Awarded to the top designated hitter annually since the DH was implemented in 1973, the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award was renamed for Martinez in 2004. Below is a list of the winner from each season since the award's inception.

Year	Player	Team
2025	Shohei Ohtani	LA Dodgers
2024	Shohei Ohtani	LA Dodgers
2023	Shohei Ohtani	LA Angels
2022	Shohei Ohtani	LA Angels
2021	Shohei Ohtani	LA Angels
2020	Marcell Ozuna	Atlanta
2019	Nelson Cruz	Minnesota
2018	Khris Davis	Oakland
2017	Nelson Cruz	Seattle
2016	David Ortiz	Boston
2015	Kendrys Morales	Kansas City
2014	Victor Martinez	Detroit
2013	David Ortiz	Boston
2012	Billy Butler	Kansas City
2011	David Ortiz	Boston
2010	Vladimir Guerrero	Texas
2009	Adam Lind	Toronto
2008	Aubrey Huff	Baltimore
2007	David Ortiz	Boston
2006	David Ortiz	Boston
2005	David Ortiz	Boston
2004	David Ortiz	Boston
2003	David Ortiz	Boston
2002	Ellis Burks	Cleveland
2001	Edgar Martinez	Seattle
2000	Edgar Martinez	Seattle
1999	Rafael Palmiero	Texas
1998	Edgar Martinez	Seattle
1997	Edgar Martinez	Seattle
1996	Paul Molitor	Minnesota
1995	Edgar Martinez	Seattle
1994	Not awarded
1993	Paul Molitor	Toronto
1992	Dave Winfield	Toronto
1991	Chili Davis	Minnesota
1990	Dave Parker	Milwaukee
1989	Dave Parker	Oakland
1988	Harold Baines	Chicago
1987	Harold Baines	Chicago
1986	Don Baylor	Boston
1985	Don Baylor	New York
1984	Dave Kingman	Oakland
1983	Greg Luzinski	Chicago
1982	Hal McRae	Kansas City
1981	Greg Luzinski	Chicago
1980	Hal McRae	Kansas City
1979	Willie Horton	Seattle
1978	Rusty Staub	Detroit
1977	Jim Rice	Boston
1976	Hal McRae	Kansas City
1975	Willie Horton	Detroit
1974	Tommy Davis	Baltimore
1973	Orlando Cepeda	Boston