Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award

Major League Baseball (MLB) honored its best relief pitchers with a Delivery Man of the Month Award for one pitcher during each month of the regular season from 2005 through 2013.

Winners of the monthly award were decided by a four-man panel, which originally consisted of Dennis Eckersley, Jerome Holtzman, Rick Sutcliffe and Bob Watson.

[4] The panel later included Darryl Hamilton and Mike Bauman, a national columnist for MLB.com.

Four other pitchers received the award three times: Craig Kimbrel, Joe Nathan, J. J. Putz, and Rafael Soriano.

The most wins by a team was four, accomplished by the Kansas City Royals via Joakim Soria (2) and Greg Holland (2); the Pittsburgh Pirates via José Mesa, Joel Hanrahan, and Jason Grilli (2); and the San Diego Padres via Hoffman (3) and Heath Bell.

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Francisco Rodríguez won the Delivery Man of the Month Award in August 2006 and June 2008.
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Joe Nathan won the Delivery Man of the Month Award three times.