The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award information
Professional baseball sports award
The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award
Sport
Baseball
League
Minor League Baseball
Awarded for
Player of the Year
Country
United States, Canada, Mexico
Presented by
The Sporting News[a]
History
First award
1936
First winner
Johnny Vander Meer
Most wins
Gene Conley (1951, 1953) Sandy Alomar Jr. (1988, 1989)
Most recent
Jay Bruce (2007)
The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award was presented annually by The Sporting News[a] to a player in Minor League Baseball deemed to have had the most outstanding season. It was awarded annually starting in 1936,[1] and was last known to have been awarded in 2007.[2]
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^Mehl, Ernest (January 21, 1953). "Sporting Comment". The Kansas City Star. p. 28. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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