Baseball_America_Minor_League_Player_of_the_Year_Award Knowpia

*Baseball America* Minor League Player of the Year Award
Sport	Baseball
League	Minor League Baseball
Awarded for	Player of the Year
Country	United States, Canada, Mexico
Presented by	Baseball America
History
First award	1981
First winner	Mike Marshall
Most wins	Gregg Jefferies (1986, 1987); Andruw Jones (1995, 1996)
Most recent	Jackson Holliday (2023)

Listed below in chronological order are the Minor League Baseball players chosen by Baseball America as recipients of the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award. Since 1981, the award has been given to one minor league player judged by a Baseball America panel of experts as having had the most outstanding season.

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Key
†	Major League Baseball All-Star
‡	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Year	Name	Position	Highest level	MLB organization
1981	Mike Marshall	First baseman	AAA	Los Angeles Dodgers
1982	Ron Kittle	Outfielder	AAA	Chicago White Sox
1983	Dwight Gooden	Pitcher	A	New York Mets
1984	Mike Bielecki	Pitcher	AAA	Pittsburgh Pirates
1985	José Canseco	Outfielder	AAA	Oakland Athletics
1986	Gregg Jefferies (1)	Shortstop	AA	New York Mets
1987	Gregg Jefferies (2)	Shortstop	AAA	New York Mets
1988	Tom Gordon	Pitcher	AAA	Kansas City Royals
1989	Sandy Alomar Jr.	Catcher	AAA	San Diego Padres
1990	Frank Thomas‡	First baseman	AA	Chicago White Sox
1991	Derek Bell	Outfielder	AAA	Toronto Blue Jays
1992	Tim Salmon	Outfielder	AAA	California Angels
1993	Manny Ramirez	Outfielder	AAA	Cleveland Indians
1994	Derek Jeter‡	Shortstop	AAA	New York Yankees
1995	Andruw Jones (1)	Outfielder	A	Atlanta Braves
1996	Andruw Jones (2)	Outfielder	AAA	Atlanta Braves
1997	Paul Konerko	First baseman	AAA	Los Angeles Dodgers
1998	Eric Chavez	Third baseman	AAA	Oakland Athletics
1999	Rick Ankiel	Pitcher	AAA	St. Louis Cardinals
2000	Jon Rauch	Pitcher	AA	Chicago White Sox
2001	Josh Beckett	Pitcher	AA	Florida Marlins
2002	Rocco Baldelli	Outfielder	AAA	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2003	Joe Mauer‡	Catcher	AA	Minnesota Twins
2004	Jeff Francis	Pitcher	AAA	Colorado Rockies
2005	Delmon Young	Outfielder	AAA	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2006	Alex Gordon	Third baseman	AA	Kansas City Royals
2007	Jay Bruce	Outfielder	AAA	Cincinnati Reds
2008	Matt Wieters^[1]	Catcher	AA	Baltimore Orioles
2009	Jason Heyward	Outfielder	AAA	Atlanta Braves
2010	Jeremy Hellickson	Pitcher	AAA	Tampa Bay Rays
2011	Mike Trout	Outfielder	AA	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2012	Wil Myers	Outfielder	AAA	Kansas City Royals
2013	Byron Buxton	Outfielder	A	Minnesota Twins
2014	Kris Bryant	Third basemen	AAA	Chicago Cubs
2015	Blake Snell	Pitcher	AAA	Tampa Bay Rays
2016	Yoan Moncada	Second baseman	AA	Boston Red Sox
2017	Ronald Acuna	Outfielder	AAA	Atlanta Braves
2018	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Third baseman	AAA	Toronto Blue Jays
2019	Gavin Lux	Shortstop	AAA	Los Angeles Dodgers
2020	No minor league season due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Bobby Witt Jr.	Shortstop	AAA	Kansas City Royals
2022	Gunnar Henderson	Shortstop	AAA	Baltimore Orioles
2023	Jackson Holliday	Shortstop	AAA	Baltimore Orioles

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^ Booher, Kary (September 8, 2008). "Taking Flight: O's Wieters Earns 2008 Minor League Player of Year Honor". Baseball America. Durham, N.C. Retrieved July 18, 2009.

[1] Booher, Kary (September 8, 2008). "Taking Flight: O's Wieters Earns 2008 Minor League Player of Year Honor". Baseball America. Durham, N.C. Retrieved July 18, 2009.

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