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The Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards are given annually to the most outstanding
players , teams, single-game performances, plays, moments, homers, and promotions of the year. Initiated by
Minor League Baseball in
2005
[1] as the "This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards ", the awards were renamed the "MiLBY Awards" in 2008.
[2]
Baseball
fans select the nominees for and winners of the awards, via the
online voting system on MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball.
2005–2009
2005
See footnote
[1]
2006
See footnote
[3]
2007
See footnote
[4]
2008
See footnote
[2]
2009
See footnote
[5]
Overall Best Hitter:
Chris Carter (Oakland A's)
[6]
Best Hitter (Triple-A):
Best Hitter (Double-A):
Best Hitter (Class A Advanced):
Best Hitter (Class A):
Best Hitter (Short Season):
Overall Best Starter:
Dan Hudson (Chicago White Sox)
[7]
Best Starter (Triple-A):
Best Starter (Double-A):
Best Starter (Class A Advanced):
Best Starter (Class A):
Best Starter (Short Season):
Overall Best Reliever:
Dan Runzler (San Francisco Giants)
[8]
Best Reliever (Triple-A):
Best Reliever (Double-A):
Best Reliever (Class A Advanced):
Best Reliever (Class A):
Best Reliever (Short Season):
Overall Best Single Game:
Jeanmar Gómez (Cleveland Indians)
[9]
Best Single Game (Triple-A):
Best Single Game (Double-A):
Best Single Game (Class A Advanced):
Best Single Game (Class A):
Best Single Game (Short Season):
Overall Best Team:
Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres)
[10]
Best Team (Triple-A):
Best Team (Double-A):
Best Team (Class A Advanced):
Best Team (Class A):
Best Team (Short Season):
2010–2014
2010
See footnote
[11]
Best Starter (Triple-A):
Brandon Dickson , Memphis
Best Starter (Double-A):
Elih Villanueva , Jacksonville
Best Starter (Class A Advanced):
Anthony Bass , Lake Elsinore
Best Starter (Class A – Full Season):
Matt Magill , Great Lakes
Best Starter (Class A – Short Season):
Yohan Almonte , Brooklyn
Best Hitter (Triple-A):
Brad Snyder , Iowa
Best Hitter (Double-A):
Tagg Bozied , Reading
Best Hitter (Class A Advanced):
Tyler Moore , Potomac
Best Hitter (Class A – Full Season):
J. D. Martinez , Lexington
Best Hitter (Class A – Short Season):
Corey Dickerson , Casper
Best Reliever (Triple-A):
Jonathan Albaladejo , Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Best Reliever (Double-A):
Brandon Gomes , San Antonio
Best Reliever (Class A Advanced):
Matt Daly , Dunedin
Best Reliever (Class A – Full Season):
Josh Zeid , Lakewood
Best Reliever (Class A – Short Season):
Chase Whitley , Staten Island
Best Single Game (Triple-A):
R. A. Dickey , Buffalo
Best Single Game (Double-A):
Kyle Drabek , New Hampshire
Best Single Game (Class A Advanced):
Nathan Moreau , Frederick
Best Single Game (Class A – Full Season):
Jake Brigham , Hickory
Best Single Game (Class A – Short Season):
Daniel Adamson , Tri-City
Best Team (Triple-A):
Columbus Clippers (International League)
Best Team (Double-A):
Trenton Thunder (Eastern League)
Best Team (Class A Advanced):
Tampa Yankees (Florida State League)
Best Team (Class A – Full Season):
Great Lakes Loons (Midwest League)
Best Team (Class A – Short Season):
Helena Brewers (Pioneer League)
2011
Note: In 2011, MiLB re-named one category ("Game",
[12] instead of "Single Game") and added four new categories, for a total of nine categories. In three of the new categories (Play of the Year,
[13] Moment of the Year,
[14] and Homer of the Year
[15] ), one overall winner is chosen for all of minor-league baseball. In the fourth new category (Promo of the Year),
[16] there are overall winners in each of five subcategories: Best Promotion (of all types), Best Theme Night, Best Giveaway, Best Celebrity Appearance, and Best Miscellaneous Promotion.
Best Starter (Triple-A):
Graham Godfrey , Sacramento
[17]
Best Starter (Double-A):
Garrett Richards , Arkansas
[17]
Best Starter (Class A Advanced):
Darin Gorski , St. Lucie
[17]
Best Starter (Class A – Full Season):
Josh Smith , Dayton
[17]
Best Starter (Class A – Short Season):
Brennan Smith , Connecticut
[17]
Best Hitter (Triple-A):
Bryan LaHair , Iowa
[18]
Best Hitter (Double-A):
Tim Wheeler , Tulsa
[18]
Best Hitter (Class A Advanced):
Ian Gac , Winston-Salem
[18]
Best Hitter (Class A – Full Season):
Derek Dietrich , Bowling Green
[18]
Best Hitter (Class A – Short Season):
Taylor Lindsey , Orem
[18]
Best Reliever (Triple-A):
Rob Delaney , Durham
[19]
Best Reliever (Double-A):
Cory Burns , Akron
[19]
Best Reliever (Class A Advanced):
Preston Guilmet , Kinston
[19]
Best Reliever (Class A – Full Season):
Drew Hayes , Dayton
[19]
Best Reliever (Class A – Short Season):
Logan Billbrough , Johnson City
[19]
Best Team (Triple-A):
Columbus Clippers (International League)
[20]
Best Team (Double-A):
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Eastern League)
[20]
Best Team (Class A Advanced):
Kinston Indians (Carolina League)
[20]
Best Team (Class A – Full Season):
Greensboro Grasshoppers (South Atlantic League)
[20]
Best Team (Class A – Short Season):
Vancouver Canadians (Northwest League)
[20]
See also
Player of the year awards
References
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"2006 MiLB.com Awards" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-09 .
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"2007 MiLB.com Awards" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-10-09 .
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"2009 Awards" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-06-17 .
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"A's Carter pays immediate dividends: Slugger earns MiLBY for Overall Minor League Hitter" . MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-06-17 .
^ Mayo, Jonathan (December 31, 2009).
"Hudson stormed way to Majors, MiLBY: Sox righty made way from Class A to U.S. Cellular Field" . MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-06-17 .
^ Winston, Lisa (December 30, 2009).
"Runzler easy Reliever of the Year pick: After injury, left-hander limited opponents to .116 average" . MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-06-17 .
^ Winston, Lisa (December 29, 2009).
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^ Mayo, Jonathan (December 28, 2009).
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"2011 MiLBY Awards: Moment of the Year" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-12-07 .
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"2011 MiLBY Awards: Homer of the Year" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-12-07 .
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"2011 MiLBY Awards: Best Promotions of the Year" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-12-07 .
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"2011 MiLBY Awards: Best Reliever" . Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-12-07 .
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