Hank Aaron Award

This honor is awarded annually to the best overall offensive performer in both the American League and National League. Introduced in 1999 to honor the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, the Hank Aaron Award was the first major award to be introduced in 30 years.

Multiple winners are notified with a number next to their names.

YEAR	LEAGUE	PLAYER	AVG	HITS	HR	RBI
1999	NL AL	Sammy Sosa - Chicago Manny Ramirez - Cleveland	.288 .333	180 174	63 44	141 165
2000	NL AL	Todd Helton - Colorado Carlos Delgado - Toronto	.372 .344	216 196	42 41	147 137
2001	NL AL	Barry Bonds - San Francisco Alex Rodriguez - Texas	.328 .318	156 201	73 52	137 135
2002	NL AL	Barry Bonds - San Francisco 2 Alex Rodriguez - Texas 2	.370 .300	149 187	46 57	110 142
2003	NL AL	Albert Pujols - Houston Alex Rodriguez - Texas 3	.359 .298	212 181	43 47	124 118
2004	NL AL	Barry Bonds - San Francisco 3 Manny Ramirez - Boston 2	.362 .308	135 175	45 43	101 130
2005	NL AL	Andruw Jones - Atlanta David Ortiz - Boston	.263 .300	154 180	51 47	128 148
2006	NL AL	Ryan Howard - Philadlephia Derek Jeter - New York	.313 .343	182 214	58 14	149 97