SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. ¨C San Francisco Giants infielder Thairo Estrada was selected as the winner of the 2023 Willie Mac Award, the club announced today.??

The Willie McCovey Award is annually awarded to the most inspirational player on the team, as voted upon by Giants players, coaches, training staff, clubhouse staff and the fans. This season marks the 43rd anniversary of the award, which was established in 1980, in honor of legend and Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. ¡°Competitive Spirit, Ability and Leadership¡± are engraved on the plaque that now honors Estrada as well as McCovey.??

Estrada, in his third season with the Giants, currently leads the team in hits (133), doubles (26), stolen bases (23) and is tied for the lead with 63 runs. He¡¯s matched his personal-best with 14 home runs and his fWAR (4.1) is second to only right-handed pitcher Logan Webb (4.9).?The 23 stolen bases are a career-high and are the most by a Giant since 2012.?

Estrada has played the majority of his games this season at second base (99) but has also played 24 games at shortstop and three games in left field. His defensive play is worth +18 Outs Above Average (Statcast), third-best in all of MLB.??

Listed below are the Willie Mac Award winners:

1980?????? Jack Clark

1981?????? Larry Herndon

1982?????? Joe Morgan

1983?????? Darrell Evans

1984?????? Bob Brenly

1985?????? Mike Krukow

1986?????? Mike Krukow

1987?????? Chris Speier

1988?????? Jose Uribe

1989?????? Dave Dravecky

1990?????? Steve Bedrosian

1991?????? Robby Thompson

1992?????? Mike Felder

1993?????? Kirt Manwaring

1994?????? None

1995?????? Mark Leiter and Mark Carreon

1996???????? Shawon Dunston

1997???????? J.T. Snow

1998 ?????? Jeff Kent

1999???????? Marvin Benard

2000???????? Ellis Burks

2001???????? Mark Gardner and Benito Santiago

2002???????? David Bell

2003???????? Marquis Grissom

2004???????? J.T. Snow

2005???????? Mike Matheny

2006???????? Omar Vizquel

2007???????? Bengie Molina

2008???????? Bengie Molina

2009???????? Matt Cain

2010???????? Andres Torres

2011???????? Ryan Vogelsong

2012?????? Buster Posey

2013?????? Hunter Pence

2014?????? Madison Bumgarner

2015?????? Matt Duffy

2016?????? Brandon Crawford and Javier Lopez

2017?????? Nick Hundley

2018?????? Will Smith

2019?????? Kevin Pillar

2020?????? Mike Yastrzemski

2021?????? LaMonte Wade Jr.

2022?????? Wilmer Flores

2023?????? Thairo Estrada