Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award

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Major League Baseball (MLB) annually honors its best relief pitchers in the American League (AL) and National League (NL) with the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award, respectively. The awards are named after former relievers Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman, who played their entire careers in the respective leagues.[1] First issued in 2014, the awards replaced the Delivery Man of the Year Award, which had been presented since 2005.[2]

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LeagueMajor League Baseball
Awarded forBest relief pitcher in the American League and National League
Presented byMajor League Baseball
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Reliever of the Year Award
The presentation of the trophies to the 2015 winners
SportBaseball
LeagueMajor League Baseball
Awarded forBest relief pitcher in the American League and National League
Presented byMajor League Baseball
History
First award2014
Most winsJosh Hader, Edwin Díaz (3 each)
Most recentAroldis Chapman (AL)
Edwin Díaz (NL)
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The Reliever of the Year Awards are based on the votes of a panel of retired relievers.[2] Each voter selects three pitchers for each league based solely on their performance in the regular season; a 5-3-1 weighted point system is used to determine the winner.[3] At its inception in 2014, the panel consisted of the top five relievers in career saves at the time—Rivera, Hoffman, Lee Smith, John Franco, and Billy Wagner—and the four living relief pitchers who were in the Hall of Fame: Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, and Bruce Sutter.

The Reliever of the Year Award winners had all been closers until 2018, when Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers won as a setup man; he later won the NL title in 2019 and 2021 as a closer. The inaugural All-MLB teams named both of the award winners in 2019. In 2020, the Brewers' Devin Williams became the first rookie and the first reliever with no saves to win the award in either league.[4]

Since 2017, MLB has also issued a Reliever of the Month Award.[5]

Winners

Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year

A man in a white baseball uniform and navy blue cap stands on a dirt mound throwing a pitch with his right hand. He is wearing a black belt, black shoes, and a black baseball glove, and his uniform reads "Padres" in navy blue script across the chest, outlined in tan. His cap has two interlocked letters: "S" and "D".
Namesake of the NL award, Trevor Hoffman
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Year Player Team SV ERA WHIP K IP Ref
2014 Craig Kimbrel Atlanta Braves 47 1.61 0.91 95 61+2⁄3 [3]
2015 Mark Melancon Pittsburgh Pirates 51 2.23 0.93 62 76+2⁄3 [6]
2016 Kenley Jansen Los Angeles Dodgers 47 1.83 0.67 104 68+2⁄3 [7]
2017 Kenley Jansen (2) Los Angeles Dodgers 41 1.32 0.75 109 68+1⁄3 [8]
2018 Josh Hader Milwaukee Brewers 12 2.43 0.81 143 81+1⁄3 [9]
2019 Josh Hader (2) Milwaukee Brewers 37 2.62 0.81 138 75+2⁄3 [10]
2020 Devin Williams Milwaukee Brewers 0 0.33 0.63 53 27 [4]
2021 Josh Hader (3) Milwaukee Brewers 34 1.23 0.84 102 58+2⁄3 [11]
2022 Edwin Díaz (2) New York Mets 32 1.31 0.839 118 62 [12]
2023 Devin Williams (2) Milwaukee Brewers 36 1.53 0.920 87 58+2⁄3 [13]
2024 Ryan Helsley St. Louis Cardinals 49 2.04 1.100 79 66+1⁄3 [14]
2025 Edwin Díaz (3) New York Mets 28 1.63 0.874 98 66+1⁄3 [15]
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Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year

A man in a gray baseball uniform and navy blue cap stands on a dirt mound. He is striding forward with his left leg as he clutches a baseball behind his head with his right hand and curls his left hand, wearing a baseball glove, under his outstretched arm. He is wearing a black belt, black shoes, and a black baseball glove, and his uniform reads "New York" in navy blue letters across the chest. His face is contorted in concentration.
Namesake of the AL award, Mariano Rivera
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Year Player Team SV ERA WHIP K IP Ref
2014 Greg Holland Kansas City Royals 46 1.44 0.91 90 62+1⁄3 [3]
2015 Andrew Miller New York Yankees 36 2.04 0.86 100 61+2⁄3 [16]
2016 Zack Britton Baltimore Orioles 47 0.54 0.84 74 67 [7]
2017 Craig Kimbrel (2) Boston Red Sox 35 1.43 0.68 126 69 [8]
2018 Edwin Díaz Seattle Mariners 57 1.96 0.79 124 73+1⁄3 [9]
2019 Aroldis Chapman New York Yankees 37 2.21 1.11 85 57 [10]
2020 Liam Hendriks Oakland Athletics 14 1.78 0.67 37 25+1⁄3 [4]
2021 Liam Hendriks (2) Chicago White Sox 38 2.54 0.73 113 71 [11]
2022 Emmanuel Clase Cleveland Guardians 42 1.36 0.729 77 72+2⁄3 [12]
2023 Félix Bautista Baltimore Orioles 33 1.48 0.918 110 61 [13]
2024 Emmanuel Clase (2) Cleveland Guardians 47 0.61 0.660 66 74+1⁄3 [14]
2025 Aroldis Chapman (2) Boston Red Sox 32 1.17 0.701 85 61+1⁄3 [15]
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