Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Lou Gehrig

The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award was created by the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity in honor of the former Major League Baseball player Lou Gehrig, who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University. It is given to players who best exemplify his character and integrity both on and off the field. Since the award was created in 1955, the name of each winner has been placed on the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Key

	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who is still active

List of winners

Year	Player	Team	Position
1955	Dark, AlvinAlvin Dark	New York Giants	Shortstop
1956	Reese, Pee WeePee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	Shortstop
1957	Musial, StanStan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
1958	McDougald, GilGil McDougald	New York Yankees	Second baseman
1959	Hodges, GilGil Hodges	Los Angeles Dodgers	First baseman
1960	Groat, DickDick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop
1961	Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	Pitcher
1962	Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher
1963	Richardson, BobbyBobby Richardson	New York Yankees	Second baseman
1964	Boyer, KenKen Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	Third baseman
1965	Law, VernVern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher
1966	Robinson, BrooksBrooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	Third baseman
1967	Banks, ErnieErnie Banks	Chicago Cubs	First baseman
1968	Kaline, AlAl Kaline	Detroit Tigers	Outfielder
1969	Rose, PetePete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	Outfielder
1970	Aaron, HankHank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	Outfielder
1971	Killebrew, HarmonHarmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	Outfielder
1972	Parker, WesWes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	First baseman
1973	Santo, RonRon Santo	Chicago Cubs	Third baseman
1974	Stargell, WillieWillie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	First baseman
1975	Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	Catcher
1976	Sutton, DonDon Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher
1977	Brock, LouLou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	Outfielder
1978	Kessinger, DonDon Kessinger	Chicago White Sox	Shortstop
1979	Niekro, PhilPhil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher
1980	Pérez, TonyTony Pérez	Boston Red Sox	First baseman
1981	John, TommyTommy John	New York Yankees	Pitcher
1982	Cey, RonRon Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Third baseman
1983	Schmidt, MikeMike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	Third baseman
1984	Garvey, SteveSteve Garvey	San Diego Padres	First baseman
1985	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	Outfielder
1986	Brett, GeorgeGeorge Brett	Kansas City Royals	Third baseman
1987	Sutcliffe, RickRick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher
1988	Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell	Houston Astros	Third baseman
1989	Smith, OzzieOzzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	Shortstop
1990	Davis, GlennGlenn Davis	Houston Astros	First baseman
1991	Hrbek, KentKent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins	First baseman
1992	Ripken, Jr., CalCal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	Shortstop
1993	Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	New York Yankees	First baseman
1994	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	Shortstop
1995	Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher
1996	Butler, BrettBrett Butler	Los Angeles Dodgers	Outfielder
1997	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor	Minnesota Twins	Designated hitter
1998	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	Outfielder
1999	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
2000	Stottlemyre, ToddTodd Stottlemyre	Arizona Diamondbacks	Pitcher
2001	Franco, JohnJohn Franco	New York Mets	Pitcher
2002	Graves, DannyDanny Graves	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher
2003	Moyer, JamieJamie Moyer*	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher
2004	Thome, JimJim Thome*	Philadelphia Phillies	First baseman
2005	Smoltz, JohnJohn Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher
2006	Hoffman, TrevorTrevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres	Pitcher
2007	Timlin, MikeMike Timlin	Boston Red Sox	Pitcher
2008	Victorino, ShaneShane Victorino*	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder
2009	Pujols, AlbertAlbert Pujols*	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
2010	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter*	New York Yankees	Shortstop

See also

• Roberto Clemente Award
• Players Choice Awards (The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award)
• Branch Rickey Award
• Baseball awards
• List of Major League Baseball awards

External links

• Lou Gehrig Memorial Award official website – Phi Delta Theta. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
• Lou Gehrig Memorial Award – Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
• The Hutch Award, Lou Gehrig Award, Babe Ruth Award & Roberto Clemente Award winners – Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.