MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award
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The Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is the newest annual award officially sponsored by Major League Baseball. It is given to one player in each league who has reemerged as a star in that season.
This award, officially called the Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award presented by Viagra, is a supplement to The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award, first given in 1965.
The MLB award was first established in 2005. A committee made up of representatives of MLB and the editorial staff of its official website, MLB.com, shortlists six players in each league. The winner in each league is selected from the shortlist by an online poll of fans through MLB.com.
This article contains a complete list of TSN award winners from 1965 through 2004, as it was the only recognized "comeback" award of that era.
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- 1965
- Norm Cash(1), Detroit Tigers, AL
- Vern Law, Pittsburgh Pirates, NL
- 1966
- Boog Powell(1), Baltimore Orioles, AL
- Phil Regan, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- Clyde Wright, California Angels, AL
- Jim Hickman, Chicago Cubs, NL
- 1971
- Norm Cash (2), Detroit Tigers, AL
- Al Downing, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL
- 1972
- Luis Tiant, Boston Red Sox, AL
- Bobby Tolan, Cincinnati Reds, NL
- 1973
- John Hiller, Detroit Tigers, AL
- Davey Johnson, Atlanta Braves, NL
- 1974
- 1975
- Boog Powell (2), Cleveland Indians, AL
- Randy Jones, San Diego Padres, NL
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- Richie Zisk, Seattle Mariners, AL
- Bob Knepper, Houston Astros, NL
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- Bret Saberhagen(1), Kansas City Royals, AL
- Rick Sutcliffe(1), Chicago Cubs, NL
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- Bo Jackson, Chicago White Sox, AL
- Andrés Galarraga(1), Colorado Rockies, NL
- 1994
- 1995
- Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox, AL
- Ron Gant, Cincinnati Reds, NL
- 1996
- Kevin Elster, Texas Rangers, AL
- Eric Davis, Cincinnati Reds, NL
- 1997
- 1998
- Bret Saberhagen (2), Boston Red Sox, AL
- Greg Vaughn, San Diego Padres, NL
- 1999
- 2000
- Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox, AL
- Andrés Galarraga (2), Atlanta Braves, NL
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- Gil Meche, Seattle Mariners, AL
- Javy López, Atlanta Braves, NL
- 2004
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[edit] Notes
- The only players to be named twice in the American League are Norm Cash, Boog Powell, and Bret Saberhagen.
- The only player to be named twice in the National League is Andrés Galarraga.
- The only player to be named in both leagues is Rick Sutcliffe.
- Griffey and Giambi also received TSN Comeback Player honors in 2005.
- Famously mediocre player and Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker, who never actually won the award, likes to joke that "I won the Comeback of the Year Award five years in a row!"
[edit] See also
The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award
