Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given to players who best exemplify his character and integrity both on and off the field. It was created by the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity in 1955 in honor of Lou Gehrig, who was a member of the fraternity while at Columbia University. Each winner's name is placed on the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

Award Winners

Year	Player	Team (League)
1955	Alvin Dark	New York Giants (NL)
1956	Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)
1957	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1958	Gil McDougald	New York Yankees (AL)
1959	Gil Hodges	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1960	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
1961	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves (NL)
1962	Robin Roberts	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1963	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees (AL)
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1965	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
1966	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1967	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs (NL)
1968	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers (AL)
1969	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1970	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves (NL)
1971	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins (AL)
1972	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1973	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs (NL)
1974	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
1975	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1976	Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1977	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1978	Don Kessinger	Chicago White Sox (AL)
1979	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves (NL)
1980	Tony Perez	Boston Red Sox (AL)
1981	Tommy John	New York Yankees (AL)
1982	Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1983	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
1984	Steve Garvey	San Diego Padres (NL)
1985	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves (NL)
1986	George Brett	Kansas City Royals (AL)
1987	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs (NL)
1988	Buddy Bell	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1989	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
1990	Glenn Davis	Houston Astros (NL)
1991	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins (AL)
1992	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles (AL)
1993	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees (AL)
1994	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
1995	Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
1996	Brett Butler	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
1997	Paul Molitor	Minnesota Twins (AL)
1998	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres (NL)
1999	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
2000	Todd Stottlemyre	Arizona Diamondbacks (NL)
2001	John Franco	New York Mets (NL)
2002	Danny Graves	Cincinnati Reds (NL)
2003	Jamie Moyer	Seattle Mariners (AL)
2004	Jim Thome	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
2005	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves (NL)
2006	Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres (NL)
2007	Mike Timlin	Boston Red Sox (AL)
2008	Shane Victorino	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)
2010	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees (AL)
2011	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington Nationals (NL)
2012	Barry Zito	San Francisco Giants (NL)
2013	Josh Hamilton	Los Angeles Angels (AL)
2014	Adrián Beltré	Texas Rangers (AL)
2015	Curtis Granderson	New York Mets (NL)