<P> The Player of the Month Award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season . The National League started recognizing the award on June 4, 1958 . National League president Warren Giles conducted a poll of baseball writers in each Major League city and awarded the winner an engraved desk set . The American League did not follow suit until 1974 . The National League created a separate award for pitchers starting in 1975 and the American League did likewise in 1979 . Pitchers have not been eligible since then . </P> <P> Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses: </P>

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