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How Konnor Griffin Compares To Every Baseball America MiLB Player Of The Year Since 1981


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Konnor Griffin (Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Baseball America has been awarding a MiLB Player of the Year honors since 1981. In the 45 times we’ve handed out the award, we have honored multiple Hall of Famers (Derek Jeter, Frank Thomas and Joe Mauer) as well as future Hall of Famers such as Mike Trout.

Scan across today’s MLB rosters, and you’ll see it’s an award that’s been given to many of the game’s biggest stars, with Bobby Witt Jr., Gunnar Henderson, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Ronald Acuña among past winners.

So, to commemorate the announcement of Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin as our latest MiLB Player of the Year, we wanted to give our readers useful trip down memory lane. In addition to listing out all of our past winners, we’ve also included the statistics from each award-winning season, so you can compare how Griffin stacks up historically.

We’ve broken up the statistic tables into hitters and pitchers, beginning with Mike Marshall all the way back in 1981.

MiLB Player Of The Year Hitting Statistics

YearPlayerPOSORGAGEAVGOBPSLGABR2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCS1981Mike Marshall1BDodgers21.373.445.6784671142573413757802181982Ron KittleOFWhite Sox24.345.442.75247212122105014474109531985José CansecoOFAthletics20.333.424.6494448826336127701211101986Gregg JefferiesSSMets18.353.401.5495219632111611144415791987Gregg JefferiesSSMets19.367.423.5985108148520101494326101989Sandy Alomar Jr.CPadres23.306.358.47452388338131014258311990Frank Thomas1BWhite Sox22.323.487.58135385275187111274751991Derek BellOFBlue Jays22.346.424.5324578922121393576927131992Tim SalmonOFAngels23.347.469.6724091013842910591103971993Manny RamirezOFGuardians21.333.417.6134891054403111572103331994Derek JeterSSYankees20.344.410.463540103271156858615081995Andruw JonesOFBraves18.277.372.512537104415251007012256111996Andruw JonesOFBraves19.339.421.6524451152753492609730101997Paul Konerko3B/1BDodgers21.323.407.62148397311371276461231998Eric Chavez3BAthletics20.327.388.6035291044513312654931472002Rocco BaldelliOFRays20.331.370.521478862831971239726132003Joe MauerCTwins20.338.398.434509733025854949302005Delmon YoungOFRays19.315.354.527558922672699299932122006Alex Gordon3BRoyals22.325.427.58848611139129101721132232007Jay BruceOFReds20.319.375.58752187468268947135872008Matt WietersCOrioles22.355.454.6004378822227918276222009Jason HeywardOFBraves20.323.408.55536269254176351511012011Mike TroutOFAngels19.326.414.5443538218131138457633102012Wil MyersOFRoyals21.314.387.600522982663710961140632013Byron BuxtonOFTwins19.334.424.520488109191812777610555192014Kris Bryant3BCubs22.325.438.66149211834143110861621542016Yoan Moncada2BRed Sox21.294.407.5114059431615627212445122017Ronald AcuñaOFBraves19.325.374.5225578831821824314444202018Vladimir Guerrero Jr.3BBlue Jays19.381.437.6363576729120783738332019Gavin LuxSSDodgers21.347.421.607458992582676611021062021Bobby Witt Jr.SSRoyals21.290.361.5754979935433975113129112022Gunnar HendersonSSOrioles20.297.416.5314071012471976791162232023Jackson HollidaySSOrioles19.323.442.49947711330912751011182492024Kristian Campbell2B/SSRed Sox21.330.439.558430943232077741032482025Konnor GriffinSSPirates19.333.415.5274841172342194501226513

And here are the statistics for the pitchers who were our Player of the Year.

MiLB Player Of The Year Pitching Statistics

YrPlayerPosORGAGEWLERAIPHRERHRBBSO1983Dwight GoodenRHPMets181942.501911215853111123001984Mike BieleckiRHPPirates241932.97188162706211881621988Tom GordonRHPRoyals201651.551869636324752631999Rick AnkielLHPCardinals191332.351389843369621942000Jon RauchLHPWhite Sox211642.66166138674914491872001Josh BeckettRHPMarlins211411.541408229248342032004Jeff FrancisRHPRockies231632.21155108423812291962010Jeremy HellicksonRHPRays23922.421147235318291322015Blake SnellRHPRays231541.41134842421753163

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Why Lanto Griffin might’ve been the biggest winner at Procore Championship

The biggest winner at the Procore Championship?

One could argue that it wasnâ€t Scottie Scheffler but rather Lanto Griffin.

For Scheffler, his victory in Napa, in what was merely a Ryder Cup tune-up, marked his sixth of the year. But for the 37-year-old Griffin, he closed in 7-under 65 Sunday to finish solo third and subsequently vault 42 spots in FedExCup points, to No. 100 on the dot.

This is significant, of course, because for the first time ever, only the top 100 finishers in points after the fall will retain full PGA Tour status. Griffin failed to keep his card last year and needed to medal at Q-School last December just to hold onto his full-time job. With six tournaments remaining – Griffin is hopeful to now qualify for the limited-field Baycurrent Classic in Japan – he has greatly improved his chances of remaining on the PGA Tour.

“Obviously, you want to win,†Griffin said, “but keeping your job – went to Q-School last year and somehow won, kind of extended the life, and this week, it all came together. Came up a little bit short. Kind of wish Scottie wasnâ€t here, but I know all the fans enjoyed it. Just proud of myself…

“Still got a lot of work to do this fall, but this a good little boost, a reminder that Iâ€m still pretty good.â€

Griffin had posted only one top-10 finish before Procore, a T-9 at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January. He experienced a rough spell starting in March, missing eight of nine weekends. That stretch included a withdrawal from the Corales Puntacana Championship after Griffinâ€s body “completely locked up,†he says; Griffin had back surgery in July 2022.

Griffinâ€s physical issues stemmed from lack of weight training, and swing wise, Griffin says, he was working hard on the wrong things. So, in late May, he began seeing both instructor Todd Anderson, whom heâ€d worked with before, and performance coach Alex Bennett, both based out of TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where Griffin lives.

It took until a few weeks after his T-23 at Wyndham for Griffin to feel comfortable with his game.

“My work ethic hasnâ€t changed,†Griffin said. “I kind of went down the wrong path, and it went backwards. … Itâ€s crazy when you work on some wrong stuff, it actually feels so wrong to do it right.â€

The next fall event, the Sanderson Farms Championship, isnâ€t until after the Ryder Cup, which begins a week from Friday.

Hereâ€s a look at other players who, like Griffin, are around the top-100 bubble and will enter that event with some momentum:

Rico Hoey: Tied for ninth in Napa, his sixth top-12 finish of the year, to go from No. 106 to No. 91. He finished No. 86 in points last season as a rookie, and despite ranking second on Tour in strokes gained tee to green, his putter (165th) has him fighting to keep his card.

Isaiah Salinda: The rookie climbed from No. 104 to No. 97 after tying for 13th at Procore. He was No. 64 in points after his T-8 at the Zurich Classic, but he hadnâ€t had anything better than T-35 since until Napa.

Ricky Castillo: Another rookie, whose T-30 finish at Procore bumped him from No. 116 to No. 113; not much, but heâ€s now further inside that top 125, which will at least ensure conditional status.

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