This year's Man of the Year, Albert Pujols
Since 1971, Major League Baseball has given out the Roberto Clemente Award (originally called the Commissioner's Award) to a player who has performed above expectations on the field, and has made significant contributions in the community.
Following the tragic death of Roberto Clemente, who was killed in a plane crash on his way to Nicaragua to help the victims of an earthquake on New Year’s Eve, 1972, the award was renamed. The final hit of Clemente's career was his 3,000th and in his final year in the majors hit .312.
| 1971 | Willie Mays |
| 1972 | Brooks Robinson |
| 1973 | Al Kaline |
| 1974 | Willie Stargell |
| 1975 | Lou Brock |
| 1976 | Pete Rose |
| 1977 | Rod Carew |
| 1978 | Greg Luzinski |
| 1979 | Andre Thornton |
| 1980 | Phil Niekro |
| 1981 | Steve Garvey |
| 1982 | Ken Singleton |
| 1983 | Cecil Cooper |
| 1984 | Ron Guidry |
| 1985 | Don Baylor |
| 1986 | Garry Maddox |
| 1987 | Rick Sutcliffe |
| 1988 | Dale Murphy |
| 1989 | Gary Carter |
| 1990 | Dave Stewart |
| 1991 | Harold Reynolds |
| 1992 | Cal Ripken, Jr. |
| 1993 | Barry Larkin |
| 1994 | Dave Winfield |
| 1995 | Ozzie Smith |
| 1996 | Kirby Puckett |
| 1997 | Eric Davis |
| 1998 | Sammy Sosa |
| 1999 | Sammy Sosa |
| 2000 | Al Leiter |
| 2001 | Curt Schilling |
| 2002 | Jim Thome |
| 2003 | Jamie Moyer |
| 2004 | Edgar Martinez |
| 2005 | John Smoltz |
| 2006 | Carlos Delgado |
| 2007 | Craig Biggio |
| 2008 | Albert Pujols |