Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award explained

Delivery Man of the Year Award
Description:Best relief pitcher in MLB
Sponsor:DHL (2005–2010)
Presenter:Major League Baseball
Year:2005
Year2:2013
Mostwins:Mariano Rivera (3)

Major League Baseball (MLB) annually honored its best relief pitcher with the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award from 2005 through 2013. It was initially part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and package delivery company DHL Express; DHL's sponsorship ran from 2005 to 2010.[1] [2] There was also a Delivery Man of the Month Award. From its inception in 2005 through 2008, the award was given to a single reliever who was selected online by fans from a group of 10 finalists chosen by an MLB panel.[3] [4] The panel took sole responsibility to select the annual winner starting in 2009.[3] [5]

Mariano Rivera was the only pitcher to win the annual award more than once, receiving it in 2005, 2006, and 2009. The award was discontinued after 2013, replaced by the Reliever of the Year Awards.[6]

List of annual winners

YearPlayerTeamSVERAWHIPKIPRef
2005New York Yankees431.380.8780data-sort-value="78.33" [7]
2006New York Yankees341.800.965575[8]
2007Boston Red Sox371.850.7784data-sort-value="58.33" [9]
2008Philadelphia Phillies411.951.2392data-sort-value="69.33" [10]
2009New York Yankees441.760.9072data-sort-value="66.33" [11]
2010San Diego Padres471.931.208670[12]
2011Detroit Tigers492.241.1969data-sort-value="72.33" [13]
2012Tampa Bay Rays480.600.7876data-sort-value="74.67" [14]
2013Atlanta Braves501.210.889867[15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: DHL named exclusive express delivery and logistics provider for Major League Baseball, MLB Advanced Media: Major League Baseball, DHL deliver new corporate sponsorship agreement; Introduce "DHL presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month/Year Award". MLB.com. March 31, 2005. September 22, 2009.
  2. News: Sessa . Danielle . DHL May End Sponsorship of Baseball's Atlanta Braves (Update1) . November 18, 2008 . Bloomberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106104456/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aTdFEjmrbLV8 . November 6, 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Delivery Man of the Year Award . . October 5, 2011 . All finalists from 2005–2008 are listed because voting was conducted online and all finalists were known. Those from 2009 are not made public..
  4. News: DHL Delivery Man voting has begun: Fans part of process to choose Majors' top reliever. Major League Baseball. Mark Newman. September 25, 2007. September 22, 2009.
  5. Mariano Rivera named winner of the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year award . October 14, 2009 . Major League Baseball . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141438/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091014&content_id=7456716&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb . April 13, 2014 . dead .
  6. News: Fordin. Spencer. Yearly relief awards named after Rivera, Hoffman. Major League Baseball. April 9, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131219/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140409&content_id=71466376&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. April 13, 2014.
  7. News: Rivera named DHL Delivery Man of Year: Award recognizes most outstanding relief pitcher of season. Major League Baseball. Mark Feinsand. Major League Baseball. October 13, 2005. September 22, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130007/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051013&content_id=1248856&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy. June 6, 2011. mdy-all.
  8. News: Rivera is DHL Delivery Man of the Year. Mark Feinsand. Major League Baseball. October 24, 2006. October 11, 2007.
  9. News: Papelbon brings home DHL award: Closer tabbed Delivery Man of the Year in fan balloting. Ian Browne. Major League Baseball. October 11, 2007. September 25, 2009.
  10. News: Lidge named "Delivery Man of the Year". Major League Baseball. October 27, 2008. October 27, 2008.
  11. News: Mariano wins Delivery Man of Year Award. MLB.com. Anthony. DiComo. October 14, 2009. October 15, 2009.
  12. Heath Bell Named Winner Of The Major League Baseball Delivery Man Of The Year Award | padres.com: Official Info . Sandiego.padres.mlb.com . October 13, 2010 . October 14, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325034201/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20101013&content_id=15615452&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd&vkey=pr_sd . March 25, 2012 . mdy-all .
  13. Jose Valverde Named Winner of the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award . Major League Baseball . October 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023162936/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20111005&content_id=25508294&vkey=pr_mlbcom&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb . October 23, 2013 . dead .
  14. Rodney is Comeback, Delivery Man awards winner . Major League Baseball . October 19, 2012.
  15. Kimbrel named Delivery Man of the Year . Major League Baseball . November 21, 2013.

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