Golden Spikes Award

The Golden Spikes Award is bestowed annually to the best amateur baseball player in the United States.[1] The award, created by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League Baseball Players Association, was first presented in 1978. It is given to an amateur player who best exhibits and combines "exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship."[2][3] The award is considered the most prestigious in amateur baseball.[4][5]

Golden Spikes Award
Logo for the Golden Spikes Award
Given forAmateur baseball's best regular season player
CountryUnited States
Presented byUSA Baseball
History
First award1978
Most recentAdley Rutschman, Oregon State
WebsiteGolden Spikes Award

Ten winners of the Golden Spikes Award are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame,[6] including Bob Horner, the inaugural winner in 1978.[7] In that same year, he was the first overall MLB draft pick and proceeded to win the Rookie of the Year Award.[8][9][10] Seven Golden Spikes Award winners went on to become the first overall draft pick.[8] Only Horner achieved the Rookie of the Year Award in the same year (although Jason Jennings and Buster Posey were voted the top rookies of the National League several years after winning the Golden Spikes Award).[9] Jim Abbott, Jered Weaver and Tim Lincecum are the only award winners to pitch a no-hitter,[11] while Horner is the only one to hit four home runs in one game.[12] Furthermore, 17 players won the Dick Howser Trophy (considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball)[13][14] alongside the Golden Spikes Award.[15] No player has won the award more than once. Surprisingly, no Golden Spikes recipient has yet been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Since 2014, the winner has been announced during a live broadcast of ESPN's SportsCenter.[16] Immediately following the announcement, the award winner and the other finalists are honored at a banquet in Los Angeles.[16] Although it can be given to any amateur player, the award has always been given to a college baseball player. In addition, only two winners were not attending NCAA Division I institutions when they won the award—junior college players Alex Fernández in 1990 and Bryce Harper in 2010. The most recent recipient of the award is Adley Rutschman of the Oregon State Beavers.[17]

USA Baseball announced on April 15, 2020, that the award would not be conferred that year. The coronavirus pandemic had de facto cancelled the 2020 college baseball season on March 12, with only a third of the season played in southern climates and only a few northern teams beginning their schedule.[18]

Winners
Bob Horner, who won the inaugural Golden Spikes Award in 1978, also received the Rookie of the Year Award and was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year.
Jered Weaver, the 2004 recipient, is one of three award winners to pitch a no-hitter.
Tim Lincecum, the 2006 winner, received the Cy Young Award in 2008 and 2009.[19]
Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player Name of the player
Position The player's position(s) at the time he won the award[lower-alpha 1]
School The player's college when he won the award
Italics Player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^ Player won the Rookie of the Year Award[lower-alpha 2]
§ Player also won the Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Player is active[lower-alpha 3]
Winners
Year Player Position School Ref
1978 Bob Horner^ 3B Arizona State [7]
1979 Tim Wallach 3B Cal State Fullerton [7]
1980 Terry Francona 1B Arizona [7]
1981 Mike Fuentes OF Florida State [21]
1982 Augie Schmidt SS New Orleans [7]
1983 Dave Magadan 3B Alabama [7]
1984 Oddibe McDowell OF Arizona State [22]
1985 Will Clark 1B Mississippi State [7]
1986 Mike Loynd P Florida State [7]
1987 Jim Abbott P Michigan [23]
1988 Robin Ventura§ 3B Oklahoma State [24]
1989 Ben McDonald P LSU [25]
1990 Alex Fernández§ P Miami-Dade Community College [7]
1991 Mike Kelly OF Arizona State [7]
1992 Phil Nevin 3B Cal State Fullerton [7]
1993 Darren Dreifort P Wichita State [7]
1994 Jason Varitek§ C Georgia Tech [26]
1995 Mark Kotsay OF Cal State Fullerton [26]
1996 Travis Lee 1B San Diego State [27]
1997 J. D. Drew§ OF Florida State [28]
1998 Pat Burrell 3B Miami (FL) [29]
1999 Jason Jennings§^ P Baylor [26]
2000 Kip Bouknight P South Carolina [26]
2001 Mark Prior§ P Southern California [30]
2002 Khalil Greene§ SS Clemson [26]
2003 Rickie Weeks§ 2B Southern [26]
2004 Jered Weaver§ P Long Beach State [26]
2005 Alex Gordon§ 3B Nebraska [31]
2006 Tim Lincecum P Washington [32]
2007 David Price§ P Vanderbilt [33]
2008 Buster Posey§^ C Florida State [34]
2009 Stephen Strasburg§ P San Diego State [35]
2010 Bryce Harper^ C/OF College of Southern Nevada [36]
2011 Trevor Bauer P UCLA [37]
2012 Mike Zunino§ C Florida [3]
2013 Kris Bryant§^ 3B San Diego [38]
2014 A. J. Reed§ 1B/P Kentucky [39]
2015 Andrew Benintendi§ OF Arkansas [40]
2016 Kyle Lewis^ OF Mercer [41]
2017 Brendan McKay§ 1B / P Louisville [42]
2018 Andrew Vaughn 1B California [43]
2019 Adley Rutschman§ C Oregon State [17]
2020 Not awarded[lower-alpha 4] — — [18]

See also

Notes
  1. This does not necessarily reflect the player's future position at Major League level. For example, Alex Gordon was originally a third baseman, but subsequently moved to left field in 2010.[20]
  2. Won either in the same year or several years later.
  3. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
  4. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

General

  • "Golden Spikes Award by USA Baseball". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 5, 2012.

Specific

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