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TSN Minor League Player of the Year Winners

By Patrick Mondout

The Sporting News (TSN) has a "Minor League Player of the Year" since 1936. Baseball America has a similar award. Here are the TSN winners:

TSN Minor League Player of the Year
YEAR WINNER   YEAR WINNER
1936 Johnny Vander Meer   1972 Tom Paciorek
1937 Charlie Keller   1973 Steve Ontiveros
1938 Fred Hutchinson   1974 Jim Rice
1939 Lou Novikoff   1975 Hector Cruz
1940 Phil Rizzuto   1976 Pat Putnam
1941 Johnny Lindell   1977 Ken Landreaux
1942 Dick Barrett   1978 Champ Summers
1943 Chet Covington   1979 Mark Bomback
1944 Ripper Collins   1980 Tim Raines
1945 Gil Coan   1981 Mike Marshall
1946 Sibby Sisti   1982 Ron Kittle
1947 Hank Sauer   1983 Kevin McReynolds
1948 Gene Woodling   1984 Alan Knicely
1949 Orie Arntzen   1985 Jose Canseco
1950 Frank Saucier   1986 Tim Pyznarski
1951 Gene Conley   1987 Randy Milligan
1952 Bill Skowron   1988 Sandy Alomar
Gary Sheffield
(tie)
1953 Gene Conley   1989 Sandy Alomar
1954 Herb Score   1990 Jose Offerman
1955 Red Murff   1991 Pedro Martinez
1956 Steve Bilko   1992 Tim Salmon
1957 Norm Siebern   1993 Cliff Floyd
1958 Jim O'Toole   1994 Derek Jeter
1959 Frank Howard   1995 Karim Garcia
1960 Willie Davis   1996 Vladimir Guerrero
1961 Howie Koplitz   1997 Ben Grieve
1962 Bob Bailey   1998 Gabe Kapler
1963 Don Buford   1999 Rick Ankiel
1964 Mel Stottlemyre   2000 Jon Rauch
1965 Joe Foy   2001 Josh Beckett
1966 Mike Epstein   2002 Jason Stokes
1967 Johnny Bench   2003 Zack Greinke
1968 Merv Rettenmund   2004 Dallas McPherson
1969 Danny Walton   2005 Brandon Wood
1970 Don Baylor      
1971 Bobby Grich      
THE SPORTING NEWS ML PLAYER OF THE YEAR

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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Sandy Alomar, who was then stuck in the minors behind Benito Santiago, is the most recent player to win the award twice.

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