Heart and Hustle Award winners announced by MLBPAA
The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) is pleased to announce the 30 preliminary winners of the 2024 Heart and Hustle Award. This esteemed award honors active players who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and traditions of the game. The Heart and Hustle Award is also the only award in Major League Baseball that is voted on by former players. Voting is conducted prior to the All-Star break.
The MLBPAA formed 30 committees, comprised of Alumni players with established relationships to each team. One player from each Major League team is chosen by the committees based on their passion, desire and work ethic demonstrated both on and off the field. As the season draws to a close, all alumni and active players will vote to select the final winner from the 30 team winners. The previous overall winners are David Eckstein (2005), Craig Biggio (2006, 2007), Grady Sizemore (2008), Albert Pujols (2009), Roy Halladay (2010), Torii Hunter (2011), Mike Trout (2012), Dustin Pedroia (2013), Josh Harrison (2014), Anthony Rizzo (2015), Todd Frazier (2016), Brett Gardner (2017), Mookie Betts (2018), Howie Kendrick (2019), Ozzie Albies (2021), Paul Goldschmidt (2022) and Marcus Semien (2023). No award was presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The overall winner will be announced in mid-November on MLB Network.
The 30 individual team winners are as follows:
American League
Baltimore Orioles, Gunnar Henderson
Boston Red Sox, Jarren Duran
Chicago White Sox, Andrew Vaughn
Cleveland Guardians, José Ramírez
Detroit Tigers, Riley Greene
Houston Astros, Jeremy Peña
Kansas City Royals, Bobby Witt Jr.
Los Angeles Angels, Logan O’Hoppe
Minnesota Twins, Willi Castro
New York Yankees, Anthony Volpe
Oakland Athletics, Max Schuemann
Seattle Mariners, Cal Raleigh
Tampa Bay Rays, Richie Palacios
Texas Rangers, Marcus Semien
Toronto Blue Jays, Daulton Varsho
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks, Christian Walker
Atlanta Braves, Austin Riley
Chicago Cubs, Nico Hoerner
Cincinnati Reds, Jonathan India
Colorado Rockies, Brenton Doyle
Los Angeles Dodgers, Teoscar Hernández
Miami Marlins, Jake Burger
Milwaukee Brewers, Willy Adames
New York Mets, Francisco Lindor
Philadelphia Phillies, Edmundo Sosa
Pittsburgh Pirates, Bryan Reynolds
San Diego Padres, Jackson Merrill
San Francisco Giants, Matt Chapman
St. Louis Cardinals, Brendan Donovan
Washington Nationals, Ildemaro Vargas
To learn more about the MLBPAA, please visit www.baseballalumni.com and follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram (@MLBPAA). The official hashtag for this award is #HeartandHustle.