New York Yankees star Aaron Judge has won Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy. Judge was to be presented the award before Game 3 of the World Series. He is the fourth Yankees player to receive the honor after Ron Guidry, Don Baylor and Derek Jeter.
New York Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka is congratulated by Aaron Judge, right, after scoring the go-ahead run off a single by Estevan Florial during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. PHOENIX — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge won Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy on Monday.
A five-time All-Star and the 2022 American League MVP, Judge established his All Rise Foundation in 2018. It supports youth in New York and in California’s San Joaquin and Fresno counties, near his home. Clemente, a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1972, while delivering aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
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