| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| League | Minor League Baseball |
| Awarded for | Player of the Year |
| Country | United States, Canada, Mexico |
| Presented by | USA Today |
| History | |
| First award | 1988 |
| First winner | Mike Harkey |
| Most wins | Andruw Jones (1995, 1996) |
| Most recent | Bobby Witt Jr. (2021) |
Listed below in chronological order are the Minor League Baseball players chosen by USA Today as recipients of the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award. Since 1988, the award has been given annually to the minor-league player who is judged by USA Today baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season. Of the 13 votes cast each year, two votes go to the player selected by fans in online voting at USATODAY.com.[1]
- ^ "Fans like Trout as top minor leaguer". USA TODAY Sports Weekly. USA TODAY. August 31 – September 6, 2011. p. 24.
Mike Trout won the fan poll with 46% of the 3,271 votes cast at USATODAY.com.