Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award

The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player "whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement." The award was created by the Major League Baseball Players' Association (MLBPA) and was presented to the inaugural winner – Mark McGwire – in 1997 as the "Man of the Year Award". Three years later, The award forms part of the Players Choice Awards.

In order to determine the winner, each MLB team nominates one of their players, who is selected by their teammates to appear on the ballot. In addition to the award, recipients have $50,000 donated on their behalf to charities of their choice by the MLB Players Trust. John Smoltz, Jim Thome, Michael Young, Curtis Granderson, and Marcus Semien are the only players to win the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award on multiple occasions. Five winners – Paul Molitor, Jim Thome, Smoltz, Chipper Jones and Mariano Rivera – are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Winners of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award have undertaken a variety of different causes. Many winners, including McGwire, Thome, Smoltz, Mike Sweeney, Young, Curtis Granderson worked with children in need. McGwire established a foundation to assist children who were physically or sexually abused, and Jones, who has been raising money for cystic fibrosis since 1996, after meeting an 11-year-old fan who suffered from the disease and who died several weeks after meeting Jones through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Winners

Year	Player (X)	Team	Position
Links to the article about the corresponding Major League Baseball year
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
The player's team at the time he won the award
The player's position at the time he won the award
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Player is active

Year	Player	Team	Position	Ref	(2)	(2)	(2)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(2)
	Oakland Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
	Minnesota Twins	Designated hitter
	Chicago Cubs	Outfielder
	St. Louis Cardinals	Outfielder
	Cleveland Indians	First baseman	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomeji01.shtml	title=Jim Thome Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 23, 2014}}
	Atlanta Braves	Relief pitcher	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smoltjo01.shtml	title=John Smoltz Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 23, 2014}}
	Atlanta Braves	Relief pitcher
	Philadelphia Phillies	First baseman
	Kansas City Royals	First baseman
	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
	Minnesota Twins	Outfielder
	Texas Rangers	Shortstop	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngmi02.shtml	title=Michael Young Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 23, 2014}}
	Detroit Tigers	Outfielder	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grandcu01.shtml	title=Curtis Granderson Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=January 23, 2019}}
	Detroit Tigers	Third baseman
	Texas Rangers	Infielder
	Atlanta Braves	Third baseman
	New York Yankees	Relief pitcher
	Los Angeles Dodgers	Starting pitcher
	Baltimore Orioles	Outfielder
	New York Mets	Outfielder
	Chicago Cubs	First baseman
	Toronto Blue Jays
Milwaukee Brewers	Outfielder
	Miami Marlins	Outfielder
	Minnesota Twins	Designated hitter
	Toronto Blue Jays	Second baseman	url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/semiema01.shtml	title=Marcus Semien Statistics and History	work=Baseball-Reference.com	publisher=Sports Reference LLC	access-date=March 15, 2024}}
	New York Mets	Shortstop
	Texas Rangers	Second baseman
	Milwaukee Brewers	First baseman
	Cincinnati Reds	Relief Pitcher