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The 2009 season marked the opening of two new stadiums, both in New York City; Citi Field for the Mets and the new Yankee Stadium for the Yankees. They respectively replaced Shea Stadium (which was dismantled during the 2008–09 offseason) and the original Yankee Stadium (which became a public park after its demolition).
The 2009 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2009 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series .
Offensive awards include the Silver Slugger Award and the Hank Aaron Award, while the Cy Young Award and Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award recognize pitching; the Rawlings Gold Glove Award is given for fielding. The newest award is the All-MLB Team, introduced in 2019 to honor the best players at each position across all of MLB. [3]
The Danville Braves win the 2009 MiLBY award for the best Short-Season Team, and the San Jose Giants are named the best Class A Advanced Team. The Akron Aeros earn MLB.com's Double-A team of the Year honors, and the Durham Bulls are named MLB.com's Triple-A Minor League Team of the Year. The New York Mets sign reliever Kelvim Escobar to a one ...
In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, MLB allowed National League teams to use a designated hitter, so an NL DH received a Silver Slugger Award for the first time. [10] In 2022, MLB permanently allowed both leagues to use the DH. That year also saw the introduction of the Utility Player Award. Home run record-holder Barry Bonds [11] won 12 Silver ...
Each award receives 30 votes. As expected, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is a finalist for NL MVP. following his 50-50 season , the first in baseball history, with 54 home runs and ...
Dates for other awards. Nov. 14: All-MLB teams, Hank Aaron awards (best overall offensive performer in each league), Rivera/Hoffman reliever of the year awards, Edgar Martinez outstanding ...
Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award (in MLB) 1; Majestic Athletic Always Game Award (in MLB) 1; Esurance MLB Awards [20] (formerly "This Year in Baseball Awards" (2002–2009) and then the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) (2010–2014))¹: voting by fans, media, front-office personnel, former players, and SABR