller, the namesake of the award

The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player "whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement." [1] [2] The award was created by the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA) and was presented to the inaugural winner – Mark McGwire – in 1997 as the "Man of the Year Award". [3] Three years later, [3] it was renamed in honor of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the MLBPA. [4] The award forms part of the Players Choice Awards. [1] [5]

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In order to determine the winner, each MLB team nominates one of their players, who is selected by their teammates to appear on the ballot. [1] An online vote is conducted among baseball fans in order to reduce the number of candidates to six. MLB players then choose the award winner from among the six finalists. [6] [7] In addition to the award, recipients have $50,000 donated on their behalf to charities of their choice by the MLB Players Trust. [8] [9] [10] John Smoltz, Jim Thome, Michael Young, Curtis Granderson, and Marcus Semien are the only players to win the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award on multiple occasions. [11] [12] Five winners – Paul Molitor, Jim Thome, Smoltz, Chipper Jones and Mariano Rivera – are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. [13]

Winners of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award have undertaken a variety of different causes. Many winners, including McGwire, [14] Thome, [15] Smoltz, [16] Mike Sweeney, [5] Torii Hunter, [17] Young, [18] Curtis Granderson [8] and Brandon Inge, [19] worked with children in need. McGwire established a foundation to assist children who were physically or sexually abused, [14] while Inge visited disabled children at the Mott Children's Hospital and donated part of his salary to raise money for a pediatric cancer infusion center. [19] Other winners devoted their work to aiding individuals who had a specific illness, such as Albert Pujols, whose daughter suffers from Down syndrome, and who devoted the Pujols Family Foundation to helping those with the disease, [20] and Jones, who has been raising money for cystic fibrosis since 1996, after meeting an 11-year-old fan who suffered from the disease and who died several weeks after meeting Jones through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [10]

Winners

Paul Molitor, the 1998 recipient, is one of five award winners to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Paul Molitor white house.jpg
Paul Molitor, the 1998 recipient, is one of five award winners to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Michael Young is one of five players to win the award on multiple occasions. Michael Young on April 25, 2009.jpg
Michael Young is one of five players to win the award on multiple occasions.
Mariano Rivera won the award in 2013, the final year of his career. Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg
Mariano Rivera won the award in 2013, the final year of his career.
Key
YearLinks to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball year
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
TeamThe player's team at the time he won the award
PositionThe player's position at the time he won the award
†Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
‡Player is active
Winners
YearPlayerTeamPositionRef
1997 Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals 		First baseman [22]
1998 Paul Molitor † Minnesota Twins Designated hitter [23]
1999 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs Outfielder [24]
2000 Eric Davis St. Louis Cardinals Outfielder [25]
2001 Jim Thome † Cleveland Indians First baseman [26]
2002 John Smoltz † Atlanta Braves Relief pitcher [27]
2003 John Smoltz †(2) Atlanta Braves Relief pitcher [27]
2004 Jim Thome †(2) Philadelphia Phillies First baseman [26]
2005 Mike Sweeney Kansas City Royals First baseman [28]
2006 Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals First baseman [29]
2007 Torii Hunter Minnesota Twins Outfielder [30]
2008 Michael Young Texas Rangers Shortstop [31]
2009 Curtis Granderson Detroit Tigers Outfielder [32]
2010 Brandon Inge Detroit Tigers Third baseman [33]
2011 Michael Young (2) Texas Rangers Infielder [upper-alpha 1] [31]
2012 Chipper Jones † Atlanta Braves Third baseman [34]
2013 Mariano Rivera † New York Yankees Relief pitcher [35]
2014 Clayton Kershaw ‡ Los Angeles Dodgers Starting pitcher [36]
2015 Adam Jones Baltimore Orioles Outfielder [37]
2016 Curtis Granderson (2) New York Mets Outfielder [32]
2017 Anthony Rizzo ‡ Chicago Cubs First baseman [38]
2018 Curtis Granderson (3) Toronto Blue Jays
Milwaukee Brewers 		Outfielder [32]
2019 Curtis Granderson (4) Miami Marlins Outfielder [32]
2020 Nelson Cruz Minnesota Twins Designated hitter [39]
2021 Marcus Semien ‡ Toronto Blue Jays Second baseman [40]
2022 Francisco Lindor ‡ New York Mets Shortstop [41]
2023 Marcus Semien ‡(2) Texas Rangers Second baseman [40]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ During the 2011 season, Young played 40 games at third base, 36 games at first base, 14 games at second base and one game at shortstop. [31]

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