Hank Aaron Award

The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron's surpassing of Babe Ruth's career home run mark of 714 home runs. The award was the first major award to be introduced by Major League Baseball in 19 years.
For the 1999 season, a winner was selected using an objective points system. Hits, home runs, and runs batted in were given certain point values and the winner was the player who had the highest tabulated points total.
In 2000, the system was changed to a ballot in which each MLB team's radio and television play-by-play broadcasters and color analysts voted for three players in each league. Their first-place vote receives five points, the second-place vote receives three points, and the third-place vote receives one point. Beginning in 2003, fans were allowed to vote via MLB's official website, MLB.com. Fans' votes account for 30% of the points, while broadcasters' and analysts' votes account for the other 70%.
The award is handed out to the winners of both leagues before Game 4 of the World Series each year, with Aaron himself presenting the awards until the 2019 World Series and his death in 2021. The first winners of the award were Manny Ramirez and Sammy Sosa in 1999, while the most recent winners are Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Alex Rodriguez won the award four times, the most of any player. Ohtani is the first player to win the award in both leagues. The winner with the most hits was Ronald Acuña Jr. in 2023, Barry Bonds in 2001 had the most home runs, and Manny Ramírez in 1999 had the most RBIs. Players from the New York Yankees have won the award six times, the most of any team.

Trophy

The Hank Aaron Award has a maritaca granite base and an antique bat and banner combination on the top. It weighs and sits on a base of cherry wood.
File:Kris Bryant, Hank Aaron, Rob Manfred and David Ortiz during the Aaron Award ceremony..jpg|thumb|Kris Bryant and David Ortiz pose with Hank Aaron and Rob Manfred after receiving the 2016 awards

Winners

Year	League	Player	Team	Hits	HR	RBI
1999 [Major League Baseball season\|1999]	American		Cleveland Indians	174	44	165
1999	National		Chicago Cubs	180	63	141
2000	American		Toronto Blue Jays	196	41	137
2000	National	'	Colorado Rockies	216	42	147
2001	American		Texas Rangers	201	52	135
2001	National	*	San Francisco Giants	156	73	137
2002	American		Texas Rangers	187	57	142
2002	National	*	San Francisco Giants	149	46	110
2003	American	*	Texas Rangers	181	47	118
2003	National		St. Louis Cardinals	212	43	124
2004	American		Boston Red Sox	175	43	130
2004	National	*	San Francisco Giants	135	45	101
2005	American	'	Boston Red Sox	180	47	148
2005	National	'	Atlanta Braves	154	51	128
2006	American	'	New York Yankees	214	14	97
2006	National	*	Philadelphia Phillies	182	58	149
2007	American	*	New York Yankees	183	54	156
2007	National		Milwaukee Brewers	165	50	119
2008	American		Boston Red Sox	168	29	115
2008	National		Chicago Cubs	160	27	111
2009	American	'	New York Yankees	212	18	66
2009	National	*	St. Louis Cardinals	186	47	135
2010	American		Toronto Blue Jays	148	54	124
2010	National	*	Cincinnati Reds	177	37	113
2011	American		Toronto Blue Jays	155	43	103
2011	National		Los Angeles Dodgers	195	39	126
2012	American	*	Detroit Tigers	205	44	139
2012	National	*	San Francisco Giants	178	24	103
2013	American	*	Detroit Tigers	193	44	137
2013	National		Arizona Diamondbacks	182	36	125
2014	American	*	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	173	36	111
2014	National		Miami Marlins	155	37	105
2015	American	*	Toronto Blue Jays	184	41	123
2015	National	*	Washington Nationals	172	42	99
2016	American	'	Boston Red Sox	169	38	127
2016	National	*	Chicago Cubs	176	39	102
2017	American	*	Houston Astros	204	24	81
2017	National	*	Miami Marlins	168	59	132
2018	American		Boston Red Sox	188	43	130
2018	National	*	Milwaukee Brewers	187	36	110
2019	American	*	Los Angeles Angels	137	45	104
2019	National		Milwaukee Brewers	161	44	97
2020	American	*	Chicago White Sox	76	19	60
2020	National	*	Atlanta Braves	73	13	53
2021	American		Toronto Blue Jays	188	48	111
2021	National	*	Philadelphia Phillies	151	35	84
2022	American	*	New York Yankees	177	62	131
2022	National	*	St. Louis Cardinals	178	35	115
2023	American	*	Los Angeles Angels	151	44	95
2023	National	*	Atlanta Braves	217	41	106
2024	American	*	New York Yankees	180	58	144
2024	National	*	Los Angeles Dodgers	197	54	130
2025	American	*	New York Yankees	179	53	114
2025	National	*	Los Angeles Dodgers	172	55	102

Multiple-time winners

15 players have won the award multiple times, with Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Aaron Judge, and Shohei Ohtani being the only players to win more than twice. Ohtani is the only player to win in both the American and National League. David Ortiz won two awards 11 years apart, the largest gap of any player.

Player	# of Awards	Years
	4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2007
	3	2001, 2002, 2004
	3	2022, 2024, 2025
	3	2023, 2024, 2025
	2	1999, 2004
	2	2003, 2009
	2	2005, 2016
	2	2006, 2009
	2	2010, 2011
	2	2012, 2013
	2	2013, 2022
	2	2014, 2017
	2	2014, 2019
	2	2015, 2021
	2	2018, 2019