Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award

Listed below in chronological order are the Minor League Baseball players chosen by Baseball America as recipients of the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award. Since 1981 the award is given to a single minor league player and is judged by Baseball America panel experts as having had the most outstanding season.

List

Year	Name	Position	Highest level	MLB organization
1981	Marshall, MikeMike Marshall	First baseman	01 !AAA	Los Angeles Dodgers
1982	Kittle, RonRon Kittle	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Chicago White Sox
1983	Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden	Pitcher	04 !A	New York Mets
1984	Bielecki, MikeMike Bielecki	Pitcher	01 !AAA	Pittsburgh Pirates
1985	Canseco, JoséJosé Canseco	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Oakland Athletics
1986	Jefferies, GreggGregg Jefferies (1)	Shortstop	02 !AA	New York Mets
1987	Jefferies, GreggGregg Jefferies (2)	Shortstop	01 !AAA	New York Mets
1988	Gordon, TomTom Gordon	Pitcher	01 !AAA	Kansas City Royals
1989	Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr.	Catcher	01 !AAA	San Diego Padres
1990	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	First baseman	02 !AA	Chicago White Sox
1991	Bell, DerekDerek Bell	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Toronto Blue Jays
1992	Salmon, TimTim Salmon	Outfielder	01 !AAA	California Angels
1993	Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Cleveland Indians
1994	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	Shortstop	01 !AAA	New York Yankees
1995	Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones (1)	Outfielder	04 !A	Atlanta Braves
1996	Jones, AndruwAndruw Jones (2)	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Atlanta Braves
1997	Konerko, PaulPaul Konerko	First baseman	01 !AAA	Los Angeles Dodgers
1998	Chavez, EricEric Chavez	Third baseman	01 !AAA	Oakland Athletics
1999	Ankiel, RickRick Ankiel	Pitcher	01 !AAA	St. Louis Cardinals
2000	Rauch, JonJon Rauch	Pitcher	02 !AA	Chicago White Sox
2001	Beckett, JoshJosh Beckett	Pitcher	02 !AA	Florida Marlins
2002	Baldelli, RoccoRocco Baldelli	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2003	Mauer, JoeJoe Mauer	Catcher	02 !AA	Minnesota Twins
2004	Francis, JeffJeff Francis	Pitcher	01 !AAA	Colorado Rockies
2005	Young, DelmonDelmon Young	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2006	Gordon, AlexAlex Gordon	Third baseman	02 !AA	Kansas City Royals
2007	Bruce, JayJay Bruce	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Cincinnati Reds
2008	Wieters, MattMatt Wieters	Catcher	02 !AA	Baltimore Orioles
2009	Heyward, JasonJason Heyward	Outfielder	01 !AAA	Atlanta Braves
2010	Hellickson, JeremyJeremy Hellickson	Pitcher	01 !AAA	Tampa Bay Rays
2011	Trout, MikeMike Trout	Outfielder	02 !AA	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

See also

• USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award
• MiLB J.G. Taylor Spink Award (Topps/Minor League Player of the Year)^[1][2]
• Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards (formerly "This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards")
• Minor League Baseball #Awards
• Baseball awards#U.S. minor leagues
• Baseball America awards

Footnotes

1. ^ In October 2009, Buster Posey received the 50th annual J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player of the Year. Wild, Danny (October 28, 2009). "Giants' Posey wins '09 Spink Award: Catcher skipped Double-A, dominated at San Jose, Fresno". Minor League Baseball (MiLB.com). http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7560562&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp. Retrieved June 9, 2010.  See also Baseball awards #U.S. minor leagues and MLB 2009 Awards (MLB.com/News/Awards/2009 Awards). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLB.com). Retrieved 2010-06-09.
2. ^ The MiLB J.G. Taylor Spink Award should not be confused with the identically named J. G. Taylor Spink Award that is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to its members.

References

• Booher, Kary (September 8, 2008). "Taking Flight: O's Wieters Earns 2008 Minor League Player of Year Honor". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/player-of-the-year/2008/266825.html. Retrieved July 18, 2009. 
• "Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year". Minor League Baseball History. Baseball Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/. Retrieved July 18, 2009.