Baseball awards


Professional baseball leagues,[] amateur-baseball organizations, sportswriting associations, and other groups confer awards on various baseball teams, players, managers, coaches, executives, broadcasters, writers, and other baseball-related people for excellence in achievement, sportsmanship, and community involvement.

International

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)

Baseball Division

World

Adult baseball

Youth baseball

  • U-18 Baseball World Cup
  • U-15 Baseball World Cup
  • U-12 Baseball World Cup
  • Big League World Series championship
  • Big League World Series international-bracket championship
  • Big League World Series international regional championships
  • Senior League World Series championship
  • Senior League World Series international regional championships
  • Junior League World Series championship
  • Junior League World Series international-bracket championship
  • Junior League World Series international regional championships
  • Intermediate League World Series championship
  • Intermediate League World Series international-bracket championship
  • Intermediate League World Series international regional championships
  • Little League World Series championship
  • Little League World Series international-bracket championship
  • Little League World Series international regional championships:
  • *For U.S. regional champions, see #Little League Baseball
  • *Former international regions: Europe Region (1960–2000), Europe Region (2001–2003), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Region (2004–2007), Transatlantic Region (2001–2007), Europe Region (2008–2012), Middle East-Africa Region (2008–2012), Far East Region (1962–2000), Asia Region (2001–2006), Pacific Region (2001–2006), Asia-Pacific Region (2007–2012)
  • *Canada Region championship
  • *Mexico Region championship
  • *Caribbean Region championship
  • *Latin America Region championship
  • *Japan Region championship
  • *Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region championship
  • *Europe and Africa Region championship
  • *Australia Region championship
  • Palomino League World Series championship
  • Colt League World Series championship
  • Pony League World Series championship
  • Pony-13 League World Series championship
  • Bronco League World Series championship
  • Bronco-11 League World Series championship
  • Mustang League World Series championship
  • [|Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series] championship The Cal Ripken World Series tournament includes sixteen teams: 10 from the United States and 6 from outside the U.S.. The U.S. champion and the International champion meet in the final game, for the world title. At, go to "Amateur Baseball" and click on "Cal Ripken World Series". Retrieved 2011-09-05.
  • [|Cal Ripken Major/60 World Series] championship

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

American Samoa

Australia

In general

Claxton Shield

  • Claxton Shield champions — National competition
  • Claxton Shield awards:
  • *Helm's Award
  • *Batting Champion
  • *Pitcher of the Year
  • *Golden Glove
  • *Rookie of the Year
  • *Manager of the Year

Baseball Australia Diamond Awards

  • President's Award
  • ABF Life Membership
  • Administrator of the Year Award
  • Club of the Year Award
  • Official of the Year Award
  • Volunteer of the Year Award
  • Coach of the Year Award
  • Player of the Year
  • Player of the Year
  • State of the Year

Australian Baseball League (2010- )

  • Championship Series champion
  • Helms Award Winner
  • All-Star Game MVP

Austria

  • See also footnote
  • championship
  • *

Brazil

Canada

China (People's Republic of China)

Colombia

Croatia

  • See footnote

Cuba

Dominican Republic

  • Dominican Professional Baseball League championship
  • Dominican Summer League championship

France

  • Division Élite#Champions

Germany

  • Bundesliga championship
  • Junior German champions
  • Youth German champions
  • Students German champions

Greece

Guam

  • Although Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States, it competes separately in international baseball. See: Guam national baseball team

Hong Kong

Iran

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Netherlands

Nicaragua

  • Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League championship

Palau

  • Palau Major League championship

Panama

  • Panamanian Professional Baseball League championship

Philippines

  • Baseball Philippines series championship

Poland

  • Extra league baseball series championship

Portugal

Puerto Rico

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Taiwan

United Kingdom

  • Championship Series of the National League

U.S. Virgin Islands

Venezuela

United States major leagues: Awards by Major League Baseball (MLB)

  • The following awards appear at MLB.com, on its awards page
  • Each award is given to a player in each league, except where noted by a superscript ¹

Annual awards

Monthly and weekly awards

One-time awards

¹ A combined award is given for the American and National Leagues.

U.S. major leagues: Awards by organizations other than MLB

  • Note: The following awards do not appear at MLB.com, on its awards page

All-time

All-decade

;1990s
  • Baseball Prospectus "Internet Baseball Awards" Team of the Decade¹
  • Players Choice Awards Player of the Decade¹
  • The Sporting News Player of the Decade¹
;2000s
  • Sporting News All-Decade Team¹
  • Sports Illustrated MLB All-Decade Team¹ (2009)
  • Sporting News MLB Athlete of the Decade¹
  • Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade¹
  • Sporting News Manager of the Decade¹
  • Sports Illustrated Best Manager¹
  • Sporting News Team of the Decade¹
  • Sports Illustrated MLB Top Single-Season Team of the Decade¹ (2009)
  • Sporting News Executive of the Decade¹
  • Sports Illustrated Best General Manager¹
  • Sports Illustrated Best Franchise¹
  • Sporting News Performance of the Decade¹
  • Sporting News Game of the Decade¹
  • Sports Illustrated Best Regular-Season Game¹
  • Sports Illustrated Best Post-Season Game¹

Other individual awards

1 ''A combined award is given for the American and National leagues.''

Awards given to specific teams

Awards given to members of specific teams

U.S. minor leagues

In general

Awards by Minor League Baseball (MiLB)

Awards by organizations other than MiLB

Awards by MLB team organizations

Triple-A

International League

Pacific Coast League

Double-A

Eastern League">Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League

Southern League">Southern League (1964–2020)">Southern League

[Texas League]

Single-A Advanced

California League

Carolina League

Florida State League

Single-A

Midwest League

South Atlantic League

  • South Atlantic League championship

Single-A Short Season

New York-Penn League

Northwest League

  • Northwest League#Champions

Rookie Advanced

Appalachian League

Pioneer League

  • Pioneer League (baseball)#League champions

Rookie leagues

Arizona League

  • Arizona League#Champions

Dominican Summer League

  • Dominican Summer League#Champions

Gulf Coast League

Fall leagues (affiliated)

Arizona Fall League

U.S. independent professional leagues

Traditional season

; League championships
;Individual awardsBaseball America Independent Leagues Player of the Year

Winter

U.S. adult and semi-professional baseball

National Adult Baseball Association (NABA)

  • NABA Phoenix World Championship Series
  • *Division championships: 18 Wood, 18AA, 18A, 18 Rookie, 25 Wood, 25 Aluminum, 35 Wood, 35 Aluminum, 45 Wood, 45 Aluminum, 50 Wood, 55 Wood, 60 Wood.
  • *Awards:
  • **Team Champions: team trophy and NABA World Series championship rings
  • **Team Runner-up: team trophy and NABA World Series championship watches
  • **Team Pool Champion: team pool trophy
  • **Championship Game Gold Glove: individual Gold Glove award for each championship game
  • **Championship Game MVP: individual MVP award for each championship game
  • **Pool Game MVP: individual Game MVP award in each pool game for both teams
  • NABA Women's World Championship Series
  • *Awards:
  • **Champions: team trophy and NABA World Series commemorative championship medal
  • **Runner-up: team trophy and NABA World Series commemorative finalist medal
  • **Pool Winner: team pool trophy
  • **Championship Game Gold Glove: individual Gold Glove award for each championship game
  • **Championship Game MVP: individual MVP award for each championship game
  • **Pool Game MVP: individual Game MVP award in each pool game for both teams
  • NABA Florida World Championship Series
  • *Division championships: 18AA, 18A, 18 Rookie, 18 Open Wood Bat, 25 Rookie, 35 Rookie, 45 Rookie, 55 Rookie
  • *Awards:
  • **Champions: team trophy and NABA World Series championship rings
  • **Runner-up: team trophy and NABA World Series championship watches
  • **Pool Winner: team pool trophy
  • **Championship Game Gold Glove: individual Gold Glove award for each championship game
  • **Championship Game MVP: individual MVP award for each championship game
  • **Pool Game MVP: individual Game MVP award in each pool game for both teams
  • NABA tournaments

U.S. amateur baseball

All-American Amateur Baseball Association (AAABA)

  • AAABA World Series

National Amateur Baseball Federation

  • NABF Major World Series championship

Special Olympics

State Games of America

U.S. collegiate summer baseball

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball (NACSB)

  • Most Valuable Program Award

National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF)

National Baseball Congress (NBC)

U.S. college baseball

Team awards

Individual awards

Conference-specific awards

U.S. high-school baseball

  • American Baseball Coaches Association /Rawlings High School Player of the Year
  • Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award
  • Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year
  • USA Today High School Baseball Player of the Year
  • Aflac National High School Player of the Year
  • Baseball America High School Team of the Year
  • USA Today All-USA High School Baseball Team
  • Jackie Robinson Award: to the high school player entering senior year and best displays character, leadership, and the values of being a student-athlete in academics and community affairs
  • ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Baseball Team
  • Baseball America High School All-America Teams
  • ABCA/Rawlings High School Gold Glove
  • Under Armour All-America Baseball Game
  • Perfect Game All-American Classic
  • ABCA/Rawlings High School All-Region teams
  • Baseball America Youth Player of the Year
  • USA Today High School Baseball Coach of the Year
  • ABCA/Diamond High School National and Regional Coaches of the Year
  • Baseball America Youth Coach of the Year
  • The National Classic
  • Perfect Game All-American Classic
  • Slammers Baseball / NABA 18 & Under and 16 & Under High School Showcase Tournament (wood bat)
  • *Division championships:
  • **18 & Under – Goodyear, Arizona
  • **16 & Under – Glendale, Arizona
  • *Awards:
  • **Champions: team trophy and individual awards
  • **Runner-up: team trophy
  • **Championship Game Gold Glove: individual Gold Glove award for each championship game
  • **Championship Game MVP: individual MVP award for each championship game
  • Maine Baseball Coaches Association awards

U.S. youth baseball

National Youth Baseball Championship

  • 12U National Youth Baseball Championship
  • 10U National Youth Baseball Championship

American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC)

  • Stan Musial World Series national championship
  • Connie Mack World Series national championship
  • Don Mattingly World Series national championship
  • Mickey Mantle World Series national championship
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. World Series national championship
  • Sandy Koufax 14U World Series national championship
  • Sandy Koufax 13S World Series national championship
  • Pee Wee Reese World Series national championship
  • Gil Hodges World Series national championship
  • Willie Mays World Series national championship
  • Jackie Robinson World Series national championship
  • Roberto Clemente World Series national championship
  • Rod Carew World Series national championship

American Legion Baseball

  • American Legion Baseball national championship
  • American Legion Baseball state champions
  • Louisville Slugger Batting Champion
  • Bob Feller Pitching Award
  • Dr. Irvin L. "Click" Cowger RBI Memorial Award
  • Rawlings Big Stick Award
  • George W. Rulon Player of the Year
  • James F. Daniel, Jr. Memorial Sportsmanship Award
  • All-Academic Team
  • Jack Williams Memorial Leadership Award
  • American Legion Graduate of the Year

Babe Ruth League

  • See also footnote
  • 16-18-year-old baseball World Series national championship
  • 13-15-year-old baseball World Series national championship
  • 14-year-old baseball World Series national championship
  • 13-year-old baseball World Series national championship
  • Cal Ripken Major/70 baseball World Series national championship
  • Cal Ripken Major/60 baseball World Series national championship
  • Cal Ripken 10-year-old baseball World Series national championship

Dixie Boys Baseball

  • Dixie Majors World Series national championship
  • Dixie Pre Majors World Series national championship
  • Dixie Boys World Series national championship
  • Junior Dixie Boys World Series national championship

Dixie Youth Baseball

  • See footnote
  • Majors World Series national championship
  • AAA World Series national championship
  • "O" Zone World Series national championship

Little League Baseball

  • Big League World Series national champions
  • :Category:Big League World Series regions: Central, East, Southeast, Southwest, and West regions
  • Big League World Series state champions
  • :Category:Senior League World Series regions : Central, East, Southeast, Southwest, and West regions
  • Senior League World Series state champions
  • Junior League World Series national champions
  • :Category:Junior League World Series regions: Central, East, Southeast, Southwest, and West regions
  • Junior League World Series state champions
  • Intermediate League World Series national champions
  • :Category:Intermediate League World Series regions: Central, East, Southeast, Southwest, and West regions
  • Intermediate League World Series state champions
  • Little League World Series national champions
  • Little League World Series regional champions :
  • For international regional champions, see
  • *New England Region
  • *Mid-Atlantic Region
  • *Midwest Region
  • *Great Lakes Region
  • *Southeast Region
  • *Southwest Region
  • *Northwest Region
  • *West Region
  • Little League World Series state champions
  • Little League World Series district champions
  • Little League Baseball awards:
  • See also: Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum#Hall of Excellence
  • *Good Sport of the Year Award
  • *Challenger Award
  • *ASAP Award
  • *Bill Shea Distinguished Little League Graduate Award
  • *Mom of the Year Award
  • *George and Barbara Bush Little League Parents of the Year Award
  • *Volunteer of the Year Award
  • *Howard and Gail Paster Little League Urban Initiative Volunteer of the Year Award
  • *Howard Hartman Little League Friendship Award

National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF)

  • NABF Senior World Series
  • NABF High School World Series
  • NABF Junior World Series
  • NABF Sophomore World Series
  • NABF Freshman World Series
  • NABF Rookie World Series

PONY Baseball

  • Palomino League World Series
  • Colt League World Series
  • Pony League World Series
  • Pony-13 League World Series
  • Bronco League World Series
  • Bronco-11 League World Series
  • Mustang League World Series

Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI)

  • See footnotes
  • Senior Boys RBI World Series
  • Junior Boys RBI World Series

USSSA Baseball

Baseball book of the year

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