Login
Login

Roberto Clemente Award

{{short description|Baseball award given annually for sportsmanship and excellent community involvement}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox sports award

| name = Roberto Clemente Award

| image = 2024_Roberto_Clemente_Award.png

| imagesize = 200px

| alt =

| caption = Logo for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award.

| sport = Baseball

| league = Major League Baseball

| givenfor = The player that "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement, and the individual's contribution to his team"

| presenter = Major League Baseball

| country = United States, Canada

| first = 1971

| mostrecent = Salvador Pérez, Kansas City Royals

| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/community/roberto-clemente-award|MLB.com}}

}}

The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It is named for Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente. Originally known as the Commissioner's Award, it has been presented by MLB since 1971. In 1973, the award was renamed after Clemente following his death in a plane crash while he was delivering supplies to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/clemente.jsp#about|title=Roberto Clemente Award – About the award|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=May 24, 2009|archive-date=July 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710040524/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/clemente.jsp#about|url-status=live}}

Each year, a panel of baseball dignitaries selects one player from among 30 nominees, one from each club. Teams choose their nominee during the regular season, and the winner is announced before Game 3 of the World Series. The player who receives the most votes online via MLB's official website, MLB.com, gets one vote in addition to the votes cast by the panel. Since 2007, the Roberto Clemente Award has been presented by Chevy. Chevy donates money and a Chevy vehicle to the recipient's charity of choice and additional money is donated by Chevy to the Roberto Clemente Sports City, a non-profit organization in Carolina, Puerto Rico, that provides national sports activities for children. Chevy donates additional funds to the charity of choice of each of the 30 club nominees.

The first recipient of the award was Willie Mays, and the most recent honoree is Salvador Pérez. No player has received the award more than once. The first pitcher to receive the award was Phil Niekro in 1980, and the first catcher to receive it was Gary Carter in 1989. The team to have the most winners representing their club is the St. Louis Cardinals. To date, Clemente's former teammate Willie Stargell and Andrew McCutchen are the only members of the Pittsburgh Pirates to receive the honor. Stargell won his award in 1974 and McCutchen in 2015. The Pirates themselves have worn Clemente-era throwback uniforms in recent years on Roberto Clemente Day, on which day they present their award nominee to MLB.{{cite web |title=Pirates' McCutchen Nominated For Clemente Award |url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/16/pirates-mccutchen-nominated-for-clemente-award/ |work=KDKA-TV |date=September 16, 2013 |access-date=September 7, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308051905/http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/09/16/pirates-mccutchen-nominated-for-clemente-award/ |url-status=live }} In 2014, the award was presented to two players—Paul Konerko and Jimmy Rollins—for the first, and to date, only time. Currently, the active MLB teams that have never won the award are the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Washington Nationals.

Honorees

File:Willie Mays cropped.jpg was the first recipient of the award.]]

File:Donbaylor.jpg received the award in 1985.]]

File:Cal Ripken, Jr in 1996 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Tony Gwynn.jpg was the 1999 recipient.]]

File:Wakefield Throws a Knuckleball.jpg in 2010.]]

File:Curtis Granderson on March 7, 2014.jpg.]]

;Key

class=wikitable plainrowheaders

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb;"| {{center|{{dagger}}}}

| Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|^

|Player is still active

;Recipients by year

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Player

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | League

! scope="col" | Position

1971

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Willie|Mays}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| San Francisco Giants

NationalOutfielder
1972

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Brooks|Robinson}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Baltimore Orioles

AmericanThird baseman
1973

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Al|Kaline}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Detroit Tigers

AmericanOutfielder
1974

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Willie|Stargell}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Pittsburgh Pirates

NationalOutfielder
1975

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Lou|Brock}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalOutfielder
1976

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Pete|Rose}}

| Cincinnati Reds

NationalThird baseman
1977

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Rod|Carew}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Minnesota Twins

AmericanFirst baseman
1978

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Greg|Luzinski}}

| Philadelphia Phillies

NationalOutfielder
1979

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Andre|Thornton}}

| Cleveland Indians

AmericanFirst baseman
1980

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Phil|Niekro}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Atlanta Braves

NationalPitcher
1981

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Steve|Garvey}}

| Los Angeles Dodgers

NationalFirst baseman
1982

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Ken|Singleton}}

| Baltimore Orioles

AmericanDesignated hitter
1983

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Cecil|Cooper}}

| Milwaukee Brewers

AmericanFirst baseman
1984

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Ron|Guidry}}

| New York Yankees

AmericanPitcher
1985

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Don|Baylor}}

| New York Yankees

AmericanDesignated hitter
1986

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Garry|Maddox}}

| Philadelphia Phillies

NationalOutfielder
1987

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Rick|Sutcliffe}}

| Chicago Cubs

NationalPitcher
1988

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Dale|Murphy}}

| Atlanta Braves

NationalOutfielder
1989

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Gary|Carter}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| New York Mets

NationalCatcher
1990

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Dave|Stewart|dab=baseball}}

| Oakland Athletics

AmericanPitcher
1991

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Harold|Reynolds}}

| Seattle Mariners

AmericanSecond baseman
1992

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Cal|Ripken Jr.}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Baltimore Orioles

AmericanShortstop
1993

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Barry|Larkin}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Cincinnati Reds

NationalShortstop
1994

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Dave|Winfield}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Minnesota Twins

AmericanDesignated hitter
1995

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Ozzie|Smith}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalShortstop
1996

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Kirby|Puckett}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Minnesota Twins

AmericanOutfielder
1997

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Eric|Davis|dab=baseball}}

| Baltimore Orioles

AmericanOutfielder
1998

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Sammy|Sosa}}

| Chicago Cubs

NationalOutfielder
1999

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Tony|Gwynn}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| San Diego Padres

NationalOutfielder
2000

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Al|Leiter}}

| New York Mets

NationalPitcher
2001

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Curt|Schilling}}

| Arizona Diamondbacks

NationalPitcher
2002

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Jim|Thome}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Cleveland Indians

AmericanFirst baseman
2003

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Jamie|Moyer}}

| Seattle Mariners

AmericanPitcher
2004

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Edgar|Martínez}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Seattle Mariners

AmericanDesignated hitter
2005

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|John|Smoltz}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Atlanta Braves

NationalPitcher
2006

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Carlos|Delgado}}

| New York Mets

NationalFirst baseman
2007

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Craig|Biggio}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Houston Astros

NationalSecond baseman
2008

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Albert|Pujols}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalFirst baseman
2009

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Derek|Jeter}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| New York Yankees

AmericanShortstop
2010

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Tim|Wakefield}}

| Boston Red Sox

AmericanPitcher
2011

! scope="row" style="background:#ffb; text-align:center" | {{sortname|David|Ortiz}} {{sup|{{dagger}}}}

| Boston Red Sox

AmericanDesignated hitter
2012

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Clayton|Kershaw}}^

| Los Angeles Dodgers

NationalPitcher
2013

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Carlos|Beltrán}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalOutfielder
rowspan=2|2014{{efn|group=honor|In 2014, there were two recipients of the award, one in each league.}}

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Paul|Konerko}}

| Chicago White Sox

AmericanFirst baseman
scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Jimmy|Rollins}}

| Philadelphia Phillies || National || Shortstop

2015

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Andrew|McCutchen}}^

| Pittsburgh Pirates

NationalOutfielder
2016

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Curtis|Granderson}}

| New York Mets

NationalOutfielder
2017

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Anthony|Rizzo}}^

| Chicago Cubs

NationalFirst baseman
2018

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Yadier|Molina}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalCatcher
2019

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Carlos|Carrasco|dab=baseball}}^

| Cleveland Indians

AmericanPitcher
2020

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Adam|Wainwright}}

| St. Louis Cardinals

NationalPitcher
2021

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | {{sortname|Nelson|Cruz}}

| Tampa Bay Rays
Minnesota Twins{{efn|group=honor|Cruz was traded from the Twins to the Rays shortly after the All-Star break, but was nominated for the award by the Twins.}}

AmericanDesignated hitter
2022

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Justin|Turner}}^

| Los Angeles Dodgers

NationalThird baseman
2023

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Aaron|Judge}}^

| New York Yankees

AmericanOutfielder
2024

! scope="row" style="background:#cfecec; text-align:center" | {{sortname|Salvador|Pérez}}^

| Kansas City Royals

AmericanCatcher

{{notelist|group=honor}}

See also

{{Portal|Baseball}}

References

;General

{{refbegin}}

  • {{cite web | url = http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/clemente.jsp#about | title = Roberto Clemente Award | publisher = Major League Baseball | access-date = September 2, 2009 | archive-date = October 6, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091006043242/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/community/clemente.jsp#about | url-status = live }}
  • {{cite web | url = http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=roberto_clemente_history | title = Roberto Clemente Award winners | publisher = Major League Baseball | access-date = September 2, 2009 | archive-date = November 30, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091130200042/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=roberto_clemente_history | url-status = live }}
  • {{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hutch_gehrig_ruth_clemente.shtml| title = The Hutch Award, Lou Gehrig Award, Babe Ruth Award & Roberto Clemente Award Winners| work = Baseball-Reference.com| access-date = May 24, 2009| archive-date = May 31, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200531135759/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hutch_gehrig_ruth_clemente.shtml| url-status = live}}
  • {{cite web | url = https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3663948 | title = Roberto Clemente Award Winners | work = ESPN Internet Ventures | access-date = September 2, 2009 | archive-date = November 2, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131234/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3663948 | url-status = live }}

{{refend}}

;Specific

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Roberto Clemente}}

{{Roberto Clemente Award}}

{{MLB awards}}

{{featured list}}

Category:Major League Baseball trophies and awards

Category:Awards established in 1971

Category:Sportsmanship trophies and awards

Award