Texas League Player of the Year on Baseball Almanac

Texas League Player of the Year

The Texas League Player of the Year award has been issued annually since 1931 to the most outstanding player from the league. The Texas League stands out as one of the most historic and interesting of all the minor leagues. In over 100 years of operation, the league has produced many notable events, interesting players and colorful personalities.

"(Gus) Gil was the man we wanted. I thought he was a great one." - Cincinnati Reds General Manager Gabe Paul in Baseball Digest (July 1968, 'Blind Man's Buff', Page 74)

Texas League Player of the Year In Chronological Order
Year	Name(s)	Texas League Team
1931	Dizzy Dean	Houston
1932	Hank Greenberg	Beaumont
1933	Zeke Bonura	Dallas
1934	Charlie English	Galveston
1935	Rudy York	Beaumont
1936	Les Mallon	Dallas
1937	Ash Hillin	Oklahoma City
1938	Dizzy Trout	Beaumont
1939	Nick Cullop	Houston
1940	Bob Muncrief	San Antonio
1941	Rip Russell	Tulsa
1942	Dick Wakefield	Beaumont
1943	Not Awarded - WWII	--
1944	Not Awarded - WWII	--
1945	Not Awarded - WWII	--
1946	Hank Schenz	Tulsa
1947	Al Rosen	Oklahoma City
1948	Irv Noren	Ft. Worth
1949	Herb Conyers	Oklahoma City
1950	Gil McDougald	Beaumont
1951	Jim Dyck	San Antonio
1952	Billy Hunter	Ft. Worth
1953	Joe Frazier	Oklahoma City
1954	Frank Kellert	San Antonio
1955	Ray Murray	Dallas
1956	Ken Guettler	Shreveport
1957	Jim Frey	Tulsa
1958	Mike Lutz	Corpus Christi
1959	Carl Warwick	Victoria
1960	Chuck Hiller	Rio Grande Valley
1961	Phil Linz	Amarillo
1962	Cap Peterson	El Paso
1963	Jim Beauchamp	Tulsa
1964	Joe Morgan	San Antonio
1965	Leo Posada	Amarillo
1966	Tommy Hutton	Albuquerque
1967	Nate Colbert	Amarillo
1968	Jim Spencer	El Paso
1968	Bill Sudakis	Albuquerque
1969	Bobby Grich	Dallas / Ft. Worth
1969	Larry Johnson	Dallas / Ft. Worth
1970	Mickey Rivers	El Paso
1971	Enos Cabell	Dallas / Ft. Worth
1972	Randy Elliott	Alexandria
1973	Hector Cruz	Arkansas
1974	John Balaz	El Paso
1975	Gary Alexander	Lafayette
1976	Willie Aikens	El Paso
1977	Karl Pagel	Midland
1978	Bobby Clark	El Paso
1979	Mark Brouhard	El Paso
1980	Tim Leary	Jackson
1981	Steve Sax	San Antonio
1982	Darryl Strawberry	Jackson
1983	Mark Gillaspie	Beaumont
1984	Jim Steels	Beaumont
1985	Billy Jo Robidoux	El Paso
1986	Steve Stanicek	El Paso
1987	Gregg Jefferies	Jackson
1988	Jeff Manto	Midland
1989	Ray Lankford	Arkansas
1990	Henry Rodriguez	San Antonio
1991	John Jaha	El Paso
1992	Troy O'Leary	El Paso
1993	Roberto Petagine	Jackson
1994	Tim Unroe	El Paso
1995	Johnny Damon	Wichita
1996	Bubba Smith	Tulsa
1997	Mike Kinkade	El Paso
1998	Tyrone Horne	Arkansas
1999	Adam Piatt	Midland
2000	Keith Ginter	Round Rock
2001	Jason Lane	Round Rock
2002	Chad Tracy	El Paso
2003	Justin Leone	San Antonio
2004	Ryan Shealy	Tulsa
2005	Andre Ethier	Midland
2006	Alex Gordon	Wichita
2007	Chase Headley	San Antonio
2008	Kila Ka'aihue	Northwest Arkansas
2009	Chris Carter	Midland
2010	Mike Moustakas	Northwest Arkansas
2011	Not Yet Announced^(09-2011)	--
Year	Name(s)	Texas League Team
Texas League Player of the Year

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