Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award

The trophy is a gold baseball sitting atop a cylindrical silver base,[2] created by Tiffany & Co.[3] The award has been presented sixteen times: thirteen times to players, once to a team, and twice to a non-player.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were the first to receive the award for their parts in the 1998 MLB home run record chase.

[2] The most recent recipient is Shohei Ohtani, who was honored in 2021 for being the first player in MLB history to be an All-Star as both a starting pitcher and a lead-off hitter in the 2021 All-Star Game and for completing a two-way season as a hitter and as a pitcher.

[4] Three years after McGwire and Sosa were honored, Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn, both of whom retired after the 2001 season, received the award and were honored at the 2001 MLB All-Star Game; Ripken was elected to the American League All-Star team as a starter at third base, while Gwynn was later added as an honorary member of the National League team.

Barry Bonds received the award in 2002, becoming the third player so honored for breaking the single-season home run record.