After another outstanding year of Major and Minor League Baseball, Topps is excited to announce this years’ “Organization of the Year Award” goes to the Boston Red Sox. This achievement by the Red Sox marks its first win in franchise history.
The Organization of the Year award dates back to 1966 and highlights the Major League team that has shown outstanding performance, depth and talent throughout their Major and Minor League teams. The Award is presented annually based on the number of players in the organization that have received Topps awards during the season. Points are awarded in four different minor league categories including: All-Star players, Players of the Month, Trautman Award recipients, awarded to each league’s Minor League Player of the Year, and The J.G Taylor Spink Award recipient, awarded to the overall Minor League Player of the Year. Points are also awarded for those players’ selected for Topps Major League Rookie All-Star team.
The Red Sox’s individual winners included: Mookie Betts (Eastern League Player of the Year, 2014 Topps All-Star); Rafael Devers (Gulf Coast League Player of the Year, 2014 Topps All-Star); Blake Swihart (2014 Topps All-Star); Henry Owens (2014 Topps All-Star); Keury De La Cruz (Player of the Month – Carolina League); Sean Coyle (Player of the Month – Eastern League); Xander Bogaerts (2014 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team)
The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees have won the trophy five times while Oakland, Baltimore, Montreal and the New York Mets are three-time winners. Anaheim, Kansas City, San Diego and San Francisco also make note as two-time winners of this award. Topps is proud to sponsor annual awards honoring major league rookies, minor league players and baseball scouts. Its extensive awards program is administered by the Topps Sports/Player Licensing Department, under the direction of Jon Einalhori. Topps is an international marketer of entertainment products, principally collectible trading cards, confections and sticker collections.
Past winners:
- 1966 Baltimore
- 1967 Los Angeles
- 1968 NY Yankees
- 1969 Philadelphia
- 1970 Los Angeles
- 1971 Baltimore
- 1972 Baltimore
- 1973 NY Yankees
- 1974 California
- 1975 San Diego
- 1976 California
- 1977 Montreal
- 1978 Cincinnati
- 1979 Chicago Cubs
- 1980 NY Yankees
- 1981 Los Angeles
- 1982 NY Yankees
- 1983 NY Mets
- 1984 NY Mets
- 1985 NY Yankees
- 1986 Atlanta
- 1987 Milwaukee
- 1988 San Diego
- 1989 Milwaukee
- 1990 Los Angeles
- 1991 Milwaukee
- 1992 Milwaukee
- 1993 Montreal
- 1994 Kansas City
- 1995 KC/NY Mets (tie)
- 1996 Montreal
- 1997 Los Angeles
- 1998 Oakland
- 1999 Oakland
- 2000 Minn/Seattle (tie)
- 2001 Houston
- 2002 Pittsburgh
- 2003 Milwaukee
- 2004 Oakland
- 2005 Arizona
- 2006 Cleveland
- 2007 Tampa Bay
- 2008 Florida
- 2009 San Francisco
- 2010 Los Angeles Dodgers
- 2011 San Francisco
- 2012 Texas
- 2013 Colorado
- 2014 Boston
PR: BOSTON RED SOX NAMED TOPPS ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR
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