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This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team.

Regular season award winners

Cy Young Award

• David Price (2012)
• Blake Snell (2018)

Rookie of the Year

• Evan Longoria (2008)
• Jeremy Hellickson (2011)
• Wil Myers (2013)
• Randy Arozarena (2021)

Gold Glove Award

• Carlos Peña, 1B (2008)
• Evan Longoria, 3B (2009, 2010, 2017)
• Carl Crawford, LF (2010)
• Jeremy Hellickson, P (2012)
• Kevin Kiermaier, CF (2015 , 2016, 2019)

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.

Team (at all positions)

• (2012)
• (2013)

Silver Slugger Award

• Carlos Peña, 1B (2007)
• Evan Longoria, 3B (2009)
• Carl Crawford, OF (2010)
• Yandy Díaz, 1B (2023)

Comeback Player of the Year

• Carlos Peña (2007)
• Fernando Rodney (2012)

Manager of the Year

See footnote

• Joe Maddon (2008, 2011)
• Kevin Cash (2020, 2021)

Roberto Clemente Award

• Nelson Cruz (2021)

MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"

Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.

"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Defensive Player

• Kevin Kiermaier (2015)

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

• Wade Boggs — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality, and character value.

Baseball America Rookie of the Year

• Jeremy Hellickson (2011)

Baseball America All-Rookie Team

See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team

• 2011 – Desmond Jennings (OF; one of three) and Jeremy Hellickson (SP; one of five)

Topps All-Star Rookie Rosters

Tony Conigliaro Award

• Rocco Baldelli (2008)

Baseball America Manager of the Year

See: Baseball America#Baseball America Manager of the Year

See footnote

• Joe Maddon (2011)

USA Today AL Top Manager

• Joe Maddon (2011)

Baseball Prospectus AL Manager of the Year

• Joe Maddon (2011)

Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award

See footnote

• Joe Maddon (2008)

Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

• Joe Maddon (2008, 2011)
• Kevin Cash (2019, 2020)

Postseason and All-Star Game MVP award winners

American League Championship Series MVP

See: League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award#American League winners

• Matt Garza (2008)
• Randy Arozarena (2020)

All-Star Game MVP

• Carl Crawford (2009)

Team awards

• 2008, 2020 – William Harridge Trophy (American League champion)
• 2008 – Baseball America Organization of the Year

Team records (single-game, single-season, career)

Minor-league system

Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award

• Rocco Baldelli (2002)
• Delmon Young (2005)
• Jeremy Hellickson (2010)

TOPPS Minor League Player of the Year

See footnote and Topps#Awards

• Delmon Young (2005)
• Matt Moore (2011)

USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award

• Josh Hamilton (2000)
• David Price (2008)
• Jeremy Hellickson (2010)

Joe Bauman Home Run Award

• Kevin Witt, Durham Bulls (2006)

Other achievements

National Baseball Hall of Fame

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Baseball Hall of Famers

Rays Hall of Fame

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Fame

Retired numbers

See: Tampa Bay Rays#Retired numbers

See also

• Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame (including Tampa Bay Rays exhibit)
• Baseball awards
• List of Major League Baseball awards

Footnotes

1. ^ In 1936, The Sporting News began The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award. (In 1986, TSN expanded the award to one for each league.) In 1959, the Associated Press began its AP Manager of the Year Award, which was discontinued in 2001. (From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of MLB.) In 1983, MLB began its own Manager of the Year Award (in each league). In 1998, Baseball Prospectus added a Manager of the Year award to its "Internet Baseball Awards" (one per league). In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Charles Isham "C. I." Taylor Legacy Award for "Managers of the Year". In 2003, MLB added a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB) to its This Year in Baseball Awards. In 2007, the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh began its Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award (for all of MLB). (In 2010, it began a separate Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year Award.) Baseball America also has a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB). USA Today has a Manager of the Year award (one per league).
2. Mark Newman (September 27, 2006). "And the Hometown Heroes are ..." MLB.com. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
3. Eddy, Matt (October 21, 2011). "Infield, Pitching Staff Highlight 2011 Rookie Team". Baseball America. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
4. Topkin, Marc (December 22, 2008). "Built To Last: Our Organization of the Year should have staying power". Baseball America Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
5. "Awards". Tampa Bay Rays official website. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

External links

• Awards. Tampa Bay Rays official website
• Single Game Records. Tampa Bay Rays official website

• Tampa Bay Rays lists
• Major League Baseball team trophies and awards