The National Pitcher of the Year Award: The ultimate guide and history

North Carolina Pravák Jake Knapp won the National Pit of National Jug Award of 2025.

He is the 16th recipient of the Award and First Tar Heels, who won it after publishing the 14-0-best record in baseball-A 2.02 Era. After missing the 2024 season due to the tears of UCL in his right arm, the graduate senior was appointed ACC Pitcher of the Year and received the selection of the first All-ACC team.

Here is some history of the National Pitcher of the Year.

National Pitch of the Year: What is it?

Since 2009, the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) has been awarding the top nation’s top pitch every year.

Straight Major League baseball (MLB), it is a university baseball version of MLB CY Young Award.

The winner of the award is usually announced around mid -June, in the last few years during the Men’s College World Series series. In recent years, the recipient has been introduced at the annual Night of Champions CBF event in Lubbock, Texas, along with the Brooks Wallace Award, John Olerud Award, the Bertman Award and others.

Award College Baseball Awards: History of the Golden Spikes Award

National Jug of the Year: What came before him?

As long as the National Pitcher of the Year was introduced, the award was known as the Roger Clemens Award, which was awarded to the highest dilegial jug of Greater Houston Baseball Association.

The price named after eleven times MLB All-Star Roger Clemens, the prize lasted from 2004 to 2008. Clemens, seven-time CY Young winner, dominated the hill in Texas, secured All-American Seasons and helped Longhorn to win 1983 Men’s World series.

Here is a list of Award Roger Clemens:

*Winner Golden Spikes Award and/or Dick Howser Trophy

The Roger Clemens Award was replaced by the Rotary Smith Award, an honor that was awarded to the most important baseball player between 1988 and 2003.

Price National Player of the Year: History of Dick Howser Trophy

The Dick Howser Trophy: The History of the Winners

Stephen Strasburg was the first recipient of the 2009 prize after the historical season in San Diego. Štrasburg also won Dick Howser Trophy, the College Baseball National Player of the Year and was selected in 2009 MLB draft from Washington Nationals.

Here are several facts about 16 prize victories:

• Four jugs, 25 percent of the winners, won the Golden Spikes Award and/or Dick Howser Trophy in the same year. They are Stephen Strasburg (2009), Trevor Bauer (2011), Kevin Kopps (2021) and Paul Skenes (2023)
• The three winners were first selected in their MLB of the relevant designs – Strasburg, Bauer and Skenes. Thirteen out of 15 recipients were developed, of which 12 in the first round and eight in Top 10.
• Arkansasus right -handed Kevin Kopps, winner 2021, became the first primary relief to win the prize
• Left -handed Kent State Eric Lauer, winner 2016, was almost inviolable and published Era 0.69 in 15 starts
• Strasburg and Kopps, the first and 12th winners, are the only recipients who run the table and win the National Jug of the Year, Dick Howser Trophy and Golden Spikes Award.

In 2009, Stephen Strasburg College Baseball dominated

Here is a complete list of recipients of the National Pitular Price Price:

** Winner Golden Spikes Award and/or Dick Howser Trophy