# Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award

The Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Baseball Player ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, typically most significantly in the MLB season in progress during the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony.
Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and retired sportspersons, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## List of winners

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous.
Player was a member of the winning team in the World Series. Player was a member of the losing team in the World Series. * Major League Baseball MVP † World Series MVP
| Year | Player | Position played | Team represented |
| 1993 | Dennis Eckersley | Starting Pitcher | Oakland Athletics |
| 1994 | Barry Bonds* | Left fielder | San Francisco Giants |
| 1995$^1$ | Jeff Bagwell* | First baseman | Houston Astros |
| 1996 | Greg Maddux | Starting pitcher | Atlanta Braves |
| 1997 | Ken Caminiti* | Third baseman | San Diego Padres |
| 1998 | Larry Walker* | Right fielder | Colorado Rockies |
| 1999 | Mark McGwire | First baseman | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2000 | Pedro Martínez | Starting pitcher | Boston Red Sox |
| 2001 | Pedro Martínez (2) | Starting pitcher | Boston Red Sox |
| 2002 | Barry Bonds* (2) | Left Fielder | San Francisco Giants |
| 2003 | Barry Bonds* (3) | Left fielder | San Francisco Giants |
| 2004 | Barry Bonds* (4) | Left fielder | San Francisco Giants |
| 2005 | Albert Pujols | First baseman | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2006 | Albert Pujols* (2) | First baseman | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2007 | Derek Jeter | Shortstop | New York Yankees |
| 2008 | Alex Rodriguez* | Third baseman | New York Yankees |
| 2009 | Albert Pujols (3) | First baseman | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2010 | Albert Pujols* (4) | First baseman | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2011 | Roy Halladay | Starting pitcher | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 2012 | Josh Hamilton | Outfielder | Texas Rangers |
| 2013 | Miguel Cabrera* | Third baseman | Detroit Tigers |
| 2014 | Miguel Cabrera* (2) | First baseman | Detroit Tigers |
| 2015 | Mike Trout | Outfielder | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
| 2016 | Bryce Harper* | Outfielder | Washington Nationals |
| 2017 | Mike Trout* (2) | Outfielder | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2018 | Mike Trout (3) | Outfielder | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2019 | Christian Yelich | Outfielder | Milwaukee Brewers |
| 2020 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Shohei Ohtani* | Designated hitter / pitcher | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2022 | Shohei Ohtani (2) | Designated hitter / pitcher | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2023 | Shohei Ohtani* (3) | Designated hitter / pitcher | Los Angeles Angels |
| 2024 | Shohei Ohtani* (4) | Designated hitter / pitcher | Los Angeles Dodgers |
$^1$The 1994 and 1995 seasons were shortened due to the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike.