Award Overview

Award Name
Comeback Player of the Year
Total Winners
38
First Awarded
2005
Most Recent
2024

All Winners

Complete list of Comeback Player of the Year recipients

Year Player Name Team League
2024 Chris Sale ATL NL
2024 Garrett Crochet CHW AL
2023 Cody Bellinger CHC NL
2023 Liam Hendriks CHW AL
2022 Albert Pujols STL NL
2022 Justin Verlander HOU AL
2021 Buster Posey SFG NL
2021 Trey Mancini BAL AL
2019 Josh Donaldson ATL NL
2019 Carlos Carrasco CLE AL
2018 David Price BOS AL
2018 Jonny Venters ATL NL
2017 Ryan Zimmerman WAS NL
2017 Mike Moustakas KCR AL
2016 Rick Porcello BOS AL
2016 Anthony Rendon WAS NL
2015 Prince Fielder TEX AL
2015 Matt Harvey NYN NL
2014 Casey McGehee MIA NL
2014 Chris Young SEA AL
2013 Mariano Rivera NYY AL
2013 Francisco Liriano PIT NL
2012 Buster Posey SFG NL
2012 Fernando Rodney TBR AL
2011 Lance Berkman STL NL
2011 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS AL
2010 Tim Hudson ATL NL
2010 Francisco Liriano MIN AL
2009 Chris Carpenter - NL
2009 Aaron Hill TOR AL
2008 Brad Lidge PHI NL
2008 Cliff Lee CLE AL
2007 Carlos Peña TBR AL
2007 Dmitri Young WAS NL
2006 Nomar Garciaparra LAD NL
2006 Jim Johnson BAL AL
2005 Ken Griffey CIN NL
2005 Jason Giambi NYY AL