CHICAGO – Chicago White Sox right-handed pitcher Liam Hendriks has been named the American League Comeback Player honoree in the 2023 Players Choice Awards. The Players Choice Awards are presented by the Major League Baseball Players Association and voted on by players from each league.

Hendriks, 34, returned to the White Sox active roster in May and appeared in five games after battling non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Hendriks revealed his cancer diagnosis and began treatment in January, and completed treatment and announced he was cancer free in April. He went 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA (3 ER/5.0 IP), one save and three strikeouts this season before undergoing ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery in August.

Hendriks was named the White Sox nominee for the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award, his third consecutive nomination. He helped raise nearly $130,000 for lymphoma research through the sale of “Close Out Cancer” t-shirts, and visited with cancer patients and their families throughout the regular season, both at Guaranteed Rate Field and on the road.