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Recent Hank Aaron Award winners

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Legacy set in stone

The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to each league’s top hitter in honor of Aaron, whose 755 career homers stood atop the all-time MLB leaderboard for more than 3 decades

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2022, NL: Paul Goldschmidt

A 2nd-time winner of this award, Goldy led the NL in slugging percentage (.578), OPS (.981) and OPS+ (180)

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2022, AL: Aaron Judge

No surprises here, as Judge was justly rewarded for setting the AL HR record and coming up just shy of a Triple Crown

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2021, NL: Bryce Harper, Phillies

In earning his 2nd Aaron Award and 2nd MVP, Harper became just the 4th outfielder in history with at least 100 runs, 100 walks, 40 doubles and 35 HRs in a season (Ruth, Musial, Bonds)

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2021, AL: Vlad Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays

At 22, Vlad Jr. became the youngest recipient in the history of the Aaron Award thanks to a .311/.401/.601 season in which he led the Majors in homers (48) and total bases (363)

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2020, NL: Freddie Freeman, Braves

Freeman, who hit .341/.462/.640 in the pandemic-shortened season, was just the 2nd Braves player to win the award named after the most legendary player in franchise history

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2020, AL: José Abreu, White Sox

Abreu was the 1st Cuban-born player to win the Aaron Award, tallying 60 RBIs in 60 games en route to being named the AL MVP as well

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2019, NL: Christian Yelich, Brewers

This was Yelich’s 2nd consecutive Aaron Award, a fitting honor for winning a 2nd straight NL batting title (.326, .329). No one since Larry Walker in 1998 and ‘99 had pulled off that feat

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2019, AL: Mike Trout, Angels

Trout claimed his 2nd Aaron Award and 2nd MVP in ‘19 despite being held to 119 games. His 45 homers were a career high, and he led the Majors in OBP (.438) and OPS+ (182)

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2018, NL: Christian Yelich, Brewers

Yelich not only won his 1st Aaron Award in ‘18, he was also a unanimous pick for NL MVP after hitting .326 with 36 HRs and 110 RBIs. He finished 2 HRs and 1 RBI shy of a Triple Crown

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2018, AL: J.D. Martinez, Red Sox

Martinez, who hit .330 and led the Majors in RBIs (130) and total bases (358) accepted his Aaron Award just a few days before his Red Sox clinched their 4th World Series title in 15 seasons

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2017, NL: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins

Stanton set Marlins franchise records and personal career highs in ‘17 with 59 HRs and 132 RBIs, and his total of 26 go-ahead HRs was tied with Jim Rice for the 2nd most in MLB since 1974

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2017, AL: Jose Altuve, Astros

With 24 HRs and an MLB-best .346 AVG, Altuve also claimed AL MVP honors and led Houston to the 1st World Series title in club history

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