St. Louis Cardinals veteran pitcher Adam Wainwright has won the 2020 Roberto Clemente Award.
The annual award is given to a player “who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.”
According to a profile on MLB.com, Wainwright was nominated for the award for, among other things, his work with Big League Impact (BLI), an organization he founded in 2013 “to meet basic human needs, including providing food, clean water, medical care and shelter to restore dignity and hope to those in need around the globe.”
Clemente was a Hall of Fame outfielder who died in a plane crash at the age of 38 while delivering supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Cleveland pitcher Carlos Carrasco won the award last year. Each team nominates a player for the award and the winner is chosen by a panel of voters combined with a fan vote.
In a normal year, the nominees would be announced in September and the winner during the World Series. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nominees and winner were announced Monday during a special on MLB Network.
Below is the full list of nominees for all 30 teams.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Eduardo Escobar
Atlanta Braves: Freddie Freeman
Baltimore Orioles: Hanser Alberto
Boston Red Sox: Mitch Moreland
Chicago Cubs: Jason Heyward
Chicago White Sox: Tim Anderson
Cincinnati Reds: Tucker Barnhart
Cleveland Indians: Brad Hand
Colorado Rockies: Ian Desmond
Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera
Houston Astros: Alex Bregman
Kansas City Royals: Ian Kennedy
Los Angeles Angels: Mike Trout
Los Angeles Dodgers: Justin Turner
Miami Marlins: Miguel Rojas
Milwaukee Brewers: Brent Suter
Minnesota Twins: Nelson Cruz
New York Mets: Steven Matz
New York Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton
Oakland Athletics: Tony Kemp
Philadelphia Phillies: Aaron Nola
Pittsburgh Pirates: Josh Bell
San Diego Padres: Drew Pomeranz
San Francisco Giants: Hunter Pence
Seattle Mariners: Dee Strange-Gordon
St. Louis Cardinals: Adam Wainwright
Tampa Bay Rays: Charlie Morton
Texas Rangers: Shin-Soo Choo
Toronto Blue Jays: Danny Jansen
Washington Nationals: Sean Doolittle
