Outstanding DH Award
52 award winners
The Outstanding DH Award has been awarded 52 times, from 1973 to 2025. The most recent winner on record is Shohei Ohtani in 2025, playing for LAN. David Ortiz has won it most often, 8 times. There are 28 distinct winners in the list below.
Data updated
Award Overview
- Award Name
- Outstanding DH Award
- Total Awards Given
- 52
- First Awarded
- 1973
- Most Recent
- 2025
All Winners
Complete list of Outstanding DH Award recipients
| Year | Player Name | Team | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shohei Ohtani | LAN | ML |
| 2024 | Shohei Ohtani | LAN | ML |
| 2023 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | ML |
| 2022 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | ML |
| 2021 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | ML |
| 2020 | Marcell Ozuna | ATL | ML |
| 2019 | Nelson Cruz | MIN | ML |
| 2018 | Khris Davis | OAK | ML |
| 2017 | Nelson Cruz | SEA | AL |
| 2016 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2015 | Kendrys Morales | KCA | AL |
| 2014 | Victor Martinez | DET | AL |
| 2013 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2012 | Billy Butler | KCA | AL |
| 2011 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2010 | Vladimir Guerrero | TEX | AL |
| 2009 | Adam Lind | TOR | AL |
| 2008 | Aubrey Huff | BAL | AL |
| 2007 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2006 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2005 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2004 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2003 | David Ortiz | BOS | AL |
| 2002 | Ellis Burks | CLE | AL |
| 2001 | Edgar Martinez | SEA | AL |
| 2000 | Edgar Martinez | SEA | AL |
| 1999 | Rafael Palmeiro | TEX | AL |
| 1998 | Edgar Martinez | SEA | AL |
| 1997 | Edgar Martinez | SEA | AL |
| 1996 | Paul Molitor | MIN | AL |
| 1995 | Edgar Martinez | SEA | AL |
| 1993 | Paul Molitor | TOR | AL |
| 1992 | Dave Winfield | TOR | AL |
| 1991 | Chili Davis | MIN | AL |
| 1990 | Dave Parker | ML4 | AL |
| 1989 | Dave Parker | OAK | AL |
| 1988 | Harold Baines | CHA | AL |
| 1987 | Harold Baines | CHA | AL |
| 1986 | Don Baylor | BOS | AL |
| 1985 | Don Baylor | NYA | AL |
| 1984 | Dave Kingman | OAK | AL |
| 1983 | Greg Luzinski | CHA | AL |
| 1982 | Hal McRae | KCA | AL |
| 1981 | Greg Luzinski | CHA | AL |
| 1980 | Hal McRae | KCA | AL |
| 1979 | Willie Horton | SEA | AL |
| 1978 | Rusty Staub | DET | AL |
| 1977 | Jim Rice | BOS | AL |
| 1976 | Hal McRae | KCA | AL |
| 1975 | Willie Horton | DET | AL |
| 1974 | Tommy Davis | BAL | AL |
| 1973 | Orlando Cepeda | BOS | AL |
About the Outstanding DH Award list
The Outstanding DH Award list on this page runs from 1973 to 2025. The earliest winner was Orlando Cepeda. For 2025, the table lists Shohei Ohtani. The name that recurs most is David Ortiz (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2016). The list also repeats Edgar Martinez (1995, 1997, 1998, and 2000), Shohei Ohtani (2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024), and Hal McRae (1976, 1980, and 1982). David Ortiz won every year from 2003 through 2007. No club turns up in the Outstanding DH Award Team column as often as the Boston Red Sox. Earlier recent winners were Shohei Ohtani (2024), Shohei Ohtani (2023), Shohei Ohtani (2022), Shohei Ohtani (2021), and Marcell Ozuna (2020). More Outstanding DH Award rows fall between 2010 and 2019 than in any other ten-year stretch of the list. Player names link to full career pages, and the Outstanding DH Award shows in each winner's awards table there.
Outstanding DH Award: Frequently Asked Questions
- Who won the most recent Outstanding DH Award?
- Shohei Ohtani won the Outstanding DH Award in 2025.
- Who has won the most Outstanding DH Award awards?
- David Ortiz, with 8 wins.
- When was the Outstanding DH Award first awarded?
- The first Outstanding DH Award on record was awarded in 1973; the most recent in this list is from 2025.
- How many players have won the Outstanding DH Award?
- 28 different players have won it, across 52 awards.