The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both on the field and off it. The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor of Gehrig, who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University. It was first presented in 1955, fourteen years after Gehrig's death. The award's purpose is to recognize a player's exemplary contributions in "both his community and philanthropy." The bestowal of the award is overseen by the headquarters of the Phi Delta Theta in Oxford, Ohio, and the name of each winner is inscribed onto the Lou Gehrig Award plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It is the only MLB award conferred by a fraternity.

Twenty-eight winners of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The inaugural winner was Alvin Dark. Curt Schilling (1995) and Shane Victorino (2008) received the award for working with the ALS Association and raising money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The disease took Gehrig's life and is eponymously known as "Lou Gehrig's disease". Mike Timlin won the award in 2007 for his efforts in raising awareness and finding a cure for ALS, which took his mother's life in 2002.

Winners of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award have undertaken a variety of different causes. Many winners, including Rick Sutcliffe, Barry Larkin, Mark McGwire, Todd Stottlemyre and Derek Jeter, worked with children in need. Jeter assisted children and teenagers in avoiding drug and alcohol addiction through his Turn 2 Foundation, while Sutcliffe visited disabled children in hospitals and bestowed college scholarships to underprivileged juveniles through his foundation. Other winners devoted their work to aiding individuals who had a specific illness, such as Albert Pujols, whose daughter suffers from Down syndrome, and who devoted the Pujols Family Foundation to helping those with the disorder, and Ryan Zimmerman, who established the ziMS Foundation to raise money for multiple sclerosis, the disease which afflicts his mother.

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Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player	Name of the player
Team	The player's team at the time he won the award
Position	The player's position at the time he won the award
†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
‡	Player is active

Winners

Year	Player	Team	Position	Ref
1955	Alvin Dark	New York Giants	Shortstop
1956	Pee Wee Reese	Brooklyn Dodgers	Shortstop
1957	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
1958	Gil McDougald	New York Yankees	Second baseman
1959	Gil Hodges	Los Angeles Dodgers	First baseman
1960	Dick Groat	Pittsburgh Pirates	Shortstop
1961	Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	Pitcher
1962	Robin Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher
1963	Bobby Richardson	New York Yankees	Second baseman
1964	Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	Third baseman
1965	Vern Law	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher
1966	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	Third baseman
1967	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	First baseman
1968	Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	Outfielder
1969	Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	Outfielder
1970	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	Outfielder
1971	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	Outfielder
1972	Wes Parker	Los Angeles Dodgers	First baseman
1973	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	Third baseman
1974	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	First baseman
1975	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	Catcher
1976	Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher
1977	Lou Brock	St. Louis Cardinals	Outfielder
1978	Don Kessinger	Chicago White Sox	Shortstop
1979	Phil Niekro	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher
1980	Tony Pérez	Boston Red Sox	First baseman
1981	Tommy John	New York Yankees	Pitcher
1982	Ron Cey	Los Angeles Dodgers	Third baseman
1983	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	Third baseman
1984	Steve Garvey	San Diego Padres	First baseman
1985	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	Outfielder
1986	George Brett	Kansas City Royals	Third baseman
1987	Rick Sutcliffe	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher
1988	Buddy Bell	Houston Astros	Third baseman
1989	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals	Shortstop
1990	Glenn Davis	Houston Astros	First baseman
1991	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins	First baseman
1992	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	Shortstop
1993	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees	First baseman
1994	Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	Shortstop
1995	Curt Schilling	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher
1996	Brett Butler	Los Angeles Dodgers	Outfielder
1997	Paul Molitor	Minnesota Twins	Designated hitter
1998	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Padres	Outfielder
1999	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
2000	Todd Stottlemyre	Arizona Diamondbacks	Pitcher
2001	John Franco	New York Mets	Pitcher
2002	Danny Graves	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher
2003	Jamie Moyer	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher
2004	Jim Thome	Philadelphia Phillies	First baseman
2005	John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher
2006	Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres	Pitcher
2007	Mike Timlin	Boston Red Sox	Pitcher
2008	Shane Victorino	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman
2010	Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	Shortstop
2011	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington Nationals	Third baseman
2012	Barry Zito	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher
2013	Josh Hamilton	Los Angeles Angels	Outfielder
2014	Adrián Beltré	Texas Rangers	Third baseman
2015	Curtis Granderson	New York Mets	Outfielder
2016	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros	Second baseman
2017	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	First baseman
2018	Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians	Pitcher
2019	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants	Catcher
2020	Stephen Piscotty	Oakland Athletics	Outfielder
2021	Salvador Pérez	Kansas City Royals	Catcher
2022	Brandon Crawford	San Francisco Giants	Shortstop
2023	Paul Goldschmidt	St. Louis Cardinals	First baseman

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