Tip O'Neill Award

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Tip O'Neill Award
Tip O'Neill.jpg
Tip O'Neill, the namesake of the award
Location St. Marys, Ontario
CountryCanada
Presented by Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
First awarded1984
Currently held byJordan Romano - Toronto Blue Jays
Website Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

The Tip O'Neill Award is given annually to a Canadian baseball player who is "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball." [1] The award was created by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and first presented in 1984. [1] [2] It is named after James "Tip" O'Neill, one of the earliest Canadian stars in Major League Baseball (MLB). [1] [3]

Contents

Larry Walker, Jason Bay, Joey Votto, and Justin Morneau are the only players to win the Tip O'Neill Award at least three times. [4] Walker won the award nine times, [5] and Votto has won it seven times. [6] Six winners – Walker, Bay, Terry Puhl, Rob Ducey, Ryan Dempster, and Corey Koskie – are members of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. [7] The award has been presented to one amateur player, Daniel Brabant. [8] Walker, Votto, and Justin Morneau won the MLB Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award alongside the Tip O'Neill Award; [9] the trio are the only Canadians to win the MLB MVP Award. [10] Éric Gagné, the 2002 and 2003 recipient, compiled a major league record of 84 consecutive save opportunities converted from 2002 to 2004 and won the Cy Young Award in 2003. [11] [12] He and John Axford went on to win the Rolaids Relief Man Award in the same year as the Tip O'Neill Award. [13] Bay became the first Canadian to win the Rookie of the Year Award, which he won the same year he won his first Tip O'Neill Award. [14] Votto is the only award winner to also win the Hank Aaron Award. [15]

Initially, the award was presented annually at either Exhibition Stadium or Rogers Centre in Toronto or Olympic Stadium in Montreal, depending on which venue the award winner's team was scheduled to play at during the MLB season. However, as the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C., and the Toronto Blue Jays do not host all the National League teams on an annual basis, the award has since also been presented at the home park of the yearly winning player. [16]

Josh Naylor of the Cleveland Guardians is the latest recipient (2023) of the award. [17]

Winners

Larry Walker has the most awards with nine and is the only player who has won the award to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Larry Walker1.jpg
Larry Walker has the most awards with nine and is the only player who has won the award to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Joey Votto is the only player to win the award four consecutive times. Joey Votto on June 25, 2011 (1).jpg
Joey Votto is the only player to win the award four consecutive times.
Key
YearLinks to the article about that corresponding year in baseball
Player(X)Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
^Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
†Member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
§Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
‡Player is active [a]
Winners
YearRecipientPositionTeam(s)Ref(s)
1984 Terry Puhl † Outfielder Houston Astros [20]
1985 Dave Shipanoff Pitcher Philadelphia Phillies [21]
1986 Rob Ducey † Outfielder Ventura County Gulls
Knoxville Smokies 		[22] [23]
1987 Larry Walker †§ Outfielder Jacksonville Expos [24]
1988 Kevin Reimer Outfielder Texas Rangers [25]
1989 Steve Wilson Pitcher Chicago Cubs [26]
1990 Larry Walker †§(2) Outfielder Montreal Expos [27]
1991 Daniel Brabant Pitcher Canada national baseball team [8]
1992 Larry Walker †§(3) Outfielder Montreal Expos [27]
1993 Rob Butler Outfielder Toronto Blue Jays [28]
1994 Larry Walker †§(4) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [27]
1995 Larry Walker †§(5) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [27]
1996 Jason Dickson Pitcher California Angels [29]
1997 Larry Walker †§(6) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [27]
1998 Larry Walker †§(7) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [27]
1999 Jeff Zimmerman Pitcher Texas Rangers [30]
2000 Ryan Dempster † Pitcher Florida Marlins [30]
2001^ Corey Koskie † Third baseman Minnesota Twins [31] [32]
2001^ Larry Walker †§(8) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [31] [32]
2002^ Éric Gagné Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers [33]
2002^ Larry Walker †§(9) Outfielder Colorado Rockies [33]
2003 Éric Gagné (2) Pitcher Los Angeles Dodgers [34]
2004 Jason Bay † Outfielder Pittsburgh Pirates [14]
2005 Jason Bay †(2) Outfielder Pittsburgh Pirates [14]
2006 Justin Morneau † First baseman Minnesota Twins [5] [35]
2007 Russell Martin Catcher Los Angeles Dodgers [36]
2008 Justin Morneau †(2) First baseman Minnesota Twins [37]
2009 Jason Bay †(3) Outfielder Boston Red Sox [38]
2010 Joey Votto First baseman Cincinnati Reds [39]
2011^ John Axford Pitcher Milwaukee Brewers [40]
2011^ Joey Votto (2) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [40]
2012 Joey Votto (3) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [18]
2013 Joey Votto (4) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [19]
2014 Justin Morneau †(3) First baseman Colorado Rockies [4]
2015 Joey Votto (5) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [41]
2016 Joey Votto (6) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [42]
2017 Joey Votto (7) First baseman Cincinnati Reds [6]
2018 James Paxton Pitcher Seattle Mariners [43]
2019 Mike Soroka ‡ Pitcher Atlanta Braves [44]
2020 Jamie Romak First baseman SK Wyverns [45]
2021 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ‡ First baseman Toronto Blue Jays [46]
2022 Jordan Romano ‡ Pitcher Toronto Blue Jays [47]
2023 Josh Naylor ‡ First baseman Cleveland Guardians [17]
2024 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ‡(2) First baseman Toronto Blue Jays [48]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Baseball Almanac general reference below links to the profiles of each player, where their active status can be verified.

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