Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award


Major League Baseball honored its best relief pitchers with a Delivery Man of the Month Award for one pitcher during each month of the regular season from 2005 through 2013. The awards were initially part of a sponsorship agreement between MLB and package delivery company DHL Express; DHL's sponsorship ran from 2005 to 2010. There was also a Delivery Man of the Year Award; all of the Delivery Man awards were discontinued after 2013. A new Reliever of the Month Award was first awarded in 2017.

Winners

Winners of the monthly award were decided by a four-man panel, which originally consisted of Dennis Eckersley, Jerome Holtzman, Rick Sutcliffe and Bob Watson. The panel later included Darryl Hamilton and Mike Bauman, a national columnist for MLB.com.
Trevor Hoffman received the award more than any other pitcher, with four wins between May 2005 and May 2009. Four other pitchers received the award three times: Craig Kimbrel, Joe Nathan, J. J. Putz, and Rafael Soriano. The most wins by a team was four, accomplished by the Kansas City Royals via Joakim Soria and Greg Holland ; the Pittsburgh Pirates via José Mesa, Joel Hanrahan, and Jason Grilli ; and the San Diego Padres via Hoffman and Heath Bell.
MonthYearPlayerTeamSVERAHBBKIPRef
2005Pittsburgh Pirates81.1272108
2005 San Diego Padres120.82611311
2005Washington Nationals150.0011214
2005Houston Astros81.64411511
2005Florida Marlins120.6610013
2005Chicago Cubs130.0010519
2006 Boston Red Sox100.007214
2006St. Louis Cardinals100.777814
2006 Chicago White Sox100.60951615
2006 Minnesota Twins90.75941912
2006 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim120.007617
2006 San Diego Padres101.50741312
2007Milwaukee Brewers100.002719
2007 San Diego Padres110.006110
2007 Seattle Mariners110.596319
2007New York Mets80.002479
2007Los Angeles Dodgers100.687221
2007Colorado Rockies82.301325
2008 New York Yankees80.00401213
2008Toronto Blue Jays100.75761412
2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim111.595512
2008 Minnesota Twins70.82351211
2008Houston Astros110.64531714
2008 Kansas City Royals90.00348
2009San Diego Padres80.00429
2009 Milwaukee Brewers110.00411112
2009 Minnesota Twins110.004118
2009 New York Yankees100.00329
2009St. Louis Cardinals110.0066411
2009 Kansas City Royals100.0012521
2010Washington Nationals100.6812615
2010 Tampa Bay Rays90.00339
2010 Chicago White Sox100.75711412
2010 Tampa Bay Rays112.5744914
2010 Tampa Bay Rays100.824210
2010Chicago Cubs130.0021025
2011Colorado Rockies102.2013417
2011 Arizona Diamondbacks110.00541013
2011Pittsburgh Pirates90.715311
2011Milwaukee Brewers112.571331614
2011 Atlanta Braves100.006423
2011 Arizona Diamondbacks100.006115
2012 Philadelphia Phillies80.90631010
2012Baltimore Orioles91.42708
2012Washington Nationals100.002612
2012 Cincinnati Reds130.006231
2012 Cincinnati Reds110.688218
2012 Atlanta Braves100.006225
2013 Pittsburgh Pirates100.82541711
2013 Pittsburgh Pirates121.327121
2013 Texas Rangers110.636315
2013 Kansas City Royals110.82911511
2013 Atlanta Braves120.008219
2013 Kansas City Royals110.60742015