Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award

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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 is given to a single minor league player and is judged by Baseball America panel experts as having had the most outstanding season.

Year	Name	Pos	Minor League Team(s)	Major League Organization
1981	Mike Marshall	1B	Albuquerque Dukes (AAA)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1982	Ron Kittle	OF	Edmonton Trappers (AAA)	Chicago White Sox
1983	Dwight Gooden	P	Lynchburg Mets (A)	New York Mets
1984	Mike Bielecki	P	Hawaii Islanders (AAA)	Pittsburgh Pirates
1985	José Canseco	OF	Tacoma Tigers (AAA) Huntsville Stars (AA)	Oakland Athletics
1986	Gregg Jefferies	SS	Jackson Mets (AA) Columbia Mets (A) Lynchburg Mets (A)	New York Mets
1987	Gregg Jefferies	SS	Tidewater Tides (AAA) Jackson Mets (AA)	New York Mets
1988	Tom Gordon	P	Omaha Royals (AAA) Memphis Chicks (AA) Appleton Foxes (A)	Kansas City Royals
1989	Sandy Alomar, Jr.	C	Las Vegas Stars (AAA)	San Diego Padres
1990	Frank Thomas	1B	Birmingham Barons (AA)	Chicago White Sox
1991	Derek Bell	OF	Syracuse Chiefs (AAA)	Toronto Blue Jays
1992	Tim Salmon	OF	Edmonton Trappers (AAA)	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
1993	Manny Ramírez	OF	Charlotte Knights (AAA) Canton-Akron Indians (AA)	Cleveland Indians
1994	Derek Jeter	SS	Columbus Clippers (AAA) Albany-Colonie Yankees (AA) Tampa Yankees (Adv. A)	New York Yankees
1995	Andruw Jones	OF	Macon Braves (A)	Atlanta Braves
1996	Andruw Jones	OF	Richmond Braves (AAA) Greenville Braves (AA) Durham Bulls (Adv. A)	Atlanta Braves
1997	Paul Konerko	1B	Albuquerque Dukes (AAA)	Los Angeles Dodgers
1998	Eric Chavez	3B		Oakland Athletics
1999	Rick Ankiel	P		St. Louis Cardinals
2000	Jon Rauch	P		Chicago White Sox
2001	Josh Beckett	P		Florida Marlins
2002	Rocco Baldelli	OF		Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2003	Joe Mauer	C		Minnesota Twins
2004	Jeff Francis	P		Colorado Rockies
2005	Delmon Young	OF		Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2006	Alex Gordon	3B		Kansas City Royals
2007	Jay Bruce	OF		Cincinnati Reds
2008	Matt Wieters	C	Bowie Baysox (AA) Frederick Keys (Adv. A)	Baltimore Orioles
2009	Jason Heyward	OF	Gwinnett Braves (AAA) Mississippi Braves (AA) Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Adv. A)	Atlanta Braves

[edit] See also

• MiLB This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards Hitter of the Year
• MiLB This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards Starter of the Year
• MiLB This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards Reliever of the Year
• USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award
• Baseball awards#U.S. minor leagues
• Baseball America Minor League All-Star Team
• Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year
• Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year
• Baseball America Minor League Team of the Year
• Baseball America Bob Freitas Awards (for outstanding minor-league operations at Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and short-season)
• Baseball America Independent Organization of the Year

[edit] References

• Booher, Kary (September 8, 2008). "Taking Flight: O's Wieters Earns 2008 Minor League Player of Year Honor". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/player-of-the-year/2008/266825.html. Retrieved July 18, 2009. 
• "Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year". Minor League Baseball History. Baseball Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/. Retrieved July 18, 2009.