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Tony Conigliaro Award
Major League Baseball player award
Major League Baseball player award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tony Conigliaro |
| image | Tony Conigliaro.jpg |
| alt | A black-and-white photo of a man's head and chest. He is wearing a baseball cap with the letter "B" and a white baseball jersey that says "RED SOX", partially obscured. |
| caption | Tony Conigliaro, the namesake of the award |
| description | Given annually to a Major League Baseball player who best overcomes an obstacle and adversity through the attributes of spirit, determination and courage that were trademarks of Conigliaro. |
| presenter | Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America |
| year | 1990 |
| holder | Tim Hill, New York Yankees |
The Tony Conigliaro Award is a national recognition instituted in 1990 by the Boston Red Sox to honor the memory of Tony Conigliaro. It is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best "overcomes an obstacle and adversity through the attributes of spirit, determination, and courage that were trademarks of Conigliaro."
Conigliaro debuted with the Red Sox in 1964, and was selected to the MLB All-Star Game in the 1967 season. Subsequently, he was hit in the face by a pitch at Fenway Park on August 18, 1967. After missing the rest of the year and all of 1968, he made a comeback in 1969, homering on opening day. He then hit 20 home runs in that season, winning The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award. In 1970, he posted career highs in home runs with 36 and RBIs with 116, but vision problems continued to persist; his performance fell off, and he was never the same player. After a final comeback attempt in 1975, Conigliaro retired at age 30.
Conigliaro died in 1990, and the Red Sox instituted the award in his honor. A panel is composed of the media, representatives of the commissioner, and the two leagues' offices. The selection is made by a panel of voters and the award is presented at the annual dinner of the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), normally held in December or January, by members of the Conigliaro family.
Award winners
| Denotes player who is still active |
|---|
| scope"col" | Year | Player | Team | Adversity overcome | Ref | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kansas City Royals | Tourette syndrome | |||||||||
| 1991 | Philadelphia Phillies | A 1984 beaning very similar to the one that shortened Conigliaro's career | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=19911210&id=dgogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b2UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1496,1938314 | title=Baseball: Conigliaro award presented | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Sun Journal | location=Lewiston, Maine | page=25 | date=December 10, 1991 | accessdate=April 14, 2014}} | |
| 1992 | California Angels | Born without a right hand | |||||||||
| 1993 | Chicago White Sox | Hip replacement surgery in 1992 | |||||||||
| 1994 | California Angels | Death of 9-month-old son to spinal muscular atrophy during the offseason | |||||||||
| 1995 | Chicago White Sox | Diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma | |||||||||
| 1996 | Montreal Expos | Born deaf | |||||||||
| 1997 | Baltimore Orioles | Diagnosed with colon cancer early that season | |||||||||
| 1998 | Boston Red Sox | Serious shoulder injuries | |||||||||
| 1999 | Florida Marlins | Testicular cancer | |||||||||
| 2000 | Anaheim Angels | Cerebral hemorrhage | url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-12-10/sports/0012100163_1_home-plate-dimensions-kent-mercker | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102201549/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-12-10/sports/0012100163_1_home-plate-dimensions-kent-mercker | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 2, 2015 | title=Camden Yards Renovations | O's may add another dimension to Camden Yards renovations | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=December 10, 2000 | accessdate=March 21, 2014}} | |
| 2000 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Broke arm while throwing a pitch | |||||||||
| 2001 | Montreal Expos | Arthroscopic shoulder surgery in 2000, and the death of his wife from Crohn's disease | |||||||||
| 2001 | Baltimore Orioles | Type 1 diabetes that required Johnson to wear an insulin pump on the field | |||||||||
| 2002 | Cincinnati Reds | Elbow injuries that required five surgeries and sidelined him for five years | |||||||||
| 2003 | Oakland Athletics | Born with two club feet | |||||||||
| 2004 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Reconstructive knee surgery and Tommy John surgery while in high school | |||||||||
| 2005 | Colorado Rockies | Blood clots in both lungs | |||||||||
| 2006 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Born with a club foot (right) and a severely pigeon-toed foot (left) | url= http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061206&content_id=1752676&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110607002430/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20061206&content_id=1752676&vkey=pr_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos | url-status= dead | archive-date= June 7, 2011 | title=Freddy Sanchez wins 2006 Tony Conigliaro Award | work=MLB.com | date=December 6, 2006 | accessdate=April 10, 2008}} | |
| 2007 | Boston Red Sox | Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2006 | |||||||||
| 2008 | Tampa Bay Rays | Diagnosed with a mitochondrial disorder that causes chronic muscle fatigue | |||||||||
| 2009 | St. Louis Cardinals | Had Tommy John surgery and nerve problems in his throwing arm | |||||||||
| 2010 | Tampa Bay Rays | Sat out a year after a rotator cuff tear | |||||||||
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs | Diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma as a child | |||||||||
| 2012 | New York Mets | Victim of child sexual abuse, born without an ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm | |||||||||
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox | Underwent Tommy John surgery in 2012 | |||||||||
| 2014 | Washington Nationals | Kidnapped in 2011, multiple injuries including a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a broken hamate bone, and repeated hamstring strains | |||||||||
| 2015 | St. Louis Cardinals | Delayed baseball career five years while serving in the United States Navy; first Naval Academy graduate to make MLB debut since 1921 | |||||||||
| 2016 | San Diego Padres | Death of his wife to cancer during the season, caring for their three young daughters | |||||||||
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies | Diagnosed with testicular cancer in November 2016, underwent surgery eight days later, went through chemotherapy until May 2017, and returned to baseball activities one month later | |||||||||
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics | Death of his mother to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |||||||||
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Numerous arm injuries and the public announcement of the death of his son Brooks | |||||||||
| 2020 | Colorado Rockies | Prior to the 2020 season, had last pitched in MLB in 2013 and had retired from professional baseball in 2017 due to control issues | |||||||||
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles | Missed 2020 season after being diagnosed with colon cancer in March that year | |||||||||
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals | Arduous journey to MLB | |||||||||
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that kept him out of baseball for almost the entire season | |||||||||
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox | Had retired from baseball in 2017 following injuries and alcohol abuse, returned and made MLB debut | |||||||||
| 2025 | New York Yankees | Surviving stage 3 colon cancer at age 25 |
The award is presented at the annual banquet of the Boston chapter of the BBWAA, which was not held in December 2021, possibly due to the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout. The 2021 winner of the Tony Conigliaro Award was instead announced the following year.
References
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- (December 7, 2017). "Colorado Rockies' Chad Bettis, a cancer survivor, named 2017 Tony Conigliaro Award winner". [[MassLive]].
- Smith, Christopher. (December 14, 2018). "Stephen Piscotty, Athletics outfielder whose mother died of ALS, wins 2018 Tony Conigliaro Award".
- Browne, Ian. (December 20, 2019). "Rich Hill named recipient of '19 Conigliaro Award".
- Green, Dave. (December 21, 2020). "Rockies reliever Daniel Bard wins Tony Conigliaro Award".
- (November 28, 2022). "Release:Tony Conigliaro Awards 11/28/22".
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- Harrigan, Thomas. (November 29, 2023). "Hendriks wins 2023 Tony Conigliaro Award".
- "Red Sox announce Cam Booser as winner of 2024 Tony Conigliaro Award".
- https://www.mlb.com/press-release/red-sox-announce-tim-hill-as-winner-of-2025-tony-conigliaro-award
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