Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards Explained

The annual Greg Spira Memorial Internet Baseball Awards (IBA) are based on fan voting.[1] They were founded in 1991 by Greg Spira with the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young (now Pitcher of the Year), and Rookie of the Year awards, in each of the two leagues in Major League Baseball.[2] In 1998, an award for Manager of the Year was added in each league. Spira managed the awards until his death at the end of 2011.[2] The awards were then named in his memory.[3]

Winners

Since 1998, eight awards have been given each year. From 1991 to 1997, there were six awards each year.

1991–1999

See footnote[4]

1991

1992

1993

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Team of the Decade (1990–1999)

MVP[5]
Infield[6]
Outfield[7]
Rotation (top 5 starting pitchers)[8]
Bullpen (top 6 relief pitchers)[9]

2000–2009

See footnote[4] 2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

See footnote[10]

2008

2009

See footnotes[11] [12] [13]

2010–2019

2010

See footnotes[14] [15]

2011

See footnotes[16] [17]

2012

See footnotes[18] [19]

2013

2014

See footnote[20]

2015

See footnote[21]

2016

See footnote[22]

2017

Was not held

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Paine, Neil (October 11, 2010). Baseball Reference Blog: Bloops: Vote in the Internet Baseball Awards. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. Drellich, Evan (January 9, 2012). Influential researcher Spira dies at age 44. MLB.com. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
  3. See: The Greg Spira Memorial Internet Baseball Awards. Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  4. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/iba/index.php?mode=history Internet Baseball Awards: History
  5. Web site: Dave. Pease. Greg. Spira. Team Of The Decade: The Decade's MVP. September 28, 2000. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  6. Web site: Dave. Pease. Greg. Spira. Team of the Decade Infield: Your choices for the infielders of the 1990s. March 8, 2000. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  7. Web site: Dave. Pease. Greg. Spira. Team of the Decade Outfield: Your choices for the outfielders of the 1990s. April 6, 2000. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  8. Web site: Dave. Pease. Greg. Spira. Team Of The Decade: The Rotation. October 2, 2000. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  9. Web site: Dave. Pease. Greg. Spira. Team of The Decade: The Bullpen. November 13, 2000. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  10. Web site: 2007 Internet Baseball Awards. November 4, 2007. The Straight Dope. Creative Loafing Media, Inc.. 2011-06-29.
  11. Web site: Greg. Spira. The 2009 Internet Baseball Awards: AL Results and Wrap-Up. November 11, 2009. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20110521104617/http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9760. 21 May 2011 . live.
  12. Web site: Greg. Spira. The 2009 Internet Baseball Awards: NL Results and Wrap-Up. November 10, 2009. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  13. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/other/iba2009/iba_results.txt Internet Baseball Awards Results, as of Nov. 9, 2009
  14. Web site: Greg. Spira. Internet Baseball Awards: American League. November 10, 2010. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  15. Web site: Greg. Spira. Internet Baseball Awards: National League. November 9, 2010. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-06-04.
  16. Web site: Greg. Spira. Internet Baseball Awards: American League. November 18, 2011. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-11-21.
  17. Web site: Greg. Spira. Internet Baseball Awards: National League. November 21, 2011. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2011-11-21.
  18. Web site: Dave. Pease. Internet Baseball Awards: American League. November 9, 2012. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2013-07-06.
  19. Web site: Dave. Pease. Internet Baseball Awards: National League. November 14, 2012. Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC. Baseball Prospectus. 2013-07-06.
  20. Web site: Goldstein . Craig . Internet Baseball Awards: The 2014 Internet Baseball Award Winners . Baseball Prospectus . 8 November 2014 . 2 July 2018.
  21. Web site: Miller . Sam . Internet Baseball Awards: Fin . Baseball Prospectus . 18 January 2015 . 2 July 2018.
  22. Web site: INTERNET BASEBALL AWARDS Final 2016 Results . Baseball Prospectus . 6 August 2018.