Award Overview

Award Name
MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
Total Winners
57
First Awarded
1997
Most Recent
2024

All Winners

Complete list of MLB Players Choice Comeback Player recipients

Year Player Name Team League
2024 Chris Sale ATL NL
2024 Tyler O'Neill BOS AL
2023 Cody Bellinger CHC NL
2023 Liam Hendriks CHW AL
2022 Justin Verlander HOU AL
2022 Ronald Acuña ATL NL
2021 Buster Posey SFG NL
2021 Trey Mancini BAL AL
2020 Carlos Carrasco CLE AL
2020 Daniel Bard COL NL
2019 Hunter Pence TEX AL
2019 Josh Donaldson ATL NL
2018 Matt Kemp LAD NL
2018 Michael Brantley CLE AL
2017 Ryan Zimmerman WAS NL
2017 Mike Moustakas KCR AL
2016 Mark Trumbo BAL AL
2016 Jose Fernandez MIA NL
2015 Prince Fielder TEX AL
2015 Matt Harvey NYN NL
2014 Chris Young NYY AL
2014 Casey McGehee MIA NL
2013 Mariano Rivera NYY AL
2013 Francisco Liriano PIT NL
2012 Adam Dunn CHW AL
2012 Buster Posey SFG NL
2011 Lance Berkman STL NL
2011 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS AL
2010 Vladimir Guerrero TEX AL
2010 Tim Hudson ATL NL
2009 Chris Carpenter STL NL
2009 Aaron Hill TOR AL
2008 Cliff Lee CLE AL
2008 Fernando Tatis NYN NL
2007 Carlos Peña TBR AL
2007 Dmitri Young WAS NL
2006 Frank Thomas OAK AL
2006 Nomar Garciaparra LAD NL
2005 Ken Griffey CIN NL
2005 Jason Giambi NYY AL
2004 Orlando Hernandez NYY AL
2004 Chris Carpenter STL NL
2003 Rod Beck SDP NL
2003 Esteban Loaiza CHW AL
2002 John Smoltz ATL NL
2002 Tim Salmon LAA AL
2002 Mike Lieberthal PHI NL
2001 Ruben Sierra TEX AL
2001 Matt Morris STL NL
2000 Andres Galarraga ATL NL
2000 Frank Thomas CHW AL
1999 Alex Fernandez MIA NL
1999 John Jaha OAK AL
1998 Eric Davis BAL AL
1998 Greg Vaughn SDP NL
1997 David Justice CLE AL
1997 Darren Daulton MIA NL