Edgar Martínez Award

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The Edgar Martínez Award is Major League Baseball’s annual honor given to the most outstanding designated hitter in the American League.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball award → baseball award →
alsoKnownAs	DH of the Year Award → Outstanding Designated Hitter of the Year Award →
associatedLeagueRuleAdoption	American League designated hitter adoption in 1973 →
associatedWithRule	designated hitter rule →
awardingOrganizationType	professional sports league →
category	American League awards → Awards established in 1973 → Major League Baseball trophies and awards →
competition	American League →
confersTitle	Outstanding Designated Hitter of the Year →
country	United States →
eligibility	American League players → designated hitters →
firstWinner	Orlando Cepeda →
firstWinnerSeason	1973 MLB season →
firstWinnerTeam	Boston Red Sox →
formerName	Outstanding Designated Hitter Award →
frequency	annual →
genderEligibility	male players →
givenFor	most outstanding designated hitter →
governingBody	Office of the Commissioner of Baseball →
honorsCareerOf	Edgar Martínez →
inception	1973 →
language	English →
league	Major League Baseball →
level	major league →
mostAwardsByPlayer	David Ortiz →
mostAwardsByPlayerCount	8 →
namedAfter	Edgar Martínez → Edgar Martínez (Seattle Mariners designated hitter) →
namedForAchievement	excellence at the designated hitter position →
notableMultipleWinners	David Ortiz → Don Baylor → Edgar Martínez → Harold Baines → Paul Molitor →
officialWebsite	https://www.mlb.com →
partOf	Major League Baseball season awards →
position	designated hitter →
presenter	Major League Baseball →
region	North America →
renamedInHonorOf	Edgar Martínez →
renamedInYear	2004 →
scope	regular season performance →
selectionBasis	offensive performance as designated hitter →
sport	baseball →
sportLevel	top professional baseball in North America →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
David Ortiz → Shohei Ohtani →	awardReceived
Edgar Martínez Award ("Outstanding Designated Hitter of the Year Award") →	alsoKnownAs
Edgar Martínez Award ("Outstanding Designated Hitter Award") →	formerName