This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Atlanta Braves professional baseball franchise, including its years in Boston (1871–1952) and Milwaukee (1953–1965). The awards are MLB-designated and other outside groups such as national press writers and national commercial product manufacturers.
Award winners
Most Valuable Player Note: This was renamed the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award in 1944.
Johnny Evers (1914), Bos, 2B Bob Elliott (1947), Bos, 3b Hank Aaron (1957), Mil, OF Dale Murphy (1982, 1983), Atl, OF Terry Pendleton (1991), Atl, 3B Chipper Jones (1999), Atl, 3B Freddie Freeman (2020), Atl, 1B Ronald Acuña Jr. (2023), Atl, OF
Cy Young Award Warren Spahn (1957) Tom Glavine (1991, 1998) Greg Maddux (1993, 1994, 1995) John Smoltz (1996) Chris Sale (2024)
Jackie Robinson, Rookie of the Year Award
Note: Formerly called Rookie of the Year Award by the MLB before 1987 Earl Williams C (1971) Bob Horner 3B (1978) David Justice OF (1990) Rafael Furcal SS (2000) Craig Kimbrel CP (2011) Ronald Acuña Jr. OF (2018) Michael Harris II OF (2022) Drake Baldwin C (2025)
Manager of the Year Award See footnoteIn 1936, The Sporting News began The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award. (In 1986, TSN expanded the award to one for each league.) In 1959, the Associated Press began its AP Manager of the Year Award, which was discontinued in 2001. (From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of MLB.) In 1983, MLB began its own Manager of the Year Award (in each league). In 1998, Baseball Prospectus added a Manager of the Year award to its "Internet Baseball Awards" (one per league). In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Charles Isham "C. I." Taylor Legacy Award for "Managers of the Year". In 2003, MLB added a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB) to its This Year in Baseball Awards. In 2007, the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh began its Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award (for all of MLB). (In 2010, it began a separate Chuck Tanner Collegiate Baseball Manager of the Year Award.) Baseball America also has a Manager of the Year award (for all of MLB). USA Today has a Manager of the Year award (one per league). Bobby Cox (1991, 2004, 2005) Brian Snitker (2018)
Platinum Glove Award Note: This award is given to the best defensive player in each league.
Andrelton Simmons SS (2013)
Gold Glove Award Del Crandall C (1958-1960, 1962) Hank Aaron OF (1958-1960) Joe Torre C (1965) Clete Boyer 3B (1969) Félix Millán 2B (1969, 1972) Phil Niekro SP (1978-1980, 1982, 1983) Dale Murphy OF (1982-1986) Terry Pendleton 3B (1992) Greg Maddux SP (1993-2002) Marquis Grissom CF (1995, 1996) Andruw Jones CF (1998-2007) Mike Hampton SP (2003) Jeff Francoeur OF (2007) Jason Heyward OF (2012, 2014) Andrelton Simmons SS (2013, 2014) Ender Inciarte OF (2016-2018) Freddie Freeman 1B (2018) Nick Markakis OF (2018) Max Fried SP (2020-2022) Adam Duvall OF (2021) Dansby Swanson SS (2022) Chris Sale P (2024) Matt Olson 1B (2025)
Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year Award
Michael Bourn (NL 2012) Jason Heyward (MLB 2014) Andrelton Simmons (MLB 2015)
Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award
Note: In its first two years, the award was given to a player on each MLB team; one awardee was then named the Overall Defensive Player of the Year for the American League and another for the National League. Starting in 2014, the award is now given to one player at each position for all of Major League Baseball; one of the nine awardees is then named the Overall Defensive Player of the Year for all of Major League Baseball. Team (National League)
Michael Bourn (2012)
Andrelton Simmons (2013) Shortstop (in MLB)
Andrelton Simmons (2014, 2015) Right fielder (in MLB)
Jason Heyward (2014, 2015) First base (in MLB)
Freddie Freeman (2018, 2019)
Silver Slugger Award
Dale Murphy OF (1982–85) Ron Gant OF (1991) Tom Glavine SP (1991, 1995–96, 1998) David Justice OF (1993) Fred McGriff 1B (1993) Jeff Blauser SS (1997) John Smoltz SP(1997) Chipper Jones 3B (1999-00) Mike Hampton SP (2003) Javy López C (2003) Gary Sheffield OF (2003) Johnny Estrada C (2004) Andruw Jones CF (2005) Brian McCann C (2006, 2008–11) Justin Upton OF (2014) Ronald Acuña Jr. OF (2019, 2023) Ozzie Albies 2B (2019, 2021) Freddie Freeman 1B (2019, 2021) Marcell Ozuna OF (2020) Max Fried SP (2021) Austin Riley 3B (2021, 2023) Matt Olson 1B (2023)
Hank Aaron Award
Andruw Jones (2005) Freddie Freeman (2020) Ronald Acuña, Jr. (2023)
Edgar Martínez Award
Marcell Ozuna (2020)
MLB Delivery Man of the Year Award
Craig Kimbrel (2013)
Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award Craig Kimbrel (2014)
Comeback Player of the Year Award
Davey Johnson (1973) Lonnie Smith (1989) Terry Pendleton (1991) Andrés Galarraga (2000) Javy López (2003) Tim Hudson (2010) Josh Donaldson (2019) Ronald Acuña Jr. (2025)
All-MLB Team
Freddie Freeman (2019–21) Ronald Acuña Jr. (2019–20, 2023) Michael Soroka (2019) Marcell Ozuna (2020) Max Fried (2020–22) Ozzie Albies (2021, 2023) Austin Riley (2021, 2023) Matt Olson (2023) Spencer Strider (2023) Chris Sale (2024)
MLB "This Year in Baseball Awards" See: Note: These awards were renamed the "GIBBY Awards" in 2010 and then the "Esurance MLB Awards" in 2015. Note: Voted by five groups as the best in all of Major League Baseball (i.e., not two awards, one for each league).
"This Year in Baseball Awards" Pitcher of the Year See footnoteMLB appears to have dropped the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award as an official MLB award, after the 2006 season. Relief Man Award winners (1976-2006). Awards (The Official Site of MLB's Honors and Accolades). MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLB.com). Retrieved 2010-06-09. Established in 1976, it does not appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. 2010 Awards. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2011-08-21. The MLB Delivery Man of the Year Award (initially sponsored by DHL) was first given in 2005 and does appear on the MLB.com awards page for the most recent completed season. Prior to both awards, in 1960, The Sporting News established its Fireman of the Year Award, to recognize the best closer from each league. In 2001, the award was broadened to include all relievers and was re-named The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award. In 2002, MLB began its This Year in Baseball Awards (TYIB Awards) (for all of MLB, not for each league), including Pitcher of the Year and Setup Man of the Year. In 2004, a Closer of the Year category was added and "Pitcher of the Year" was re-named "Starting Pitcher of the Year". In or about 2000, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum began its Hilton Smith Legacy Award for "Relievers of the Year". John Smoltz (2002)Starting Pitcher of the Year Award. Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-09-05. Note: Smoltz was a closer in 2002, but the inaugural 2002 TYIB Awards had only two pitching awards: Pitcher of the Year and Setup Man of the Year. In 2004, a Closer of the Year category was added and "Pitcher of the Year" was re-named "Starting Pitcher of the Year".
"GIBBY Awards" Closer of the Year See footnote Craig Kimbrel (2013)
"This Year in Baseball Awards" Setup Pitcher of the Year See footnote Chris Hammond (2002)Setup Man of the Year Award. Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
"GIBBY Awards" Best Defensive Player Andrelton Simmons (2014)
Roberto Clemente Award Phil Niekro (1980) Dale Murphy (1988) John Smoltz (2005)
NL All-Stars
Aaron, Hank, OF, 1966–72, 74; 1B, 1973 Acuña Jr., Ronald, CF, 2019, 2021–2023, 2025 Albies, Ozzie, 2B, 2018, 2021, 2023 Arcia, Orlando, SS, 2023 Blauser, Jeff, SS, 1997 Capra, Buzz, SP, 1974 Carty, Rico, LF, 1970 Cepeda, Orlando, 1B, 1967 Contreras, William, C, 2022 d'Arnaud, Travis, C, 2022 Elder, Bryce, SP, 2023 Foltynewicz, Mike, SP, 2018 Freeman, Freddie, 1B, 2018–19, 2021 Fried, Max, SP, 2022, 2024 Furcal, Rafael, SS, 2003 Galarraga, Andrés, 1B, 2000 Gant, Ron, DH, 1995 Glavine, Tom, SP, 1991–92 Inciarte, Ender, CF, 2017 Jones, Chipper, 3B, 1996, 1998, 2000–01, 2008 Justice, David, RF, 1993–94 López, Javy, C, 1997–98, 2003 López, Reynaldo, SP, 2024 Maddux, Greg, SP, 1994, 1997–98 Markakis, Nick, RF, 2018 Mathews, Eddie, 3B, 1953, 1955–62 McCann, Brian, C, 2011 McGriff, Fred, 1B, 1995–96 Millán, Félix, 2B, 1969–71 Murphy, Dale, RF, 1982–83 Murphy, Sean, C, 2023 Olson, Matt, 1B, 2023, 2025 Ozuna, Marcell, DH, 2024 Prado, Martin, 2B, 2010 Pendleton, Terry, 3B, 1992 Riley, Austin, 3B, 2022–23 Sale, Chris, SP, 2024–25 Smoltz, John, SP, 1996 Strider, Spencer, SP, 2023 Swanson, Dansby, SS, 2022 Torre, Joe, C, 1966–67 Uggla, Dan, 2B, 2012 Weiss, Walt, SS, 1998 Infante, Omar, Util, 2010
World Series MVP Lew Burdette (1957) Tom Glavine (1995) Jorge Soler (2021)
National League Championship Series MVP Steve Avery (1991) John Smoltz (1992) Mike Devereaux (1995) Javy López (1996) Eddie Pérez (1999) Eddie Rosario (2021)
All-Star Game MVP Note: This was re-named the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002. Fred McGriff (1994) Brian McCann (2010)
Major League Baseball All-Century Team () Hank Aaron Rogers Hornsby Babe Ruth Warren Spahn Cy Young
DHL Hometown Heroes (2006) Note: The nominees were: Chipper Jones, Phil Niekro, John Smoltz, and Warren Spahn. Hank Aaron — 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
Major League Baseball All-Time Team Note: Brought about by Baseball Writers' Association of America in Hank Aaron: Right-field runner up behind Babe Ruth Warren Spahn: Left-handed starting pitcher runner up behind Sandy Koufax Babe Ruth: Right-field winner Rogers Hornsby: Second base winner Cy Young: Right-handed starting pitcher runner up behind Walter Johnson Casey Stengel: Manager winner
Baseball's 100 Greatest Players (1998; The Sporting News) See footnoteBaseball's 100 Greatest Players (The Sporting News). Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2010-09-23. Hank Aaron 5th Warren Spahn 21st Greg Maddux 39th Eddie Mathews 63rd
Baseball Prospectus "Internet Baseball Awards" Team of the Decade (1999) See: Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards#Team of the Decade (1990–1999) Rotation (top 5 starting pitchers): Greg Maddux, Cubs–Braves Tom Glavine, Braves Pitcher of the Decade: Greg Maddux, Cubs–Braves
Players Choice Awards Player of the Year Note: Awarded by fellow major-league players as the Player of the Year in Major League Baseball (not one for each league). Andruw Jones (2005)
Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Player Chipper Jones (1999) Andruw Jones (2005)
Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Pitcher Greg Maddux (1994, 1995, 1998) John Smoltz (1996)
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award (NL)
See footnote John Smoltz (2002) Craig Kimbrel (2012)
Baseball America Rookie of the Year Note: Awarded as the Rookie of the Year in Major League Baseball (not one for each league).
2000 – Rafael Furcal 2010 – Jason Heyward
Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Rookie Chipper Jones (1995) Rafael Furcal (2000) Craig Kimbrel (2011) Ronald Acuña Jr. (2018)
Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year Award
Note: In 1961 and from 1963 to 2003, the award was split into two categories (in each league): Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Rookie Player of the Year. Also, for the first three years (1946–1948) and in 1950, there was only one award, for all of MLB. Carl Willey (1958) Earl Williams (1971; Rookie Player of the Year) Bob Horner (1978; Rookie Player of the Year) Steve Bedrosian (1982; Rookie Pitcher of the Year) Craig McMurtry (1983; Rookie Pitcher of the Year) David Justice (1990; Rookie Player of the Year) Rafael Furcal (2000; Rookie Player of the Year) Jason Heyward (2010) Craig Kimbrel (2011) Michael Harris II (2022)
USA Today NL Top Rookie Craig Kimbrel (2011)
Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards NL Rookie of the Year
Craig Kimbrel (2011)
Baseball America All-Rookie Team