Major League Baseball (MLB) honored its best
relief pitchers with a Delivery Man of the Month Award for one pitcher during each month of the regular season from 2005 through 2013. The awards were initially part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and package delivery company
DHL Express; DHL's sponsorship ran from 2005 to 2010. There was also a
Delivery Man of the Year Award; all of the Delivery Man awards were discontinued after 2013. A new
Reliever of the Month Award was first awarded in 2017.
Winners
Winners of the monthly award were decided by a four-man panel, which originally consisted of
Dennis Eckersley,
Jerome Holtzman,
Rick Sutcliffe and
Bob Watson.
The panel later included
Darryl Hamilton and Mike Bauman, a national columnist for
MLB.com.
Trevor Hoffman received the award more than any other pitcher, with four wins between May 2005 and May 2009. Four other pitchers received the award three times:
Craig Kimbrel,
Joe Nathan,
J. J. Putz
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High school an ...
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Rafael Soriano. The most wins by a team was four, accomplished by the
Kansas City Royals
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Joakim Soria (2) and
Greg Holland (2); the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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José Mesa,
Joel Hanrahan, and
Jason Grilli (2); and the
San Diego Padres via Hoffman (3) and
Heath Bell.
See also
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Baseball awards
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List of MLB awards
References
External links
List of winnersat
MLB.comList of winnersat
Baseball Almanac
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Major League Baseball trophies and awards
Awards established in 2005
Awards disestablished in 2013
DHL