Babe Ruth Home Run Award

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Babe Ruth Home Run Award
Awarded for Home run leader in Major League Baseball
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Presented by Sullivan Artworks
First awarded 1998
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The Babe Ruth Home Run Award[note 1] is an annual award presented to the previous season's leading home run hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB).[3] The award is named after the legendary Babe Ruth, who led the American League in homers 12 times.[4] It was first awarded to Mark McGwire after his record-setting 1998 season. The award is a 21-pound (9.5 kg), 20-inch-high (51 cm) bronze statue of Ruth based on a 1920 photo of him following through on a tremendous swing.[5][6]

The Babe Ruth Home Run Award was developed by brothers Jim and Brian Sullivan. Jim was the sculptor, while Brian focused on the marketing of the award. The Sullivans originally wanted to create a life-size statue of Ruth as a tourist attraction similar to the Michael Jordan statue. Unable to secure a sponsor, they created the award to honor Ruth.[4][5][6] The trophy was estimated to cost around $4,000 as of 2006, and it is funded by the Sullivans and given on behalf of their company, Sullivan Artworks based in Weymouth, Massachusetts.[4][7] MLB was not interested in sponsoring the award; the American League already honored its home run champion with a nameless award, and the National League offered the Mel Ott Award. Both the awards received little publicity.[8] The Babe Ruth Home Run Award is usually presented to the recipient by Ruth's daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, or her son, Tom Stevens.[7][9][10]

Key

Alex Rodriguez has won a leading three Babe Ruth Home Run Awards.
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The only other multiple-time winner is Ryan Howard.
Year Year the award was earned. The award is presented the following season.
Player (#) Name of winner (# times won if repeat winner)
Team The player's team when he won the award
HR Number of home runs
double-dagger Denotes player who is still active as of 2014
^ Indicates multiple award winners in the same year

List of winners

Year Player Team HR[11] Ref
1998 Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 70 [6]
1999 Not awarded due to lack of sponsor [6]
2000 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 50 [8]
2001 Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 73 [1]
2002 Alex Rodriguezdouble-dagger Texas Rangers 57 [12]
2003^ Alex Rodriguezdouble-dagger (2) Texas Rangers 47 [2]
2003^ Jim Thome Philadelphia Phillies 47 [4]
2004 Adrian Beltredouble-dagger Los Angeles Dodgers 48 [4]
2005 Andruw Jonesdouble-dagger Atlanta Braves 51 [13]
2006 Ryan Howarddouble-dagger Philadelphia Phillies 58 [4]
2007 Alex Rodriguezdouble-dagger (3) New York Yankees 54 [14]
2008 Ryan Howarddouble-dagger (2) Philadelphia Phillies 48 [15]
2009 Albert Pujolsdouble-dagger St. Louis Cardinals 47 [16]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources refer to it as the Babe Ruth Award,[1][2] not to be confused with the Major League Baseball postseason award also named the Babe Ruth Award.

References

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External links

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