Player of the Month Award by the American and National League on Baseball Almanac

Player of the Month Award

The National League officially began recognizing a Player of the Month on June 4, 1958. Warren Giles polled baseball writers and broadcasters from each Major League city then announced the winner and awarded them with an engraved desk set.

The American League began honoring a Player of the Month Award in 1974. Neither league split the award in any fashion until the National League began honoring a Pitcher of the Month Award in 1975 followed by the American League Pitcher of the Month Award in 1979.

"We are a game of tradition. The right kind of tradition has made baseball what it is, but blindly following tradition may lead into a rutn. Baseball must keep pace with the times." - Warren Files (1969)

Player of the Month Award In Chronological Order / Pitcher of the Month Award
Year	Month	National League^(Quantity)	American League^(Quantity)
1958	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Willie Mays⁽¹⁾ / Stan Musial⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Frank Thomas⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Joey Jay⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Lew Burdette⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Willie Mays⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
1959	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Hank Aaron ⁽¹⁾/ Harvey Haddix⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Roy Face⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Don Drysdale⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Vern Law ⁽¹⁾/ Willie McCovey⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Eddie Mathews⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
1960	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Roberto Clemente⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Lindy McDaniel⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Don Drysdale⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Warren Spahn⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Ken Boyer⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
1961	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Joey Jay⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	June	George Altman⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Frank Robinson⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Warren Spahn⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Jim O'Toole⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
1962	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Bob Purkey⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Sandy Koufax⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Frank Howard⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Jack Sanford⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1963	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Dick Ellsworth⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Ron Santo⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Willie McCovey⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Willie Mays⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1964	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Billy Williams⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Jim Bunning⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Ron Santo⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Frank Robinson⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Bob Gibson⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
1965	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Joe Torre⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Vern Law ⁽²⁾/ Willie Stargell⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Pete Rose⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Willie Mays⁽⁴⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1966	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Juan Marichal⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Gaylord Perry⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Mike Shannon⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Pete Rose⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1967	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Roberto Clemente⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Hank Aaron⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Jim Ray Hart⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Orlando Cepeda⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1968	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Don Drysdale⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Bob Gibson⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Bob Gibson⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Pete Rose⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Steve Blass⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
1969	April	Willie McCovey⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	May	Ken Holtzman⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Ron Santo⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Roberto Clemente⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Willie Davis⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1970	April	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
	May	Rico Carty⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Tommie Agee⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Bill Singer⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Bob Gibson⁽⁴⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1971	April	Willie Stargell⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	May	Lou Brock⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Willie Stargell⁽³⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Fergie Jenkins⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Joe Torre⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1972	April	Don Sutton⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	May	Bob Watson⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Cesar Cedeno⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Billy Williams⁽²⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Ken Henderson⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1973	April	Jerry Koosman⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	May	Willie Crawford⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	June	Greg Luzinski⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	July	Pete Rose⁽⁴⁾	Not Awarded
	August	Davey Johnson⁽¹⁾	Not Awarded
	September	Not Awarded	Not Awarded
1974	April	Tommy John⁽¹⁾	Graig Nettles⁽¹⁾
	May	Ralph Garr⁽¹⁾	Rod Carew⁽¹⁾
	June	Buzz Capra⁽¹⁾	Gaylord Perry⁽²⁾
	July	Don Gullett⁽¹⁾	Doc Medich⁽¹⁾
	August	Lou Brock⁽²⁾	Nolan Ryan⁽¹⁾
	September	Not Awarded	Al Kaline⁽¹⁾
1975	April	Joe Morgan⁽¹⁾	Robin Yount⁽¹⁾
	May	Bob Watson⁽²⁾	Jim Hughes⁽¹⁾
	June	Joe Morgan⁽²⁾	Fred Lynn⁽¹⁾
	July	Dave Kingman⁽¹⁾	John Mayberry⁽¹⁾
	August	Tony Perez⁽¹⁾	Jim Palmer⁽¹⁾
	September	Andy Thornton⁽¹⁾	Gene Tenace⁽¹⁾
1976	April	Mike Schmidt⁽¹⁾	Willie Horton⁽¹⁾
	May	George Foster⁽¹⁾	Ron LeFlore⁽¹⁾
	June	Al Oliver⁽¹⁾	Mark Fidrych⁽¹⁾
	July	George Foster⁽²⁾	Reggie Jackson⁽¹⁾
	August	Joe Morgan⁽³⁾	Luis Tiant⁽¹⁾
	September	Steve Garvey⁽¹⁾	Nolan Ryan ⁽²⁾/ Frank Tanana⁽¹⁾
1977	April	Ron Cey⁽¹⁾	Otto Velez⁽¹⁾
	May	Ken Reitz⁽¹⁾	Frank Tanana⁽²⁾
	June	George Foster⁽³⁾	Rod Carew⁽²⁾
	July	Greg Luzinski⁽²⁾	Jim Rice⁽¹⁾
	August	George Foster⁽⁴⁾	Graig Nettles⁽²⁾
	September	Cesar Cedeno⁽²⁾	Rod Carew⁽³⁾
1978	April	Rick Monday⁽¹⁾	Frank Tanana⁽³⁾
	May	Jack Clark⁽¹⁾	Jim Rice⁽²⁾
	June	Dave Winfield⁽¹⁾	Ron Guidry⁽¹⁾
	July	Pete Rose⁽⁵⁾	Doug DeCinces⁽¹⁾
	August	Dave Parker⁽¹⁾	Jim Rice⁽³⁾
	September	Dave Parker⁽²⁾	Ron Guidry⁽²⁾
1979	April	George Foster⁽⁵⁾	Cecil Cooper⁽¹⁾
	May	Lou Brock⁽³⁾	Don Baylor⁽¹⁾
	June	George Foster⁽⁶⁾	Dan Meyer⁽¹⁾
	July	Mike Schmidt⁽²⁾	Don Baylor⁽²⁾
	August	Keith Hernandez⁽¹⁾	Fred Lynn⁽²⁾
	September	Pete Rose⁽⁶⁾	Alfredo Griffin⁽¹⁾
1980	April	Dave Kingman⁽²⁾	Lamar Johnson⁽¹⁾
	May	Mike Schmidt⁽³⁾	Ben Oglivie⁽¹⁾
	June	Dusty Baker⁽¹⁾	Rod Carew⁽⁴⁾
	July	Bob Horner⁽¹⁾	George Brett ⁽¹⁾/ Reggie Jackson⁽²⁾
	August	Dale Murphy⁽¹⁾	Cecil Cooper⁽²⁾
	September	Gary Carter⁽¹⁾	Eddie Murray / Jim Rice⁽⁴⁾
1981	April	Dave Concepcion⁽¹⁾	Ken Singleton⁽¹⁾
	May	Art Howe⁽¹⁾	Dwight Evans⁽¹⁾
	June	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike
	July	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike
	August	Mike Schmidt⁽⁴⁾	Cecil Cooper⁽³⁾
	September	Gary Matthews⁽¹⁾	Eddie Murray ⁽¹⁾/ Willie Wilson⁽¹⁾
1982	April	Dale Murphy⁽²⁾	Eddie Murray⁽²⁾
	May	Tim Wallach⁽¹⁾	Hal McRae⁽¹⁾
	June	Al Oliver⁽²⁾	George Brett⁽²⁾
	July	Mike Schmidt⁽⁵⁾	Robin Yount⁽²⁾
	August	Bill Buckner⁽¹⁾	Doug DeCinces⁽²⁾
	September	Claudell Washington⁽¹⁾	Dave Winfield⁽²⁾
1983	April	Terry Kennedy⁽¹⁾	George Brett⁽³⁾
	May	Darrell Evans⁽¹⁾	Rod Carew⁽⁵⁾
	June	Andre Dawson⁽¹⁾	Lou Whitaker⁽¹⁾
	July	Dusty Baker⁽²⁾	Cecil Cooper⁽⁴⁾
	August	Mel Hall⁽¹⁾	Lloyd Moseby⁽¹⁾
	September	Dale Murphy⁽³⁾	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽¹⁾
1984	April	Tony Gwynn⁽¹⁾	Alan Trammell⁽¹⁾
	May	Leon Durham⁽¹⁾	Eddie Murray⁽³⁾
	June	Ryne Sandberg⁽¹⁾	Tony Armas⁽¹⁾
	July	Jose Cruz⁽¹⁾	Kent Hrbek⁽¹⁾
	August	Keith Moreland⁽¹⁾	Gary Ward⁽¹⁾
	September	Dale Murphy⁽⁴⁾	Greg Walker⁽¹⁾
1985	April	Dale Murphy⁽⁵⁾	Mike Davis⁽¹⁾
	May	Dave Parker⁽³⁾	George Brett⁽⁴⁾
	June	Pedro Guerrero⁽¹⁾	Rickey Henderson⁽¹⁾
	July	Keith Hernandez⁽²⁾	George Brett⁽⁵⁾
	August	Willie McGee⁽¹⁾	Don Mattingly⁽¹⁾
	September	Gary Carter⁽²⁾	Don Mattingly⁽²⁾
1986	April	Johnny Ray⁽¹⁾	Kirby Puckett⁽¹⁾
	May	Hubie Brooks⁽¹⁾	Wade Boggs⁽¹⁾
	June	Kevin Bass⁽¹⁾	Kent Hrbek⁽²⁾
	July	Eric Davis⁽¹⁾	Scott Fletcher⁽¹⁾
	August	Dale Murphy⁽⁶⁾	Doug DeCinces⁽³⁾
	September	Steve Sax⁽¹⁾	Don Mattingly⁽³⁾
1987	April	Eric Davis⁽²⁾	Brian Downing⁽¹⁾
	May	Eric Davis⁽³⁾	Larry Parrish⁽¹⁾
	June	Tony Gwynn⁽²⁾	Wade Boggs⁽²⁾
	July	Bo Diaz⁽¹⁾	Don Mattingly⁽⁴⁾
	August	Andre Dawson⁽²⁾	Dwight Evans⁽²⁾
	September	Darryl Strawberry⁽¹⁾	Alan Trammell⁽²⁾
1988	April	Bobby Bonilla⁽¹⁾	Dave Winfield⁽³⁾
	May	Bobby Bonilla⁽²⁾	Carney Lansford⁽¹⁾
	June	Will Clark⁽¹⁾	Mike Greenwell⁽¹⁾
	July	Tony Gwynn⁽³⁾	Chili Davis⁽¹⁾
	August	Eric Davis⁽⁴⁾	Kent Hrbek⁽³⁾
	September	Kevin McReynolds⁽¹⁾	Jose Canseco⁽¹⁾
1989	April	Von Hayes⁽¹⁾	Fred McGriff⁽¹⁾
	May	Will Clark⁽²⁾	Ron Kittle⁽¹⁾
	June	Howard Johnson⁽¹⁾	Ruben Sierra⁽¹⁾
	July	Mark Grace⁽¹⁾	Robin Yount⁽³⁾
	August	Pedro Guerrrero⁽¹⁾	George Bell ⁽¹⁾/ Nick Esasky⁽¹⁾
	September	Will Clark⁽³⁾	Paul Molitor⁽¹⁾
1990	April	Bobby Bonilla⁽³⁾	Ken Griffey, Jr.⁽¹⁾
	May	Andre Dawson⁽³⁾	Jose Canseco⁽²⁾
	June	Ryne Sandberg⁽²⁾	Brook Jacoby⁽¹⁾
	July	Barry Bonds⁽¹⁾	George Brett⁽⁶⁾
	August	David Justice⁽¹⁾	Cecil Fielder⁽¹⁾
	September	Kal Daniels⁽¹⁾	Kelly Gruber⁽¹⁾
1991	April	Felix Jose⁽¹⁾	Dave Henderson⁽¹⁾
	May	David Justice⁽²⁾	Ruben Sierra⁽²⁾
	June	Barry Larkin⁽¹⁾	Joe Carter⁽¹⁾
	July	Barry Bonds⁽²⁾	Robin Ventura⁽¹⁾
	August	Will Clark⁽⁴⁾	Frank Thomas⁽¹⁾
	September	Howard Johnson⁽²⁾	Cal Ripken, Jr.⁽²⁾
1992	April	Barry Bonds⁽³⁾	Roberto Alomar⁽¹⁾
	May	Felix Jose⁽²⁾	Kirby Puckett⁽²⁾
	June	Cory Snyder⁽¹⁾	Kirby Puckett⁽³⁾
	July	Brett Butler⁽¹⁾	Edgar Martinez⁽¹⁾
	August	Gary Sheffield⁽¹⁾	Edgar Martinez⁽²⁾
	September	Barry Bonds⁽⁴⁾	Frank Thomas⁽²⁾
1993	April	Barry Bonds⁽⁵⁾	John Olerud⁽¹⁾
	May	Jeff Bagwell⁽¹⁾	Paul Molitor⁽²⁾
	June	Andres Galarraga⁽¹⁾	John Olerud⁽²⁾
	July	Fred McGriff⁽²⁾	Rafael Palmeiro⁽¹⁾
	August	Tony Gwynn⁽⁴⁾	Frank Thomas⁽³⁾
	September	Andres Galarraga⁽²⁾	Chris Hoiles⁽¹⁾
1994	April	Ellis Burks⁽¹⁾	Joe Carter⁽²⁾
	May	Lenny Dykstra ⁽¹⁾/ Mike Piazza⁽¹⁾	Frank Thomas⁽⁴⁾
	June	Jeff Bagwell⁽²⁾	Albert Belle⁽¹⁾
	July	Jeff Bagwell⁽³⁾	Frank Thomas⁽⁵⁾
	August	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike
	September	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike
1995	April	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike	Not Awarded / Baseball Strike
	May	Matt Willliams⁽¹⁾	Manny Ramirez⁽¹⁾
	June	Jeff Conine⁽¹⁾	Edgar Martinez⁽³⁾
	July	Dante Bichette⁽¹⁾	Garret Anderson⁽¹⁾
	August	Mike Piazza⁽²⁾	Albert Belle⁽²⁾
	September	Dante Bichette⁽²⁾	Albert Belle⁽³⁾
1996	April	Barry Bonds⁽⁶⁾	Frank Thomas⁽⁶⁾
	May	Jeff Bagwell⁽⁴⁾	Mo Vaughn⁽¹⁾
	June	Dante Bichette⁽³⁾	Mark McGwire⁽¹⁾