Roberto Clemente Award

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The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball player selected for his character and charitable contributions to his community. It is named for Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente, who was killed in a plane crash in 1972 while delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Originally named the "Commissioner's Award" but was renamed after Clemente's untimely death.

[edit] Previous Winners

Year	Player	Team
1971	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants
1972	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
1973	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers
1974	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates
1975	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals
1976	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds
1977	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins
1978	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies
1979	Andre Thornton	Cleveland Indians
1980	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves
1981	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers
1982	Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles
1983	Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers
1984	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees
1985	Don Baylor	New York Yankees
1986	Garry Maddox	Philadelphia Phillies
1987	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs
1988	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves
1989	Gary Carter	New York Mets
1990	Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics
1991	Harold Reynolds	Seattle Mariners
1992	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles
1993	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds
1994	Dave Winfield	Minnesota Twins
1995	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals
1996	Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins¹
1997	Eric Davis	Baltimore Orioles
1998	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs
1999	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres
2000	Al Leiter	New York Mets
2001	Curt Schilling	Arizona Diamondbacks
2002	Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians
2003	Jamie Moyer	Seattle Mariners
2004	Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners
2005	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves
2006	Carlos Delgado	New York Mets

¹ Kirby Puckett retired prior to the 1996 season.

[edit] See also

Baseball awards