Golden Spikes Award

The Golden Spikes Award is bestowed annually to the best amateur baseball player in the United States.

It is given to an amateur player who best exhibits and combines "exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship".

[8][9][10] Seven Golden Spikes Award winners went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick.

[15] No player has won the award more than once, and no Golden Spikes recipient has yet been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

[16] Immediately following the announcement, the award winner and the other finalists are honored at a banquet in Los Angeles.

Wearing a blue helmet and white jersey of the Atlanta Braves, Bob Horner clutches his bat with both hands
Bob Horner , who won the inaugural Golden Spikes Award in 1978, also received the Rookie of the Year Award and was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year.
Jered Weaver, wearing a red baseball cap and grey baseball uniform with the words ANGELS across and an "A" patch on the right sleeve, delivers a pitch
Jered Weaver , the 2004 recipient, is one of three award winners to pitch a no-hitter .
Tim Lincecum, wearing a black baseball cap and grey baseball uniform with the words SAN FRANCISCO across, delivers a pitch
Tim Lincecum , the 2006 winner, received the Cy Young Award in 2008 and 2009. [ 17 ]