Hank Aaron Award
From BR Bullpen
The Hank Aaron Award is an annual award in awarded to the top hitter in each Major League Baseball league. It was created in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron surpassing Babe Ruth on the career home run list. It is the only award named for a living player.
[edit] Voting System
In the award's first year an objective points system was used where hits, home runs and runs batted in were each given certain point values and the winner was the player who had the highest points total. In 2000, the award switched to a ballot system; each club's radio and television play-by-play broadcasters and color analysts were given allowes to vote for three player in a ranked ballot. For each first place vote a player receives five points; second place vote, three points; and third place vote, one point. The winner is the player with the highest point total. In 2003, fans were given the opportunity to vote through the MLB.com website with the vote accounting for 30 percent of the points, with media voting comprising the remaining 70 percent.
[edit] Award Winners
| Year | American League | National League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | |||
| 1999 | Manny Ramirez | Cleveland Indians | Sammy Sosa | Chicago Cubs | ||
| 2000 | Carlos Delgado | Toronto Blue Jays | Todd Helton | Colorado Rockies | ||
| 2001 | Alex Rodríguez | Texas Rangers | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants | ||
| 2002 | Alex Rodríguez | Texas Rangers | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants | ||
| 2003 | Alex Rodríguez | Texas Rangers | Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| 2004 | Manny Ramirez | Boston Red Sox | Barry Bonds | San Francisco Giants | ||
| 2005 | David Ortiz | Boston Red Sox | Andruw Jones | Atlanta Braves | ||
| 2006 | Derek Jeter | New York Yankees | Ryan Howard | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
