International League Top MLB Prospect Award

[2][3] Though the circuit was founded in 1884,[4] it did not become known as the International League on a consistent basis until 1912.

Seventeen players who have won the Top MLB Prospect Award also won the International League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the same season: Don Buford (1963), Joe Foy (1965), Mike Epstein (1966), Merv Rettenmund (1968), Luis Alvarado (1969), Roger Freed (1970), Jim Rice (1974), Mike Vail (1975), Rich Dauer (1976), Scott Bradley (1984), Dan Pasqua (1985), Randy Milligan (1987), J. T. Snow (1992), Chris Colabello (2013), Steven Souza Jr. (2014), Rhys Hoskins (2017), and Joey Meneses (2018).

[9] The only player to win the Top MLB Prospect Award and then later win the MVP Award is Ben Gamel, who was the 2015 Rookie of the Year and 2016 MVP.

[9] Of the nine pitchers who have won Top MLB Prospect, five also won the league's Pitcher of the Year Award (formerly the Most Valuable Pitcher Award) in the same season: Bob Trice (1953), Jason Isringhausen (1995), Brian Rose (1997), Brandon Duckworth (2001), and Julio Teherán (2011).

[9] Seventeen players from the Rochester Red Wings have been selected for the Top MLB Prospect Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Syracuse Mets (7); the Columbus Clippers and Norfolk Tides (6); the Richmond Braves (5); the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4); the Charlotte Knights, Gwinnett Stripers, and Pawtucket Red Sox (3); the original Buffalo Bisons, Durham Bulls, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Louisville Bats, and Montreal Royals (2); and the Columbus Jets, Havana Sugar Kings, Indianapolis Indians, Louisville Colonels, Memphis Redbirds, Omaha Storm Chasers, Ottawa Athletics, Richmond Virginians, Springfield Cubs, and Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) (1).

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Randy Jackson won the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1950.
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Tom Tresh , the 1961 winner, was selected as the 1962 American League Rookie of the Year . [ 10 ]
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Don Buford was the first to win Rookie of the Year and the MVP Award in the same season (1963).
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Cal Ripken Jr. , the 1981 winner, won the 1982 American League Rookie of the Year Award . [ 11 ]
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Chipper Jones , the 1993 Rookie of the Year, won the 1999 National League MVP Award and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. [ 12 ]
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Ben Gamel was selected as Rookie of the Year in 2015 and won the MVP Award the next season.