- Edgar Martinez Award
The Edgar Martínez Award is presented annually to the most outstanding
designated hitter in theAmerican League . Originally known as the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, it was later renamed for theSeattle Mariners 'Edgar Martínez following his retirement in2004 . Edgar was a five-time winner of the award.List of Edgar Martínez Award winners since 1973
*Note no award was given in 1994 due to a players strike.
Trivia
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David Ortiz is the only award winner (so far) to have won more than 2 consecutive awards (5 Consecutive, 2003-2007)
*Longest time between awards (individual)- 4 years (Hal McRae 1976-1980).
*Longest time between awards (team)- 16 (Seattle Mariners 1979-1995)
*Team with most individual award winners- 3 (Boston Red Sox ):Jim Rice 1977;Don Baylor 1986, and David Ortiz (2003-2007).
*TheChicago White Sox are the only team to have had 2 multiple award winners win the award, while only winning the awards as members of the team.
*TheTampa Bay Rays and TheLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim have not had an award winner in their franchise history.External links
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061205&content_id=1751109&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb mlb.com] – "Boston's Ortiz captures fourth straight outstanding DH award", 12/5/2006
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