Tampa Bay Rays award winners and league leaders

This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team.

Regular season award winners edit

Cy Young Award edit

Rookie of the Year edit

Gold Glove Award edit

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award edit

See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.
Team (at all positions)
  • (2012)
  • (2013)

Silver Slugger Award edit

  • Carlos Peña, 1B (2007)
  • Evan Longoria, 3B (2009)
  • Carl Crawford, OF (2010)
  • Yandy Díaz, 1B (2023)

Comeback Player of the Year edit

Manager of the Year edit

See footnote[1]

Roberto Clemente Award edit

MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards" edit

Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.

"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Defensive Player edit

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006) edit

  • Wade Boggs — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality, and character value.[2]

Baseball America Rookie of the Year edit

  • Jeremy Hellickson (2011)

Baseball America All-Rookie Team edit

See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team

Topps All-Star Rookie Rosters edit

Tony Conigliaro Award edit

Baseball America Manager of the Year edit

See: Baseball America#Baseball America Manager of the Year
See footnote[1]
  • Joe Maddon (2011)

USA Today AL Top Manager edit

  • Joe Maddon (2011)

Baseball Prospectus AL Manager of the Year edit

  • Joe Maddon (2011)

Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award edit

See footnote[1]
  • Joe Maddon (2008)

Sporting News Manager of the Year Award edit

  • Joe Maddon (2008, 2011)
  • Kevin Cash (2019, 2020)

Postseason and All-Star Game MVP award winners edit

American League Championship Series MVP edit

See: League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award#American League winners

All-Star Game MVP edit

Team awards edit

Team records (single-game, single-season, career) edit

Minor-league system edit

Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award edit

  • Rocco Baldelli (2002)
  • Delmon Young (2005)
  • Jeremy Hellickson (2010)

TOPPS Minor League Player of the Year edit

See footnote[5] and Topps#Awards

USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award edit

Joe Bauman Home Run Award edit

Other achievements edit

National Baseball Hall of Fame edit

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Baseball Hall of Famers

Rays Hall of Fame edit

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Fame

Retired numbers edit

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Retired numbers

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c In 1936, The Sporting News began The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award. (In 1986, TSN expanded the award to one for each league.) In 1959, the Associated Press began its AP Manager of the Year Award, which was discontinued in 2001. (From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of MLB.) In 1983, MLB began its own Manager of the Year Award (in each league). In 1998, Baseball Prospectus added a Manager of the Year award to its "Internet Baseball Awards" (one per league). In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Charles Isham "C. I." Taylor Legacy Award for "Managers of the Year". In 2003, MLB added a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB) to its This Year in Baseball Awards. In 2007, the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh began its Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award (for all of MLB). (In 2010, it began a separate Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year Award.) Baseball America also has a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB). USA Today has a Manager of the Year award (one per league).
  2. ^ Mark Newman (September 27, 2006). "And the Hometown Heroes are ..." MLB.com. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Eddy, Matt (October 21, 2011). "Infield, Pitching Staff Highlight 2011 Rookie Team". Baseball America. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  4. ^ Topkin, Marc (December 22, 2008). "Built To Last: Our Organization of the Year should have staying power". Baseball America Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  5. ^ "Awards". Tampa Bay Rays official website. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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