Chicago Cubs award winners and league leaders

This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Chicago Cubs professional baseball team.

Awards

World Series Most Valuable Player

• 2016 – Ben Zobrist^[1]

League Championship Series Most Valuable Player

• 2016 – Javier Báez & Jon Lester

Most Valuable Player

• 1911 – Frank Schulte
• 1929 – Rogers Hornsby
• 1935 – Gabby Hartnett
• 1945 – Phil Cavarretta
• 1952 – Hank Sauer
• 1958 – Ernie Banks
• 1959 – Ernie Banks
• 1984 – Ryne Sandberg
• 1987 – Andre Dawson
• 1998 – Sammy Sosa
• 2016 – Kris Bryant

Cy Young

• 1971 – Ferguson Jenkins
• 1979 – Bruce Sutter
• 1984 – Rick Sutcliffe
• 1992 – Greg Maddux
• 2015 – Jake Arrieta

Rookie of the Year

• 1961 – Billy Williams
• 1962 – Ken Hubbs
• 1989 – Jerome Walton
• 1998 – Kerry Wood
• 2008 – Geovany Soto
• 2015 – Kris Bryant

Gold Glove Award

• Pitcher
  • Greg Maddux (1990, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005)
  • Bobby Shantz (1964)
• Catcher
  • Jody Davis (1986)
  • Randy Hundley (1967)
• First base
  • Mark Grace (1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)
  • Derrek Lee (2005, 2007)
  • Anthony Rizzo (2016)
• Second base
  • Darwin Barney (2012)
  • Glenn Beckert (1968)
  • Ken Hubbs (1962)
  • Ryne Sandberg (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
• Shortstop
  • Ernie Banks (1960)
  • Don Kessinger (1969, 1970)
• Third base
  • Ron Santo (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968)
• Outfield
  • Andre Dawson (1987, 1988)
  • Bob Dernier (1984)
  • Jason Heyward (2016)

Platinum Glove Award

• 2016 – Anthony Rizzo

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award

• Pitcher
  • none
• Catcher
  • none
• First baseman
  • Anthony Rizzo (2016)
• Second baseman
  • Darwin Barney (2012, 2013)
• Shortstop
  • none
• Third baseman
  • none
• Outfielder
  • none

Silver Slugger Award

• Pitcher
  • Jake Arrieta (2016)
  • Carlos Zambrano (2006, 2008, 2009)
• Catcher
  • Michael Barrett (2005)
• First baseman
  • Derrek Lee (2005)
  • Anthony Rizzo (2016)
• Second baseman
  • Ryne Sandberg (1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
• Shortstop
  • none
• Third baseman
  • Aramis Ramírez (2011)
• Outfielder
  • Andre Dawson (1987)
  • Leon Durham (1982)
  • Sammy Sosa (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

Manager of the Year

• 1984 – Jim Frey
• 1989 – Don Zimmer
• 2008 – Lou Piniella
• 2015 – Joe Maddon

Hank Aaron Award (NL)

• 2016 – Kris Bryant

MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards"

Note: These awards are voted on by five groups for all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not one per league).

Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015.

"This Year in Baseball Awards" Starting Pitcher of the Year

• 2015 – Jake Arrieta

"This Year in Baseball Awards" Rookie of the Year

• 2015 – Kris Bryant

"Esurance MLB Awards" Best Breakout Player

• 2015 – Jake Arrieta

"This Year in Baseball Awards" Manager of the Year

• 2015 – Joe Maddon

National League Championship Series MVP Award

See: National League Championship Series#Most Valuable Player Award

• 2016 – Javier Baez and Jon Lester

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

• Ernie Banks — voted by MLB fans as the most outstanding player in the history of the franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value

Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Player

• 1998 – Sammy Sosa

Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Pitcher

• 2016 – Kyle Hendricks

Baseball America Rookie of the Year Award

Main article: Baseball America Rookie of the Year (in MLB)

• 2015 – Kris Bryant

Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Rookie

Main article: Players Choice Awards Rookie of the Year

• 1998 – Kerry Wood
• 2008 – Geovany Soto
• 2015 – Kris Bryant

Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year Award

• 2015 – Kris Bryant

Players Choice Awards Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award

• 1999 – Sammy Sosa

Team award

• 1876 – National League pennant
• 1880
• 1881
• 1882
• 1885
• 1886
• 1906
• 1907
• 1907 – World Series championship
• 1908
• 1908 – World Series championship
• 1910
• 1918
• 1929
• 1932
• 1935
• 1938
• 1945
• 2016 – Warren C. Giles Trophy (National League championship)
• 2016 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series)

Baseball America Organization of the Year

• 2016 – Chicago Cubs

Team records

Other achievements

Baseball Hall of Famers

See: Chicago Cubs#Baseball Hall of Famers

Retired numbers

See: Chicago Cubs#Retired numbers

Best Breakthrough Athlete ESPY Award

• 2016 – Jake Arrieta

NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame

• 1994 – Harry Caray

Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame

Ernie Banks Glenn Beckert Jack Brickhouse Bill Campbell Harry Caray Phil Cavarretta Frank Chance Andre Dawson Paddy Driscoll Johnny Evers Charlie Grimm Stan Hack Gabby Hartnett

Billy Herman Ken Holtzman Randy Hundley Ferguson Jenkins Yosh Kawano Bob Kennedy Don Kessinger John Klippstein Fred Lindstrom Frank Maloney Bill Nicholson Andy Pafko

Ryne Sandberg Scott Sanderson Ron Santo Hank Sauer Bob Shaw Tim Stoddard Joe Tinker William Veeck, Sr. Billy Williams Bert Wilson Hack Wilson Philip K. Wrigley

See also

• List of MLB awards
• Baseball awards#United States

References

1. Matt Snyder (November 3, 2016). "Why World Series MVP Ben Zobrist had one of the biggest hits in baseball history". www.cbssports.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.