Major League Baseball Player of the Week Award

The NL first awarded the honor during the 1973 season, and the AL began in 1974.

[2] The first AL winner was Reggie Jackson, then with the Oakland Athletics, announced on April 10, 1974.

[3] The most times a player has won the award is 16, accomplished by both Miguel Cabrera and Manny Ramirez.

[1] Several other players have won the award 12 or more times: Barry Bonds (15), Albert Pujols (14), Frank Thomas (14), Alex Rodriguez (13), Nolan Ryan (13), George Brett (12), Mike Piazza (12), and Gary Sheffield (12).

A complete list of winners, since the inception of the award, can be found on the MLB.com and Baseball-Reference.com websites as noted below.

Reggie Jackson was the first Player of the Week for the American League , in 1974.