On Monday, it was announced that Kansas City Royals star Salvador Perez won Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award.

The award comes with a lot of prestige and is the baseball equivalent of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in the NFL.

The Royals announced the news on social media:

Represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.

Salvador Perez has been named the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award Winner!

While Perez is certainly a worthy winner, his victory means Seattle Mariners shortstop JP Crawford did not win the award. Crawford had earned the Mariners nomination back in September. Each team received a nominee.

At the time of his nomination, the Mariners released a release detailing everything Crawford is involved in. This is part of that release:

During his time in Seattle, Crawford has been a pillar of the community, working directly to build programs that champion youth baseball and softball access, while supporting numerous Mariners initiatives through generous donations and volunteer appearances.

Since 2017, JP has served on the Board of Directors of the Baseball Generations Foundation (BBG)

Even being nominated for the award is a huge achievement for Crawford, who has represented Sailors well since debuted with them in 2019.

A former Gold Glove winner (2020), Crawford will need a renaissance on the field in 2025 if the M’s are to make the playoffs again. He was on the disabled list twice in 2024 and hit just .202.

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