2025 McDonald Award winner

Green Lake's Spencer Schwellenbach and Paul Skenes of Empire City topped the field again, this time for the Ben McDonald Award, honoring the DMBL's top pitcher in 2025.

2025 Ben McDonald Award contenders

It might be a runaway winner for the Ben McDonald Award as one candidate checks plenty of boxes for the accolade. But who knows, perhaps a reliever will finally surprise?

2022 McDonald Award winner: Jacob deGrom

Jacob deGrom collected Livingston's second Ben McDonald Award in franchise history, easily outdistancing fellow 21-game winner Walker Buehler of El Paso and the rest of the field.

2022 Ben McDonald Award contenders

As Hot Stove League heats up, it's time for DMBL owners to vote on the 2022 player awards. Let's start with a look at contenders for the Ben McDonald Award, recognizing the league's top pitcher.

2021 McDonald Award winner: Aaron Nola

In a historic year for pitching, with record strikeouts, ERA and innings, Aaron Nola took home a record 7th Ben McDonald Award for the Vancouver franchise.

2021 McDonald Award contenders

This year's race for the Ben McDonald Award seems to have everything for everyone. If you like strikeouts, you'll love this year's field. If you like workhorse starters that put up W's and log innings, there's that too. Even relievers had extraordinary seasons.

2019 pitching leaders

There was no lack of solid campaigns by pitchers in the DMBL in 2019 but nothing quite spectacular.
No 20-game winners. The ERA king approached 3.00. Even the saves leader finished with a ho-hum total.