The Tony Conigliaro Award is one of the most intriguing awards in sports. Given by the Red Sox every year to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies overcoming hurdles to play the game. The award is given in Conigliaro’s name because of the way that he came back from being hit in the face by a pitch and managing to come back and lead the American League in home runs.
With some recipients of the award, said hurdles are mostly physical. For example, John Lackey won in 2013 because of the way in which he came back from Tommy John surgery and returned to his former self.