In Major League Baseball (MLB), the Player of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the National League (NL) and American League (AL). The NL first awarded the honor during the season, when league president Warren Giles conducted a poll of media members covering the then-eight NL teams and awarded winners an engraved desk set. The AL did not issue its own award until. The NL created a Pitcher of the Month Award in and the AL did likewise in. Pitchers have not been eligible for the Player of the Month Award since then.

Awards by month

Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses: The most Player of the Month awards won by a single player have been 13 by Barry Bonds. He is followed by Alex Rodriguez (10), Aaron Judge (9), Frank Thomas (8), Albert Pujols (7), and Albert Belle (7). {| class="wikitable" !rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Month!!colspan=2|National League!!colspan=2|American League !Player(s)!!Team(s)!!Player(s)!!Team(s)

1958 to 1959

1960 to 1969

1970 to 1979

1980 to 1989

1990 to 1999

2000 to 2009

2010 to 2019

2020 to present

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