In
Major League Baseball (MLB), the Player of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the
National League (NL) and
American League (AL). The NL first awarded the honor during the season, when league president
Warren Giles conducted a poll of media members covering the then-eight NL teams and awarded winners an engraved desk set. The AL did not issue its own award until . The NL created a
Pitcher of the Month Award in and the AL did likewise in .
Pitchers have not been eligible for the Player of the Month Award since then.
Awards by month
Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses:
The most Player of the Month awards won by a single player has been 13 by
Barry Bonds
Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants f ...
. He is followed by
Alex Rodriguez (10),
Frank Thomas (8),
Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara () (); born January 16, 1980) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball first baseman, designated hitter and third baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "The Machine", ...
(7) and
Albert Belle (7).
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See also
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List of MLB awards
Notes
References
{{MLB awards
Player of the Month
Awards established in 1958