Player of the Month

The Player of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award on June 4, 1958. National League president Warren Giles conducted a poll of baseball writers in each Major League city and awarded the winner an engraved desk set. The American League did not follow suit until 1974. The National League created a separate award for pitchers starting in 1975 and the American League did likewise in 1979. Pitchers have not been eligible since then.

Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses:

Year	Month	National League		American League
		Player(s)	Team(s)	Player(s)	Team(s)
1958	May	Willie Mays Stan Musial	San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals
	June	Frank Thomas	Pittsburgh Pirates
	July	Joey Jay	Milwaukee Braves
	August	Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves
	September	Willie Mays (2)	San Francisco Giants
1959	May	Hank Aaron Harvey Haddix	Milwaukee Braves Pittsburgh Pirates
	June	Roy Face	Pittsburgh Pirates
	July	Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers
	August	Vern Law Willie McCovey	Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants
	September	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves
1960	May	Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates
	June	Lindy McDaniel	St. Louis Cardinals
	July	Don Drysdale (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers
	August	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves
	September	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals
1961	May	Joey Jay (2)	Cincinnati Reds
	June	George Altman	Chicago Cubs
	July	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds
	August	Warren Spahn (2)	Milwaukee Braves
	September	Jim O'Toole	Cincinnati Reds
1962	May	Bob Purkey	Cincinnati Reds
	June	Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers
	July	Frank Howard	Los Angeles Dodgers
	August	Jack Sanford	San Francisco Giants
1963	May	Dick Ellsworth	Chicago Cubs
	June	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs
	July	Willie McCovey (2)	San Francisco Giants
	August	Willie Mays (3)	San Francisco Giants
1964	May	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs
	June	Jim Bunning	Philadelphia Phillies
	July	Ron Santo (2)	Chicago Cubs
	August	Frank Robinson (2)	Cincinnati Reds
	September	Bob Gibson	St. Louis Cardinals
1965	May	Joe Torre	Milwaukee Braves
	June	Vern Law (2) Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates
	July	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds
	August	Willie Mays (4)	San Francisco Giants
1966	May	Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants
	June	Gaylord Perry	San Francisco Giants
	July	Mike Shannon	St. Louis Cardinals
	August	Pete Rose (2)	Cincinnati Reds
1967	May	Roberto Clemente (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates
	June	Hank Aaron (2)	Atlanta Braves
	July	Jim Ray Hart	San Francisco Giants
	August	Orlando Cepeda	St. Louis Cardinals
1968	May	Don Drysdale (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers
	June	Bob Gibson (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
	July	Bob Gibson (3)	St. Louis Cardinals
	August	Pete Rose (3)	Cincinnati Reds
	September	Steve Blass	Pittsburgh Pirates
1969	April	Willie McCovey (3)	San Francisco Giants
	May	Ken Holtzman	Chicago Cubs
	June	Ron Santo (3)	Chicago Cubs
	July	Roberto Clemente (3)	Pittsburgh Pirates
	August	Willie Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers
1970	May	Rico Carty	Atlanta Braves
	June	Tommie Agee	New York Mets
	July	Bill Singer	Los Angeles Dodgers
	August	Bob Gibson (4)	St. Louis Cardinals
1971	April	Willie Stargell (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates
	May	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals
	June	Willie Stargell (3)	Pittsburgh Pirates
	July	Ferguson Jenkins	Chicago Cubs
	August	Joe Torre (2)	St. Louis Cardinals
1972	April	Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers
	May	Bob Watson	Houston Astros
	June	César Cedeño	Houston Astros
	July	Billy Williams (2)	Chicago Cubs
	August	Ken Henderson	San Francisco Giants
1973	April	Jerry Koosman	New York Mets
	May	Willie Crawford	Los Angeles Dodgers
	June	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies
	July	Pete Rose (4)	Cincinnati Reds
	August	Davey Johnson	Atlanta Braves
1974	April	Tommy John	Los Angeles Dodgers	Graig Nettles	New York Yankees
	May	Ralph Garr	Atlanta Braves	Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins
	June	Buzz Capra	Atlanta Braves	Gaylord Perry (2)	Cleveland Indians
	July	Don Gullett	Cincinnati Reds	Doc Medich	New York Yankees
	August	Lou Brock (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	Nolan Ryan	California Angels
	September			Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers
1975	April	Joe Morgan	Cincinnati Reds	Robin Yount	Milwaukee Brewers
	May	Bob Watson (2)	Houston Astros	Jim Hughes	Minnesota Twins
	June	Joe Morgan (2)	Cincinnati Reds	Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox
	July	Dave Kingman	New York Mets	John Mayberry	Kansas City Royals
	August	Tony Pérez	Cincinnati Reds	Jim Palmer	Baltimore Orioles
	September	Andre Thornton	Chicago Cubs	Gene Tenace	Oakland Athletics
1976	April	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	Willie Horton	Detroit Tigers
	May	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	Ron LeFlore	Detroit Tigers
	June	Al Oliver	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mark Fidrych	Detroit Tigers
	July	George Foster (2)	Cincinnati Reds	Reggie Jackson	Baltimore Orioles
	August	Joe Morgan (3)	Cincinnati Reds	Luis Tiant	Boston Red Sox
	September	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Nolan Ryan (2) Frank Tanana	California Angels
1977	April	Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Otto Vélez	Toronto Blue Jays
	May	Ken Reitz	St. Louis Cardinals	Frank Tanana (2)	California Angels
	June	George Foster (3)	Cincinnati Reds	Rod Carew (2)	Minnesota Twins
	July	Greg Luzinski (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox
	August	George Foster (4)	Cincinnati Reds	Graig Nettles (2)	New York Yankees
	September	César Cedeño (2)	Houston Astros	Rod Carew (3)	Minnesota Twins
1978	April	Rick Monday	Los Angeles Dodgers	Frank Tanana (3)	California Angels
	May	Jack Clark	San Francisco Giants	Jim Rice (2)	Boston Red Sox
	June	Dave Winfield	San Diego Padres	Ron Guidry	New York Yankees
	July	Pete Rose (5)	Cincinnati Reds	Doug DeCinces	Baltimore Orioles
	August	Dave Parker	Pittsburgh Pirates	Jim Rice (3)	Boston Red Sox
	September	Dave Parker (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ron Guidry (2)	New York Yankees
1979	April	George Foster (5)	Cincinnati Reds	Cecil Cooper	Milwaukee Brewers
	May	Lou Brock (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	Don Baylor	California Angels
	June	George Foster (6)	Cincinnati Reds	Dan Meyer	Seattle Mariners
	July	Mike Schmidt (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	Don Baylor (2)	California Angels
	August	Keith Hernandez	St. Louis Cardinals	Fred Lynn (2)	Boston Red Sox
	September	Pete Rose (6)	Philadelphia Phillies	Alfredo Griffin	Toronto Blue Jays
1980	April	Dave Kingman (2)	Chicago Cubs	Lamar Johnson	Chicago White Sox
	May	Mike Schmidt (3)	Philadelphia Phillies	Ben Oglivie	Milwaukee Brewers
	June	Dusty Baker	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rod Carew (4)	California Angels
	July	Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	George Brett Reggie Jackson (2)	Kansas City Royals New York Yankees
	August	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	Cecil Cooper (2)	Milwaukee Brewers
	September	Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	Eddie Murray Jim Rice (4)	Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox
1981	April	Dave Concepción	Cincinnati Reds	Ken Singleton	Baltimore Orioles
	May	Art Howe	Houston Astros	Dwight Evans	Boston Red Sox
	June	1981 baseball strike
	July
	August	Mike Schmidt (4)	Philadelphia Phillies	Cecil Cooper (3)	Milwaukee Brewers
	September	Gary Matthews	Philadelphia Phillies	Eddie Murray (2) Willie Wilson	Baltimore Orioles Kansas City Royals
1982	April	Dale Murphy (2)	Atlanta Braves	Eddie Murray (3)	Baltimore Orioles
	May	Tim Wallach	Montreal Expos	Hal McRae	Kansas City Royals
	June	Al Oliver (2)	Montreal Expos	George Brett (2)	Kansas City Royals
	July	Mike Schmidt (5)	Philadelphia Phillies	Robin Yount (2)	Milwaukee Brewers
	August	Bill Buckner	Chicago Cubs	Doug DeCinces (2)	California Angels
	September	Claudell Washington	Atlanta Braves	Dave Winfield (2)	New York Yankees
1983	April	Terry Kennedy	San Diego Padres	George Brett (3)	Kansas City Royals
	May	Darrell Evans	San Francisco Giants	Rod Carew (5)	California Angels
	June	Andre Dawson	Montreal Exois	Lou Whitaker	Detroit Tigers
	July	Dusty Baker (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	Cecil Cooper (4)	Milwaukee Brewers
	August	Mel Hall	Chicago Cubs	Lloyd Moseby	Toronto Blue Jays
	September	Dale Murphy (3)	Atlanta Braves	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles
1984	April	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	Alan Trammell	Detroit Tigers
	May	Leon Durham	Chicago Cubs	Eddie Murray (4)	Baltimore Orioles
	June	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs	Tony Armas	Boston Red Sox
	July	José Cruz	Houston Astros	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins
	August	Keith Moreland	Chicago Cubs	Gary Ward	Texas Rangers
	September	Dale Murphy (4)	Atlanta Braves	Greg Walker	Chicago White Sox
1985	April	Dale Murphy (5)	Atlanta Braves	Mike Davis	Oakland Athletics
	May	Dave Parker (3)	Cincinnati Reds	George Brett (4)	Kansas City Royals
	June	Pedro Guerrero	Los Angeles Dodgers	Rickey Henderson	New York Yankees
	July	Keith Hernandez (2)	New York Mets	George Brett (5)	Kansas City Royals
	August	Willie McGee	St. Louis Cardinals	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees
	September	Gary Carter (2)	New York Mets	Don Mattingly (2)	New York Yankees
1986	April	Johnny Ray	Pittsburgh Pirates	Kirby Puckett	Minnesota Twins
	May	Hubie Brooks	Montrel Expos	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox
	June	Kevin Bass	Houston Astros	Kent Hrbek (2)	Minnesota Twins
	July	Eric Davis	Cincinnati Reds	Scott Fletcher	Texas Rangers
	August	Dale Murphy (6)	Atlanta Braves	Doug DeCinces (3)	California Angels
	September	Steve Sax	Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Mattingly (3)	New York Yankees
1987	April	Eric Davis (2)	Cincinnati Reds	Brian Downing	California Angels
	May	Eric Davis (3)	Cincinnati Reds	Larry Parrish	Texas Rangers
	June	Tony Gwynn (2)	San Diego Padres	Wade Boggs (2)	Boston Red Sox
	July	Bo Diaz	Cincinnati Reds	Don Mattingly (4)	New York Yankees
	August	Andre Dawson (2)	Chicago Cubs	Dwight Evans (2)	Boston Red Sox
	September	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	Alan Trammell (2)	Detroit Tigers
1988	April	Bobby Bonilla	Pittsburgh Pirates	Dave Winfield (3)	New York Yankees
	May	Bobby Bonilla (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Carney Lansford	Oakland Athletics
	June	Will Clark	San Francisco Giants	Mike Greenwell	Boston Red Sox
	July	Tony Gwynn (3)	San Diego Padres	Chili Davis	California Angels
	August	Eric Davis (4)	Cincinnati Reds	Kent Hrbek (3)	Minnesota Twins
	September	Kevin McReynolds	New York Mets	José Canseco	Oakland Athletics
1989	April	Von Hayes	Philadelphia Phillies	Fred McGriff	Toronto Blue Jays
	May	Will Clark (2)	San Francisco Giants	Ron Kittle	Chicago White Sox
	June	Howard Johnson	New York Mets	Rubén Sierra	Texas Rangers
	July	Mark Grace	Chicago Cubs	Robin Yount (3)	Milwaukee Brewers
	August	Pedro Guerrero (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	George Bell Nick Esasky	Toronto Blue Jays Boston Red Sox
	September	Will Clark (3)	San Francisco Giants	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers
1990	April	Bobby Bonilla (3)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners
	May	Andre Dawson (3)	Chicago Cubs	Jose Canseco (2)	Oakland Athletics
	June	Ryne Sandberg (2)	Chicago Cubs	Brook Jacoby	Cleveland Indians
	July	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh Pirates	George Brett (6)	Kansas City Royals
	August	David Justice	Atlanta Braves	Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers
	September	Kal Daniels	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kelly Gruber	Toronto Blue Jays
1991	April	Félix José	St. Louis Cardinals	Dave Henderson	Oakland Athletics
	May	David Justice (2)	Atlanta Braves	Rubén Sierra (2)	Texas Rangers
	June	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	Joe Carter	Toronto Blue Jays
	July	Barry Bonds (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Robin Ventura	Chicago White Sox
	August	Will Clark (4)	San Francisco Giants	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox
	September	Howard Johnson (2)	New York Mets	Cal Ripken, Jr. (2)	Baltimore Orioles
1992	April	Barry Bonds (3)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Roberto Alomar	Toronto Blue Jays
	May	Félix José (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	Kirby Puckett (2)	Minnesota Twins
	June	Cory Snyder	San Francisco Giants	Kirby Puckett (3)	Minnesota Twins
	July	Brett Butler	Los Angeles Dodgers	Edgar Martinez	Seattle Mariners
	August	Gary Sheffield	San Diego Padres	Edgar Martinez (2)	Seattle Mariners
	September	Barry Bonds (4)	Pittsburgh Pirates	Frank Thomas (2)	Chicago White Sox
1993	April	Barry Bonds (5)	San Francisco Giants	John Olerud	Toronto Blue Jays
	May	Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	Paul Molitor (2)	Toronto Blue Jays
	June	Andrés Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	John Olerud (2)	Toronto Blue Jays
	July	Fred McGriff (2)	San Diego Padres	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas Rangers
	August	Tony Gwynn (4)	San Diego Padres	Frank Thomas (3)	Chicago White Sox
	September	Andrés Galarraga (2)	Colorado Rockies	Chris Hoiles	Baltimore Orioles
1994	April	Ellis Burks	Colorado Rockies	Joe Carter (2)	Toronto Blue Jays
	May	Lenny Dykstra Mike Piazza	Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers	Frank Thomas (4)	Chicago White Sox
	June	Jeff Bagwell (2)	Houston Astros	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians
	July	Jeff Bagwell (3)	Houston Astros	Frank Thomas (5)	Chicago White Sox
	August	1994 baseball strike
	September
1995	April
	May	Matt Williams	San Francisco Giants	Manny Ramírez	Cleveland Indians
	June	Jeff Conine	Florida Marlins	Edgar Martinez (3)	Seattle Mariners
	July	Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	Garret Anderson	California Angels
	August	Mike Piazza (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	Albert Belle (2)	Cleveland Indians
	September	Dante Bichette (2)	Colorado Rockies	Albert Belle (3)	Cleveland Indians
1996	April	Barry Bonds (6)	San Francisco Giants	Frank Thomas (6)	Chicago White Sox
	May	Jeff Bagwell (4)	Houston Astros	Mo Vaughn	Boston Red Sox
	June	Dante Bichette (3)	Colorado Rockies	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics
	July	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	Juan González	Texas Rangers
	August	Ken Caminiti	San Diego Padres	Alex Rodriguez	Seattle Mariners
	September	Ken Caminiti (2)	San Diego Padres	Frank Thomas (7)	Chicago White Sox
1997	April	Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	Ken Griffey, Jr. (2)	Seattle Mariners
	May	Tony Gwynn (5)	San Diego Padres	Frank Thomas (8)	Chicago White Sox
	June	Mike Piazza (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jeff King	Kansas City Royals
	July	Barry Bonds (7)	San Francisco Giants	Tim Salmon	Anaheim Angels
	August	Mike Piazza (4)	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bernie Williams	New York Yankees
	September	Mark McGwire (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	Juan González (2)	Texas Rangers
1998	April	Mark McGwire (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	Iván Rodríguez	Texas Rangers
	May	Mark McGwire (4)	St. Louis Cardinals	Bernie Williams (2)	New York Yankees
	June	Sammy Sosa (2)	Chicago Cubs	Rafael Palmeiro (2)	Baltimore Orioles
	July	Vladimir Guerrero	Montreal Expos	Albert Belle (2)	Chicago White Sox
	August	Jeff Kent	San Francisco Giants	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees
	September	Mark McGwire (5)	St. Louis Cardinals	Albert Belle (3)	Chicago White Sox
1999	April	Matt Williams (2)	Arizona Diamondbacks	Manny Ramírez (2)	Cleveland Indians
	May	Sammy Sosa (3)	Chicago Cubs	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox
	June	Jeromy Burnitz	Milwaukee Brewers	Rafael Palmeiro (3)	Texas Rangers
	July	Mark McGwire (6)	St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Randa	Kansas City Royals
	August	Vladimir Guerrero (2)	Montreal Expos	Rafael Palmeiro (4) Iván Rodríguez (2)	Texas Rangers
	September	Greg Vaughn	Cincinnati Reds	Albert Belle (6)	Baltimore Orioles
2000	April	Vladimir Guerrero (3)	Montreal Expos	Jermaine Dye	Kansas City Royals
	May	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	Edgar Martinez (4)	Seattle Mariners
	June	Jeff Kent (2)	San Francisco Giants	Albert Belle (7)	Baltimore Orioles
	July	Sammy Sosa (4)	Chicago Cubs	Johnny Damon	Kansas City Royals
	August	Todd Helton (2)	Colorado Rockies	Glenallen Hill	New York Yankees
	September	Richard Hidalgo	Houston Astros	Jason Giambi	Oakland Athletics
2001	April	Luis Gonzalez	Arizona Diamondbacks	Manny Ramírez (3)	Boston Red Sox
	May	Barry Bonds (8)	San Francisco Giants	Jason Giambi (2)	Oakland Athletics
	June	Luis Gonzalez (2)	Arizona Diamondbacks	Mike Sweeney	Kansas City Royals
	July	Jeff Bagwell (5)	Houston Astros	Jim Thome	Cleveland Indians
	August	Sammy Sosa (5)	Chicago Cubs	Jermaine Dye (2)	Oakland Athletics
	September	Barry Bonds (9)	San Francisco Giants	Eric Chavez	Oakland Athletics
2002	April	Vladimir Guerrero (4)	Montreal Expos	Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins
	May	Todd Helton (3)	Colorado Rockies	Jason Giambi (3)	New York Yankees
	June	Jeff Kent (3)	San Francisco Giants	Paul Konerko	Chicago White Sox
	July	Larry Walker (2)	Colorado Rockies	Alex Rodriguez (2)	Texas Rangers
	August	Barry Bonds (10)	San Francisco Giants	Alex Rodriguez (3)	Texas Rangers
	September	Brian Jordan	Los Angeles Dodgers	Manny Ramírez (4)	Boston Red Sox
2003	April	Todd Helton (4)	Colorado Rockies	Alfonso Soriano	New York Yankees
	May	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	Edgar Martinez (5)	Seattle Mariners
	June	Albert Pujols (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	Jason Giambi (4)	New York Yankees
	July	Barry Bonds (11)	San Francisco Giants	Magglio Ordóñez	Chicago White Sox
	August	Vladimir Guerrero (5)	Montreal Expos	Alex Rodriguez (4)	Texas Rangers
	September	Jim Thome (2)	Philadelphia Phillies	Alfonso Soriano (2)	New York Yankees
2004	April	Barry Bonds (12)	San Francisco Giants	Carlos Beltrán	Kansas City Royals
	May	Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	Melvin Mora	Baltimore Orioles
	June	Jim Thome (3)	Philadelphia Phillies	Iván Rodríguez (3)	Detroit Tigers
	July	Jim Edmonds	St. Louis Cardinals	Mark Teixeira	Texas Rangers
	August	Barry Bonds (13)	San Francisco Giants	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners
	September	Adrián Beltré	Los Angeles Dodgers	Vladimir Guerrero (6)	Anaheim Angels
2005	April	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles
	May	Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	Alex Rodriguez (5)	New York Yankees
	June	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	Travis Hafner	Cleveland Indians
	July	Adam Dunn	Cincinnati Reds	Jason Giambi (5)	New York Yankees
	August	Andruw Jones (2)	Atlanta Braves	Alex Rodriguez (6)	New York Yankees
	September	Randy Winn	San Francisco Giants	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox
2006	April	Albert Pujols (3)	St. Louis Cardinals	Jason Giambi (6)	New York Yankees
	May	Jason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates	Alex Rodriguez (7)	New York Yankees
	June	David Wright	New York Mets	Joe Mauer	Minnesota Twins
	July	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	David Ortiz (2)	Boston Red Sox

References

*Baseball-Almanac.com
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