Roy Campanella Award

The Roy Campanella Award is given annually to the Los Angeles Dodgers player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame Brooklyn Dodger catcher, Roy Campanella. The award is voted on by all Los Angeles Dodgers uniformed personnel, players, and coaches. The award has been given out since 2006. [1]

Roy Campanella, the namesake of the award, in about 1953.

Winners
See footnote[2]
YearWinnerPositionRef
2006Rafael FurcalShortstop[3]
2007Russell MartinCatcher[4]
2008James LoneyFirst baseman[5]
2009Juan PierreOutfielder
2010Jamey CarrollShortstop[6]
2011Matt KempOutfielder[7]
2012A.J. EllisCatcher[8]
2013Clayton KershawPitcher[9]
2014Clayton KershawPitcher[10]
2015Zack GreinkePitcher[11]
2016Chase UtleySecond baseman[12]
2017Justin TurnerThird baseman[13]
2018Chase UtleySecond baseman[14]
2019Justin TurnerThird baseman[15]

Other team awards for spirit in Major League Baseball
  • The San Francisco Giants have given the Willie Mac Award since 1980 to "the player on the San Francisco Giants who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership consistently shown by Willie McCovey throughout his long career."
  • The Oakland Athletics have given the Catfish Hunter Award since 2004 to the "player whose play on the field and conduct in the clubhouse best exemplifies the courageous, competitive and inspirational spirit demonstrated by the late pitcher, Jim "Catfish" Hunter."

See also

References
  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/roy_campanella_award.shtml
  2. Baseball-almanac.com. "Roy Campanella Award". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  3. MLB.com (2006-09-23). "Furcal wins first Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  4. MLB.com (2007-09-26). "Martin wins second annual Roy Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  5. MLB.com (2008-09-24). "Loney wins third annual Roy Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  6. MLB.com (2010-09-23). "Carroll wins fifth annual Roy Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  7. MLB.com (2011-09-20). "Kemp wins sixth annual Roy Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  8. MLB.com (2012-09-26). "A.J. Ellis wins seventh annual Roy Campanella Award". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  9. MLB.com (2013-09-26). "Kershaw named Roy Campanella Award recipient". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  10. Stephen, Eric (September 22, 2014). "Clayton Kershaw wins Roy Campanella Award for 2nd straight year". truebluela.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  11. "Zack Greinke Wins 10th Annual Roy Campanella Award". Dodgers Beat. September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  12. "Utley wins club's Roy Campanella Award". mlb.com. September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  13. "Justin Turner wins Roy Campanella Award, not yet back in lineup". SB Nation. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  14. "Utley wins club's Roy Campanella Award". mlb.com. September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  15. "Justin Turner wins 14th annual Roy Campanella Award". Dodger Insider. September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
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