Babe Ruth Award Explained

Babe Ruth Award
Sport:Baseball
League:Major League Baseball
Givenfor:Annual most valuable player of the MLB postseason
Presenter:New York City chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America
Year:1949
Holder:Adolis García,
(Texas Rangers)

The Babe Ruth Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player with the best performance in the postseason. The award, created in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949 to New York Yankee pitcher, Joe Page, the MVP of the World Series, one year after Ruth's death. The award was created by the New York City chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). It continued to be awarded exclusively for performances in the World Series until 2007, when the New York chapter of the BBWAA changed the award to cover the entire postseason.[1] [2] Though it is older than the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, which was not created until 1955 (as the "SPORT Magazine Award"), the Babe Ruth Award is considered less prestigious, because it is not sanctioned by MLB and is awarded several weeks after the World Series.[3] [4]

MLB expanded its postseason to include the League Championship Series (LCS) in 1969, the League Division Series (LDS) in 1995, and the Wild Card round in 2012. The Wild Card round is a one-game playoff, the LDS follows a best-of-five playoff format, and the LCS and World Series follow a best-of-seven playoff format.[4] [5] In 2020, the Los Angeles Dodgers, won the 2020 World Series, but Randy Arozarena of the Tampa Bay Rays was named winner of the Babe Ruth Award.

Ruth was a noted slugger who batted .326 with 15 home runs and three wins in three games started as a pitcher during World Series play.[6] However, the Babe Ruth Award does not only go to sluggers or pitchers. Dick Green won the award for the 1974 World Series, in which he batted 0-for-13, but helped the Oakland Athletics win the series with his defense.[7]

Joe Page of the New York Yankees was the first winner of the Babe Ruth Award, and Jonathan Papelbon of the Boston Red Sox was the first winner since the award criteria changed to cover the entire postseason. In all, members of the Yankees have won the award sixteen times. Luis Tiant and Randy Arozarena are the only winners of the Babe Ruth Award to play for the World Series–losing team. Two players, Sandy Koufax and Jack Morris, have won the award twice.

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Winners

Key to table

YearLinks to the article about that corresponding World Series
Player Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
^Indicates multiple award winners in the same year
Indicates year when player did not win the World Series Most Valuable Player Award (1955–present)[8]
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Denotes player who is still active
§Indicates losing team in the series

Table of winners

YearPlayerTeamPositionSelected statisticsRef
New York YankeesPitcher [9] [10]
New York YankeesSecond baseman [11] [12]
New York YankeesShortstop [13] [14]
New York YankeesFirst baseman [15]
New York YankeesSecond baseman [16] [17]
New York GiantsOutfielder [18] [19]
Brooklyn DodgersPitcher [20] [21]
New York YankeesPitcher [23]
Milwaukee BravesPitcher [24] [25]
New York YankeesCatcher [26] [27]
Los Angeles DodgersPitcher [28] [29]
Pittsburgh PiratesSecond baseman [30] [31]
New York YankeesPitcher [32] [33]
New York YankeesPitcher [34]
Los Angeles DodgersPitcher [35] [36]
St. Louis CardinalsPitcher [37]
Los Angeles DodgersPitcher [38] [39]
Baltimore OriolesOutfielder [40] [41]
St. Louis CardinalsOutfielder [42] [43]
Detroit TigersPitcher [44]
New York MetsSecond baseman [45] [46]
Baltimore OriolesThird baseman [47] [48]
Pittsburgh PiratesOutfielder [49] [50]
Oakland AthleticsCatcher [51] [52]
Oakland AthleticsShortstop [53] [54]
Oakland AthleticsSecond baseman [56] [57] [58]
Boston Red SoxPitcher [59] [60]
Cincinnati RedsCatcher [61] [62]
New York YankeesOutfielder [63] [64]
New York YankeesShortstop [65] [66]
Pittsburgh PiratesFirst baseman [67] [68]
Philadelphia PhilliesPitcher [69] [70]
Los Angeles DodgersThird baseman [71] [72]
St. Louis CardinalsPitcher [73] [74]
Baltimore OriolesCatcher [75]
Detroit TigersPitcher [76]
Kansas City RoyalsPitcher [77]
New York MetsThird baseman [78]
Minnesota TwinsPitcher [79]
Los Angeles DodgersPitcher [80]
Oakland AthleticsPitcher [81]
Cincinnati RedsOutfielder [82] [83]
Minnesota TwinsPitcher [84]
Toronto Blue JaysOutfielder [85]
Toronto Blue JaysDesignated hitter [86]
[87]
Atlanta BravesPitcher [88]
New York YankeesDesignated hitter [89] [90]
Florida MarlinsOutfielder [91]
New York YankeesThird baseman [92] [93]
New York YankeesPitcher [94]
New York YankeesShortstop [95] [96]
^Arizona DiamondbacksPitcher [97]
Pitcher
Anaheim AngelsThird baseman [98] [99]
Florida MarlinsPitcher [100] [101]
Boston Red SoxPitcher [102] [103]
Chicago White SoxOutfielder [104]
St. Louis CardinalsShortstop [105]
Award changed to cover performance in full post-season
Boston Red SoxPitcher [106] [107]
Philadelphia PhilliesPitcher [108] [109]
New York YankeesThird baseman [110]
San Francisco GiantsPitcher [111] [112]
St. Louis CardinalsThird baseman [113] [114]
San Francisco GiantsThird baseman [115] [116]
Boston Red SoxFirst baseman / Designated hitter [117] [118]
San Francisco GiantsPitcher [119] [120]
Kansas City RoyalsPitcher [121] [122]
Chicago CubsPitcher [123] [124]
^Houston AstrosSecond baseman [125]
Pitcher
Pitcher
  • 3–1 record in 6 appearances
  • 23 strikeouts, 10 earned runs allowed over 26 innings pitched
  • Winning pitcher of Games 2 & 5 in the World Series
[126]
^Outfielder
  • .277 batting average
  • 5 home runs
  • 14 runs batted in
Pitcher
  • 5–0 record
  • 1.98 ERA
  • 47 strikeouts
[127]
Tampa Bay RaysOutfielder
  • .377 batting average
  • 10 home runs (an MLB record)
  • 64 total bases
[128]
First Baseman
  • .304 batting average
  • 5 home runs
  • 11 runs batted in
[129]
Shortstop
  • .345 batting average
  • 4 home runs
  • 8 runs batted in
[130]
Outfielder
  • .323 batting average
  • 8 home runs
  • 22 runs batted in
[131]

See also

Notes and References

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