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2019 MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER AWARDS

preston gomez Minor League manager of the Year Award
The Preston Gomez Minor League Manager of the Year Award was established in 2009 in memory of a man
who devoted over 65 years of his life to professional baseball. Preston spent his last 28 years in baseball with
the Angels, first as a Major League coach and later as a special assistant to the General Manager. This award
given in his honor is determined by members of the Angels Baseball Operations staff. It recognizes one of the
organization’s seven minor league managers for a standard of excellence in the areas of leadership, player
development and professionalism exhibited throughout the course of the season. Past winners:
2009 — Tom Kotchman 2013 — Denny Hocking 2017 — Hector De La Cruz
2010 — Charlie Romero 2014 — Carson Vitale 2018 — Ryan Barba
2011 — Ty Boykin 2015 — Dave Stapleton 2019 — Jack Howell
2012 — Mike Micucci 2016 — Keith Johnson
KENNY MYERS MEMORIAL mINOR LEAGUE
PLAYER of the Year Award
The Kenny Myers Memorial Award is given each year to the minor league player judged best in the Angels
organization. Myers, who joined the Angels in 1969 as a scout and minor league hitting instructor, died in July,
1972. Past winners:
1972 — Doug Howard (inf) 1997 — Norm Hutchins (of)/Ramon Ortiz (rhp)
1973 — Frank Tanana (lhp) 1998 — Troy Glaus (inf)/Steve Fish (rhp)
1974 — Bruce Bochte (of-1b) 1999 — Larry Barnes (inf)/Scot Shields (rhp)
1975 — Dave Collins (of) 2000 — Gary Johnson (of)/John Lackey (rhp)
1976 — Willie Aikens (1b) 2001 — Jose Fernandez (inf)/ Alfredo Amezaga (def.)
1977 — Rance Mulliniks (inf) 2002 — Robb Quinlan (of)/Jose Molina (c; def.)
1978 — Bob Clark (of) 2003 — Alberto Callaspo (inf)/Dallas McPherson (inf)/
1979 — Mike Bishop (1b) Jeff Mathis (c; def.)
1980 — Daryl Sconiers (1b) 2004 — Dallas McPherson (inf)/Casey Kotchman (inf; def.)
1981 — Tom Brunansky (of) 2005 — Brandon Wood (inf)/Howard Kendrick (inf)/
1982 — Steve Lubratich (inf)/Dick Schofield (inf) Jeff Mathis (c, def.)
1983 — Mike Brown (of) 2006 — Sean Rodriguez (inf)/Jeff Mathis (c, def.)
1984 — Wally Joyner (inf) 2007 — Chris Pettit (of)/Hainley Statia (inf; def.)
1985 — Reggie Montgomery (of) 2008 — Freddy Sandoval (inf)/Efren Navarro (inf; def.)
1986 — Dante Bichette (of)/ Willie Fraser (rhp) 2009 — Alexi Amarista (inf)/Peter Bourjos (of, def.)
1987 — Bryan Harvey (rhp) 2010 — Mark Trumbo (inf)/Gabriel Jacobo (inf; def.)
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1988 — Colin Charland (lhp)/Jeff Manto (inf) 2011 — Kole Calhoun (of)/Efren Navarro (inf; def.)
1989 — Glenn Carter (rhp)/Bobby Rose (inf) 2012 — Kaleb Cowart (inf)/Efren Navarro (inf; def.)
1990 — Marcus Moore (rhp) 2013 — Zach Borenstein (of)/Eric Stamets (inf; def.)
1991 — Don Vidmar (rhp)/Mark Howie (inf) 2014 — Alex Yarbrough (inf)/Jett Bandy (c; def.)
1992 — John Fritz (rhp)/Tim Salmon (of) 2015 — Kaleb Cowart (inf)/Sherman Johnson (inf; def.)
1993 — Mark Sweeney (of)/Bryan Harris (lhp) 2016 — Michael Hermosillo (of)/Jose Briceno (c; def.)
1994 — Todd Greene (c)/Andrew Lorraine (lhp) 2017 — Jahmai Jones (of)/David Fletcher (inf; def.)
1995 — Todd Greene (c)/Jason Dickson (rhp) 2018 — Jo Adell (of)/Brandon Marsh (of; def.)
1996 — Larry Barnes (inf)/Dennis Springer (rhp) 2019 — Jeremiah Jackson (inf)/Brandon Marsh (of; def.)
AARON COX AWARD
The Aaron Cox Award was established in 2018 and is given annually to the minor league player voted as
the best teammate - one who enriches the lives of those around him. This award is for the player who best
exemplifies selflessness, persistence, enthusiasm, and commitment to a well-reasoned process and continued
growth regardless of circumstance and spreads these attri-
butes to all those he touches. Past winners:

2018 — Jeremy Beasley
2019 — Brandon Marsh

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