Alex Gordon nominated for Roberto Clemente Award

Alex Gordon has been nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award which recognizes the contribution made by players who best represent the game "through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement." Each team nominates one player for the award. Beginning today, Roberto Clemente Day, fans can vote on the winner at ChevyBaseball.com today where they can also win a shot at free tickets to the 2015 World Series. Voting ends October 9th.

Alex Gordon was honored this past winter as the winner of the Fred Hutchinson Award for his work off the field. Alex has helped raise more than $1 million for pediatric cancer research through the nonprofit Alex’s Lemonade Stand, a foundation inspired by cancer patient Alexandra "Alex" Scott.  Alex also supports the Lincoln Diamond Dawgs, a 12-and-under baseball team from Lincoln, Nebraska that raises awareness and funds for the American Cancer Society.

Jimmy Rollins won the Roberto Clemente Award last year. Since the beginning of the award in 1971, no Royals player has ever won the award. Eric Hosmer was the Royals' nominee last season. Alex Gordon was nominated back in 2012.

Roberto Clemente was a fifteen-time All-Star for the Pittsburgh Pirates who collected 3,000 hits, 240 home runs, an was named 1966 National League MVP. His career was tragically cut short when he died in a plane crash in 1972 delivering aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He became the first Latin American player ever to be enshrined in Cooperstown when he was inducted in 1973.

The 30 Club nominees of the 2015 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet feature thirteen 2015 MLB All-Stars (*=MLB All-Star):

Arizona Diamondbacks – Paul Goldschmidt*

Atlanta Braves – Jason Grilli

Baltimore Orioles – Brian Matusz

Boston Red Sox – Brock Holt*

Chicago Cubs – Anthony Rizzo*

Chicago White Sox – David Robertson

Cincinnati Reds – J.J. Hoover

Cleveland Indians – Carlos Carrasco

Colorado Rockies – Kyle Kendrick

Detroit Tigers – Miguel Cabrera*

Houston Astros – George Springer

Kansas City Royals – Alex Gordon*

Los Angeles Angels – Hector Santiago*

Los Angeles Dodgers – Adrian Gonzalez*

Miami Marlins – Dee Gordon*

Milwaukee Brewers – Jonathan Lucroy

Minnesota Twins – Torii Hunter

New York Mets – Curtis Granderson

New York Yankees – Mark Teixeira*

Oakland Athletics – Stephen Vogt*

Philadelphia Phillies – Ryan Howard

Pittsburgh Pirates – Andrew McCutchen*

St. Louis Cardinals – Adam Wainwright

San Diego Padres – Andrew Cashner

San Francisco Giants – Javier Lopez

Seattle Mariners – Charlie Furbush

Tampa Bay Rays – Chris Archer*

Texas Rangers – Adrian Beltre

Toronto Blue Jays – Jose Bautista*

Washington Nationals – Denard Span