Major League Baseball today announced finalists for the 2025 Hank Aaron Award, an honor that recognizes the most outstanding regular season offensive performer in each League. At this year’s All-Star Game, MLB celebrated the 51st anniversary of Hank Aaron’s historic 715th record-breaking home run with a special in-game presentation. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the Hank Aaron Award’s introduction, which was established to honor the momentous milestone.
The Hank Aaron Award winners will be announced live from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Thursday, November 13 during a special presentation at the MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards. Former Hank Aaron Award winners Shohei Ohtani (2023-24), Aaron Judge (2022, 2024), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2021) and Christian Yelich (2018-19) are among this year’s finalists. A full list of this year's finalists and rundown of all previous Hank Aaron Award winners can be found here.
A committee of MLB.com journalists reviewed the top offensive statistics, accomplishments, and performances of the regular season to determine the ten finalists for each league. MLB legends and past recipients of the prestigious award comprise the renowned panel that each cast votes for their choices for the honor. The distinguished group includes: 2006 and 2009 Hank Aaron Award winner Derek Jeter; 2005 and 2016 Hank Aaron Award winner David Ortiz; 2003 and 2009 Hank Aaron Award winner Albert Pujols; Ken Griffey Jr.; Chipper Jones; Pedro Martínez; John Smoltz; Johnny Bench; Craig Biggio; Eddie Murray; and Robin Yount.
Fans also have the opportunity to cast their vote on who should receive this distinguished award by voting from the list of finalists in each the American League and National League through MLB.com/aaron. The voting window begins today at noon and runs through Sunday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
The Hank Aaron Award was introduced in 1999 to honor the 25th Anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record, and, at that time, was the first major award introduced by Major League Baseball in more than 25 years.