Hank Aaron Award

The Hank Aaron Award

The Hank Aaron Award is a Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball trophy . It is awarded annually to the best batsman from the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). In contrast to the Triple Crown , the winners of the Hank Aaron Awards are nominated by the public and the final winners are chosen by a jury, while the Triple Crown is awarded to batsmen who have dominated the AL and NL by statistics . The trophy was named after the baseball player Hank Aaron designated to the record level of 714 in the last years of his career homers of Babe Ruth surpassed. Aaron's trophy will be presented to the winners before the fourth game of the World Series .

The previous record winner is Alex Rodríguez , who received the Hank Aaron Award for the fourth time in 2007.

History and award

The award's namesake: Hank Aaron (2013)

The Hank Aaron Award was introduced in 1999, 25 years after Hank Aaron beat Babe Ruth's record for most home runs hit in the MLB. Ruth had a total of 714 home runs in his career as an active player. Aaron hit his 715th home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1974, beating Babe Ruth's record in 39 years. The three-time Hank Aaron Award winner Barry Bonds scored his 762nd home run in 2007, hitting the most home runs as an active player in the MLB .

The first award was based on a points system. For Hits (H), Runs Batted In (RBI) and Home Runs (HR) there was a fixed number of points. The players with the highest score won the trophy. In 1999 that was Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez . A year later, the scoring system was changed to a vote involving baseball analysts, radio and television commentators. Each participant had three votes. The player who received the first vote received five points. The player who was voted second received three points. The last player to vote received one point.

From 2003 to 2010 fans had the opportunity to vote for their favorites on the MLB website. The votes of the fans were weighted to 30%, those of baseball analysts, radio and television commentators to 70%. From 2004 to 2006 the winners were determined in three phases. In the first phase, in August, fans were given the opportunity to nominate three players from each team on the MLB franchise website . The players with the most votes from each team were grouped into a group of 30 players. A jury then selected six finalists from both leagues. In the third phase, the winners were determined by another vote on the Internet.

In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, a jury selected 30 players, from whom the two winners were chosen through a fan vote on the Internet. For the 2009 Hank Aaron Award, fans chose both the finalists and the final winners of the award. The public has been nominating candidates for the trophy online since 2011. A jury of former baseball players and members of the Baseball Hall of Fame then select the final winners. This jury includes Hank Aaron, Roberto Alomar , Johnny Bench , Craig Biggio , Ken Griffey Jr. , Eddie Murray and Robin Yount .

The trophy

The shape of the trophy is that of a home plate . The long side is raised so that a slope is created towards the lower tip. A baseball bat is located diagonally on this slope . A metal, unrolled and curved scroll with two lettering is loosely wrapped around this bat. The upper lettering reads Hank Aaron Award . The lower lettering Est. April, 8th 1999 represents the date on which the award was created. Exactly 25 years after Aaron beat Ruth's record.

Hank Aaron Award Winner

Since its introduction in 1999, the prize has been awarded to 28 different players.

Abbreviations:  # = Player is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame , AVG = Batting Average , H = Hits , HR = Home Runs , RBI = Runs Batted In , C = Catcher , 1B = First Baseman , 2B = Second Baseman , 3B = Third Baseman , SS = Shortstop , LF = Left Field , CF = Center Field , RF = Right Field , OF = Out Field , DH = Designated Hitter

year	league	photo	Surname		team	position	AVG	H	MR	RBI
1999	American		Manny Ramirez		Cleveland Indians	OF	.333	174	44	165
	National		Sammy Sosa		Chicago Cubs	OF	.288	180	63	141
2000	American		Carlos Delgado		Toronto Blue Jays	1B	.344	196	41	137
	National		Todd Helton		Colorado Rockies	1B	.372	216	42	147
2001	American		Alex Rodríguez		Texas Rangers	SS	.318	201	52	135
	National		Barry Bonds		San Francisco Giants	OF	.328	156	73	137
2002	American		Alex Rodríguez		Texas Rangers	SS	.300	187	57	142
	National		Barry Bonds		San Francisco Giants	OF	.370	149	46	110
2003	American		Alex Rodríguez		Texas Rangers	SS	.298	181	47	118
	National		Albert Pujols		St. Louis Cardinals	OF	.359	212	43	124
2004	American		Manny Ramirez		Boston Red Sox	OF	.308	175	43	130
	National		Barry Bonds		San Francisco Giants	OF	.364	135	45	101
2005	American		David Ortiz		Boston Red Sox	DH	.300	180	47	148
	National		Andruw Jones		Atlanta Braves	OF	.263	154	51	128
2006	American		Derek Jeter #		New York Yankees	SS	.343	214	14th	97
	National		Ryan Howard		Philadelphia Phillies	1B	.313	182	58	149
2007	American		Alex Rodríguez		New York Yankees	3B	.314	183	54	156
	National		Prince Fielder		Milwaukee Brewers	1B	.288	165	50	119
2008	American		Kevin Youkilis		Boston Red Sox	1B	.312	168	29	115
	National		Aramis Ramírez		Chicago Cubs	3B	.289	160	27	111
2009	American		Derek Jeter #		New York Yankees	SS	.334	212	18th	66
	National		Albert Pujols		St. Louis Cardinals	1B	.327	186	47	135
2010	American		José Bautista		Toronto Blue Jays	OF	.260	148	54	124
	National		Joey Votto		Cincinnati Reds	1B	.324	177	37	113
2011	American		José Bautista		Toronto Blue Jays	OF	.302	155	43	103
	National		Matt Kemp		Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	.324	195	39	126
2012	American		Miguel Cabrera		Detroit Tigers	3B	.330	205	44	139
	National		Buster Posey		San Francisco Giants	C.	.336	178	24	103
2013	American		Miguel Cabrera		Detroit Tigers	3B	.348	193	44	137
	National		Paul Goldschmidt		Arizona Diamondbacks	1B	.302	182	36	125
2014	American		Mike Trout		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	CF	.287	173	36	111
	National		Giancarlo Stanton		Miami Marlins	RF	.288	155	37	105
2015	American		Josh Donaldson		Toronto Blue Jays	3B	.297	184	41	123
	National		Bryce Harper		Washington Nationals	RF	.330	172	42	99
2016	American		David Ortiz		Boston Red Sox	DH	.315	169	38	127
	National		Kris Bryant		Chicago Cubs	3B	.292	176	39	102
2017	American		José Altuve		Houston Astros	2 B	.346	204	24	81
	National		Giancarlo Stanton		Miami Marlins	RF	.281	168	59	132
2018	American		JD Martinez		Boston Red Sox	LF	.330	188	43	130
	National		Christian Yelich		Milwaukee Brewers	LF	.326	187	36	110
2019	American		Mike Trout		Los Angeles Angels	CF	.291	173	45	104
	National		Christian Yelich		Milwaukee Brewers	LF	.329	161	44	97

Leaderboards

Entire MLB

With four awards, Alex Rodríguez was able to win the Hank Aaron Award most often in the entire MLB. It is followed by Barry Bonds with three titles. Since its inception, the award has been given to 28 different players from both leagues.

67% of all trophy winners come from the United States , followed by the Dominican Republic with 24%. Andruw Jones from Curaçao was the first player from South America to win the award in 2005 . In addition, José Altuve and Miguel Cabrera from Venezuela were awarded the trophy.

Players by number player number 1. Alex Rodríguez 4th 2. Barry Bonds 3 3. José Bautista 2 Miguel Cabrera 2 Derek Jeter 2 David Ortiz 2 Albert Pujols 2 Manny Ramirez 2 Giancarlo Stanton 2 Mike Trout 2 Christian Yelich 2

Players by team team number 1. 000Boston Red Sox 5 2.  Toronto Blue Jays 4th  San Francisco Giants 4th 4th  Chicago Cubs 3  Texas Rangers 3  New York Yankees 3

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  United States 28 2.  Dominican Republic 10 3.  Venezuela 3 4th  Netherlands 1

American League

The third baseman Alex Rodriguez won four times the award so far the only player. José Bautista , Miguel Cabrera , Derek Jeter , David Ortiz , Manny Ramirez and Mike Trout share second place with two awards each.

The most successful team are the Boston Red Sox , followed by the Toronto Blue Jays from Canada.

57% of the honored players in the American League are Americans. Players with Dominican citizenship get 28%.

Players by number player number 1. Alex Rodríguez 4th 2. José Bautista 2 Miguel Cabrera 2 Derek Jeter 2 David Ortiz 2 Manny Ramirez 2 Mike Trout 2

Players by team team number 1. 000Boston Red Sox 5 2.  Toronto Blue Jays 4th 3.  Texas Rangers 3  New York Yankees 3 5.  Detroit Tigers 2  Los Angeles Angels 2

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  United States 12 2.  Dominican Republic 6th 3.  Venezuela 3

National League

The National League is led by Barry Bonds , who won the trophy in the San Francisco Giants jersey three times. Albert Pujols and Giancarlo Stanton share second place with two honors each.

The most successful team to date are the San Francisco Giants, followed by the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs .

76% of the trophy winners in the National League are from the United States. The Dominican Republic ranks second in the table of players by nationality with 19% .

Players by number player number 1. Barry Bonds 3 2. Albert Pujols 2 Giancarlo Stanton 2 Christian Yelich 2

Players by team team number 1.  San Francisco Giants 4th 2.  Milwaukee Brewers 3  Chicago Cubs 3 4th  Miami Marlins 2 000St. Louis Cardinals 2

Players by nationality nationality number 1.  United States 16 2.  Dominican Republic 4th 3.  Netherlands 1

Web links

Commons : Hank Aaron Award  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hank Aaron Award with statistics on ESPN.com (English)
• Hank Aaron Award on baseball-almanac.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ All-time winners. Hank Aaron Award. MLB.com, accessed February 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mark Newman: Fans can help choose Aaron Award winners. MLB.com, October 12, 2017, accessed February 12, 2019 (video by Hank Aarons 715th Home Run April 8, 1974). 
3. Jump up ↑ Statistics for the Atlanta Braves versus Los Angeles Dodgers game. Baseball-Reference.com , accessed February 12, 2019 . 
4. ^ Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs. Baseball-Reference.com, accessed February 10, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Phillies 'Howard, Yankees' Jeter win Hank Aaron Award. ESPN.com , October 26, 2006, accessed February 3, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hank Aaron Award. The Hank Aaron Award History. baseball-almanac.com, accessed February 3, 2019 . 
7. ^ Hank Aaron Award finalists announced. MLB.com, October 2, 2018, accessed February 10, 2019 . 

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