Hank Aaron Award
The Hank
Aaron Award was introduced in 1999 to honor the 25th
Anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's
all-time home run record. It was the first major award to be
introduced in more than thirty years and it recognizes the best
overall hitter in each league.
During the
1999 season, winners were determined by assigning a pre-determined
number of points for each hit, home run, and run batted in.
During the 2000 season and subsequent years, the
play-by-play broadcasters and color analysts from each club's radio
and television stations will vote for three players from each league.
Each first place vote will receive five points, each second place vote
receives three points, and a third place vote receives one point. In
2003 the same points were distributed; however, fans now accounted for
30% of the votes which were taken via MLB.com's website.
Year |
Lg |
Name(s) |
Team(s) |
Hits |
HR |
RBI |
1999 |
AL |
Manny Ramirez |
Cleveland |
174 |
44 |
165 |
NL |
Sammy Sosa |
Chicago |
180 |
63 |
141 |
2000 |
AL |
Carlos Delgado |
Toronto |
196 |
41 |
137 |
NL |
Todd Helton |
Colorado |
216 |
42 |
147 |
2001 |
AL |
Alex Rodriguez |
Texas |
201 |
52 |
135 |
NL |
Barry Bonds |
San Francisco |
156 |
73 |
137 |
2002 |
AL |
Alex Rodriguez |
Texas |
187 |
57 |
142 |
NL |
Barry Bonds |
San Francisco |
149 |
46 |
110 |
2003 |
AL |
Alex Rodriguez |
Texas |
181 |
47 |
118 |
NL |
Albert Pujols |
St. Louis |
212 |
43 |
124 |
2004 |
AL |
Manny Ramirez |
Boston |
175 |
43 |
130 |
NL |
Barry Bonds |
San Francisco |
135 |
45 |
101 |
2005 |
AL |
David Ortiz |
Boston |
180 |
47 |
148 |
NL |
Andruw Jones |
Atlanta |
154 |
51 |
128 |
2006 |
AL |
Derek Jeter |
New York |
214 |
14 |
97 |
NL |
Ryan Howard |
Philadelphia |
182 |
58 |
149 |
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