Monthly award in Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) honors its bestrelief pitchers with aReliever of the Month Award for one pitcher in theAmerican League (AL) and one in theNational League (NL) during each month of the regular season. These awards have been issued since 2017. From 2005 to 2013, MLB honored a single relief pitcher across both leagues with theDelivery Man of the Month Award during each month of the regular season.
MLB previously introduced aReliever of the Year Award in 2014, awarded to one reliever in the American League and one in the National League.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] The Hartford , a Connecticut-based investment and insurance company, from inception through the 2020 season.[ 2] [ 4]
The most Reliever of the Month awards won by a single player is ten byEdwin Díaz . He is followed byJosh Hader (8),Emmanuel Clase (7),Liam Hendriks (4),Aroldis Chapman (4), andRaisel Iglesias (4).
The table below lists monthly winners; a number in parentheses indicates the number of instances of winning the award for players who have previously won.
Edwin Díaz has won the award five times with the Seattle Mariners and five times with the New York Mets. Emmanuel Clase won the award seven times with the Cleveland Indians/Guardians. ^ Fordin, Spencer (April 9, 2014)."Yearly relief awards named after Rivera, Hoffman" . Major League Baseball. Archived fromthe original on April 13, 2014. ^a b c Newman, Mark (May 3, 2017)."Relievers of the Month: Allen, Holland" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 21, 2021 . ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m "MLB Reliever of the Month Award" .Baseball Almanac . RetrievedMay 21, 2021 .^a b "Devin Williams of the Milwaukee Brewers named the National League Reliever of the Month Presented by The Hartford; Mike Mayers of the Los Angeles Angels named the American League Reliever of the Month Presented by The Hartford" .MLB.com (Press release). Major League Baseball. September 28, 2020. RetrievedMay 21, 2021 .^ Penney, Sean (June 2, 2017)."Red Sox: Craig Kimbrel earns AL Reliever of the Month for May" .Bosoxinjection.com . RetrievedMay 22, 2021 . ^ "Roberto Osuna, Kenley Jansen named MLB's Relievers of the Month for June" .MLB.com (Press release). July 3, 2017. RetrievedMay 31, 2021 .^ Newman, Mark (August 2, 2017)."Relievers of the Month: Hand, Diaz" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 31, 2021 . ^ Newman, Mark (September 3, 2017)."Knebel, Colome earn Reliever of Month nods" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 31, 2021 . ^ Newman, Mark (October 2, 2017)."Chapman, Doolittle win Relievers of the Month" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 31, 2021 . ^ Harrigan, Thomas (September 2, 2020)."Hendriks, Jansen are August's top relievers" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 21, 2021 . ^ Harrigan, Thomas (May 3, 2021)."Barnes, Melancon named April's top relievers" .MLB.com . RetrievedMay 21, 2021 . ^ Sepe-Chepuru, Shanthi (June 2, 2021)."Hendriks, Tepera named May's top relievers" .MLB.com . RetrievedJune 3, 2021 . ^ Adler, David (July 2, 2021)."Relievers of Month for June: Trivino, Hader" .MLB.com . RetrievedJuly 15, 2021 . ^ "McGee, Iglesias are Relievers of the Month" .MLB.com (Press release). August 3, 2021. RetrievedAugust 18, 2021 .^ Adler, David (September 2, 2021)."Clase, Williams tabbed top August relievers" .MLB.com . RetrievedSeptember 2, 2021 . ^ Simon, Andrew (October 4, 2021)."Hendriks, Doval top relievers for September" .MLB.com . RetrievedOctober 4, 2021 . ^ "Hader, Romano named top relievers for April" .MLB.com ^ "Holmes, Bednar named top relievers for May" .MLB.com ^ "Clase, Díaz earn nod as June's Relievers of the Month" .MLB.com . July 2, 2022. RetrievedJuly 4, 2022 .^ "Jordan Romano, Edwin Díaz named July's top relief arms" .MLB.com ^ Harrigan, Thomas (September 2, 2022)."Díaz, Clase named top relief arms for August" .MLB.com . RetrievedSeptember 5, 2022 . ^ "Doval, Clase named Relievers of the Month" .MLB.com ^ "Monthly award winners for April announced" .MLB.com ^ "Monthly award winners for May announced" .MLB.com ^ "MVP favorites headline monthly awards for June" .MLB.com ^ "Devin Williams of the Milwaukee Brewers named the National League Reliever of the Month for July; Félix Bautista of the Baltimore Orioles named the American League Reliever of the Month for July" .MLB.com .^ "Andrés Muñoz of the Seattle Mariners named the American League Reliever of the Month for August; Raisel Iglesias of the Atlanta Braves named the National League Reliever of the Month for August" .MLB.com .^ "TANNER SCOTT OF THE MIAMI MARLINS NAMED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE RELIEVER OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER; CLAY HOLMES OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES NAMED THE AMERICAN LEAGUE RELIEVER OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER" .MLB.com .^ "Here are MLB's 8 top performers from March/April" .MLB.com ^ "Here are MLB's 8 top performers from May" .MLB.com ^ "Both Players of the Month in June are repeat winners" .MLB.com ^ "Royals superstar Witt, Rockies standout Doyle named Players of the Month" .MLB.com ^ "Here are MLB's 8 top performers from August" .MLB.com ^ "Here are MLB's top performers from September" .MLB.com ^ "Judge, Alonso power their way to Player of the Month honors" .MLB.com ^ "Ohtani, Judge power up for May Player of the Month honors" .MLB.com . RetrievedJune 3, 2025 .^ "Raleigh, Soto slug their way to June Player of the Month honors" .MLB.com . RetrievedJuly 3, 2025 .^ "Young sluggers Kurtz, Stowers named Players of the Month for July" .MLB.com .^ "Here are the top hitters, pitchers, rookies and relievers of August" .MLB.com .^ "Judge slugs to another Player of the Month honor for September" .MLB.com .
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