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The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award is the oldest of three annual awards in
Major League Baseball given to one
player in each
league who has reemerged as a star in that season. It was established in
1965 . The winner in each league is selected by the TSN editorial staff.
In
2005 , Major League Baseball officially sponsored its own
Comeback Player of the Year Award for the first time. TSN and MLB honored the same players in 2005—
Ken Griffey Jr. in the
National League and
Jason Giambi in the
American League . The
Players Choice Awards , awarded by the
Major League Baseball Players Association , also began a Comeback Player honor in 1992.
Listed below are the players honored with the TSN award by year, name, team and league.
Honorees
Notes
The only players to be named twice in the
American League are
Norm Cash ,
Boog Powell and
Bret Saberhagen .
The only players to be named twice in the
National League are
Andrés Galarraga ,
Chris Carpenter and
Buster Posey .
The only player to be named in both leagues is
Rick Sutcliffe .
The only player to be named posthumously is
José Fernández ; he died in a boating accident on September 25, 2016.
Since the official
MLB Comeback Player of the Year award began in 2005, the recipients have been identical to the TSN award with the following exceptions: 2008 NL (TSN honored
Fernando Tatís , MLB honored
Brad Lidge ), 2010 AL (TSN honored
Vladimir Guerrero , MLB honored
Francisco Liriano ), 2012 AL (TSN honored
Adam Dunn , MLB honored
Fernando Rodney ), 2016 AL (TSN honored
Mark Trumbo , MLB honored
Rick Porcello ), 2016 NL (TSN honored
José Fernández , MLB honored
Anthony Rendon ), 2018 NL (TSN honored
Matt Kemp , MLB honored
Jonny Venters ), 2019 AL (TSN honored
Hunter Pence , MLB honored
Carlos Carrasco ), and 2020 AL (TSN honored Carlos Carrasco, MLB honored
Salvador Pérez ).
See also