Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award


In Major League Baseball, the Player of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the National League and American League. The NL began awarding the honor on June 4, 1958. NL president Warren Giles conducted a poll of baseball writers in each major league city and awarded the winner an engraved desk set. The AL did not follow suit with its own award until. The NL created a separate award for pitchers in and the AL did likewise in. Pitchers have not been eligible for the Player of the Month Award since then.

Awardees

Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses:
The highest number of Player of the Month awards won by a single player is Barry Bonds' 13. He is followed by Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Albert Pujols and Albert Belle.