At the end of each season, the Philadelphia Phillies present the organizational Paul Owens Award to their best positional player and best pitcher in the minor league system.
The award is named in honor of Paul “The Pope” Owens, who was the team general manager most responsible for assembling the roster of the 1980 World Series championship team.
Former recipients of the Owens Award include recent vintage Phillies’ heroes Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard. This year the positional award was given to catching prospect Andrew Knapp, and the pitching award to Ricardo Pinto.