the sporting news comeback player of the year award
honorees
Table:
Year
American League
National League

Winner
Team
Winner
Team

1965

Norm Cash (1)
Detroit Tigers

Vern Law
Pittsburgh Pirates

1966

Boog Powell (1)
Baltimore Orioles

Phil Regan
Los Angeles Dodgers

1967

Dean Chance
Minnesota Twins

Mike McCormick
San Francisco Giants

1968

Ken Harrelson
Boston Red Sox

Alex Johnson
Cincinnati Reds

1969

Tony Conigliaro
Boston Red Sox

Tommie Agee
New York Mets

1970

Clyde Wright
California Angels

Jim Hickman
Chicago Cubs

1971

Norm Cash (2)
Detroit Tigers

Al Downing
Los Angeles Dodgers

1972

Luis Tiant
Boston Red Sox

Bobby Tolan
Cincinnati Reds

1973

John Hiller
Detroit Tigers

Davey Johnson
Atlanta Braves

1974

Ferguson Jenkins
Texas Rangers

Jimmy Wynn
Los Angeles Dodgers

1975

Boog Powell (2)
Cleveland Indians

Randy Jones
San Diego Padres

1976

Dock Ellis
New York Yankees

Tommy John
Los Angeles Dodgers

1977

Eric Soderholm
Chicago White Sox

Willie McCovey
San Francisco Giants

1978

Mike Caldwell
Milwaukee Brewers

Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirates

1979

Willie Horton
Seattle Mariners

Lou Brock
St. Louis Cardinals

1980

Matt Keough
Oakland Athletics

Jerry Reuss
Los Angeles Dodgers

1981

Richie Zisk
Seattle Mariners

Bob Knepper
Houston Astros

1982

Andre Thornton
Cleveland Indians

Joe Morgan
San Francisco Giants

1983

Alan Trammell
Detroit Tigers

John Denny
Philadelphia Phillies

1984

Dave Kingman
Oakland Athletics

Joaquín Andújar
St. Louis Cardinals

1985

Gorman Thomas
Seattle Mariners

Rick Reuschel
Pittsburgh Pirates

1986

John Candelaria
California Angels

Ray Knight
New York Mets

1987

Bret Saberhagen (1)
Kansas City Royals

Rick Sutcliffe (1)
Chicago Cubs

1988

Storm Davis
Oakland Athletics

Tim Leary
Los Angeles Dodgers

1989

Bert Blyleven
California Angels

Lonnie Smith
Atlanta Braves

1990

Dave Winfield
California Angels

John Tudor
St. Louis Cardinals

1991

José Guzmán
Texas Rangers

Terry Pendleton
Atlanta Braves

1992

Rick Sutcliffe (2)
Baltimore Orioles

Gary Sheffield
San Diego Padres

1993

Bo Jackson
Chicago White Sox

Andrés Galarraga (1)
Colorado Rockies

1994

José Canseco
Oakland Athletics

Tim Wallach
Los Angeles Dodgers

1995

Tim Wakefield
Boston Red Sox

Ron Gant
Cincinnati Reds

1996

Kevin Elster
Texas Rangers

Eric Davis
Cincinnati Reds

1997

David Justice
Cleveland Indians

Darren Daulton
Philadelphia Phillies / Florida Marlins

1998

Bret Saberhagen (2)
Boston Red Sox

Greg Vaughn
San Diego Padres

1999

John Jaha
Oakland Athletics

Rickey Henderson
New York Mets

2000

Frank Thomas
Chicago White Sox

Andrés Galarraga (2)
Atlanta Braves

2001

Rubén Sierra
Texas Rangers

Matt Morris
St. Louis Cardinals

2002

Tim Salmon
Anaheim Angels

Mike Lieberthal
Philadelphia Phillies

2003

Gil Meche
Seattle Mariners

Javy López
Atlanta Braves

2004

Paul Konerko
Chicago White Sox

Chris Carpenter (1)
St. Louis Cardinals

2005

Jason Giambi
New York Yankees

Ken Griffey, Jr.
Cincinnati Reds

2006

Jim Thome
Chicago White Sox

Nomar Garciaparra
Los Angeles Dodgers

2007

Carlos Peña
Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Dmitri Young
Washington Nationals

2008

Cliff Lee
Cleveland Indians

Fernando Tatís
New York Mets

2009

Aaron Hill
Toronto Blue Jays

Chris Carpenter (2)
St. Louis Cardinals

2010

Vladimir Guerrero
Texas Rangers

Tim Hudson
Atlanta Braves

2011

Jacoby Ellsbury
Boston Red Sox

Lance Berkman
St. Louis Cardinals

2012

Adam Dunn
Chicago White Sox

Buster Posey
San Francisco Giants

2013

Mariano Rivera
New York Yankees

Francisco Liriano
Pittsburgh Pirates

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