Awards Introduction.

Have you ever wondered that except for playoffs and champions, what encourages players to spare no efforts to obtain the best stats?

Well, maybe some awards are able to do that.

1.    Cy Young Award (for Pitchers). : The Cy Young Award is in memory of the pitcher who possessed the most wins in MLB history, Denton True “Cy” Young. The award is honored annually, and each for AL and NL. CYA is considered one of the most majestic award for a pitcher.

#1. Denton True “Cy” Young, wins 511 games in his MLB career.

(Cy is added as his nickname because when he pitched, the ball flied like cyclones).

2.    Silver Slugger Award. (for hitters) : The honor goes to who owns a great hitting score in his position(infielders, outfielders, even pitchers).

#2. Jose Altuve, the Silver Slugger winner of secondbaseman in 2014. He is also the shortest players in MLB, whose height only around 168 centimeters (same as mine haha).

3.   Rawlings Golden Glove Award (Known for Golden Glove, awarded for defense ):

As its name, the award is given to the players who have outstanding fielding performances and abilities. Annually, like Silver Slugger Award, it will be awarded to every position in AL and NL.

#3. Mark Teixeira, the Golden Glove winner of firstbaseman in 2012.

There are still a lot of awards that I did not mention above like Rookie of the Year, Hank Aaron Award and so on. If you are interested about this, just google and find some information!

Funny Clips or splendid performance:

1.    Kevin Pillar:

2.    Mark Teixeira:

Photo sources:

#1.http://www.wallpapermaven.com/cat/sports/Cy-Young-Pitching-21.html

#2.http://m554991.pixnet.net/blog/post/56452296-2014-%E4%BC%91%E5%A3%AB%E9%A0%93%E5%A4%AA%E7%A9%BA%E4%BA%BA%E9%9A%8A-houston-astros-%E5%AD%A3%E5%89%8D%E5%88%86%E6%9E%90

#3.http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/22432556/mark-teixeira-leaves-game-will-sit-a-few-games

Reference:

1.       Cy Young:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy_Young

2.       Silver Slugger Award:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award

3.       Rawlings Golden Glove Award:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlings_Gold_Glove_Award