03/27/2011 2:56 PM ET
Brandon Belt voted 2011 Harry S. Jordan Award winner
Infielder Brandon Belt was elected the 2011 Harry S. Jordan Award winner in a vote by his teammates, coaches and training staff.
The Harry S. Jordan Award, which is named in honor of a former longtime minor league trainer for the club, is given in recognition of the player in his first big league camp whose performance and dedication in Spring Training best exemplifies the San Francisco Giants spirit.
Belt, 22, is a non-roster invitee at Giants camp for the first time this spring and has batted .306 (19-for-62) with five doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI in 25 games. He homered and drove in three runs last night in San Francisco's 8-5 win over Cleveland.
The 6-foot-5, 219-pound first baseman enters the 2011 campaign as the top ranked prospect in San Francisco's farm system by Baseball America. Drafted by the Giants in the fifth round of the 2009 draft, Belt made quite an impact in his first professional season last year, batting .352 (173-for-492) with 23 home runs and 112 RBI in 136 games between three different levels in SF's minor league chain.
The following players have won the Harry S. Jordan award:
- 1988-Joe Kmak, Francisco Melendez
- 1989-James Steel
- 1990-Eric Gunderson
- 1991-Mark Leonard
- 1992-John Patterson
- 1993-Greg Brummett
- 1994-J.R. Phillips
- 1995-Joe Rosselli
- 1996-Marvin Benard
- 1997-Dante Powell
- 1998-Russ Ortiz
- 1999-Damon Minor
- 2000-Ben Weber
- 2001-Pedro Feliz
- 2002-Felix Escalona
- 2003-Jason Ellison
- 2004-Brian Dallimore
- 2005-Scott Munter
- 2006-Derin McMains
- 2007-Tim Lincecum
- 2008-Brian Bocock
- 2009-Joe Martinez
- 2010-Darren Ford
- 2011-Brandon Belt
Very slow day...