Miguel Rojas is adding another Roy Campanella Award to his shelf, and this one puts him in some rare Dodgers company.
The Dodgers announced that Rojas has won the 21st annual honor, which goes to the player who best reflects the leadership and spirit of Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella. The award was voted on by Dodgers uniformed personnel, and Rojas will be presented with it by Campanella’s daughter, Joni Campanella Roan, and his granddaughter, Akua Campanella, during pregame ceremonies on Thursday night.
With this selection, Rojas becomes the second player to win the Campanella award three times, joining Justin Turner, and he is the first to do it in three straight years. He’s also one of only four players to capture the award more than once, along with Clayton Kershaw, Turner and Chase Utley.
At 37, Rojas is now the second-oldest winner in the award’s history, behind Utley, who was 39 when he won.
His reputation in the clubhouse has only grown. Over the last four seasons, Rojas has set up players-only toasts after series wins and sweeps, opening with a few words before handing things off to the “player of the game.” He’s also become a steady mentor to teammates across the roster, including Mookie Betts, Alex Freeland and Hyeseong Kim.
After the Dodgers clinched the National League West last week, Rojas said, “This is family to me. These guys kept me positive and kept me going every single day.
I can’t thank the guys enough for what they have done for me the last four years. I’m so excited for the opportunity to three-peat with this team.”
Rojas has backed that up with production again in 2026. He’s hitting .271 with four homers and 22 RBI in 103 games, and he’s been especially effective against left-handers, batting .297 (43-for-145), while also hitting .287 at Dodger Stadium.
The glove has been just as dependable: 36 starts at second base with 135 chances and no errors, plus 17 starts at shortstop and three at third base. He has made only one error overall, leaving him with a .995 fielding percentage.
The 2025 season gave the Dodgers another reminder of how valuable he can be. Brought back for that year, the native of Venezuela made 43 starts at second, 20 at third and 10 at shortstop before delivering one of the defining swings of the World Series. In Game 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays, he hit a one-out solo homer off Jeff Hoffmann in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 4-4, setting up Los Angeles’ 5-4 extra-inning win and its second straight championship.
Rojas first joined the Dodgers in 2014, after making his major league debut with the club on June 8 of that year. In that same season, while starting at third base, he helped preserve Clayton Kershaw’s no-hitter on June 18 with a standout defensive play. After time with the Miami Marlins, he returned to the Dodgers in 2023 on a two-year deal.
His first year back, he hit .236 in 2023. He answered with a much stronger 2024, batting .283 in 103 games and playing his usual Gold Glove-caliber defense all over the field. That season also gave him his first World Series title, along with a bigger role as a leader inside the clubhouse.
Rojas has said 2026 will be his final major league season, and he is expected to move into a front-office role focused on player development next year.
Campanella’s legacy remains the standard for the award that bears his name. He was a three-time National League Most Valuable Player, an eight-time All-Star and a member of the 1955 World Championship team. He played in five World Series and set a franchise record with 142 RBI in 1953, a mark later passed by Tommy Davis.
Across 1,215 career games, all with the Dodgers, Campanella hit .276 with 242 home runs and 856 RBI. He started in the Negro Leagues before joining the Dodgers organization in 1946, and with Class B Nashua of the New England League, he became part of the first integrated affiliated baseball team in the United States.
His career ended after a car accident on Jan. 29, 1958, left him paralyzed from the neck down. On May 7, 1959, the Dodgers honored him with “Roy Campanella Night” at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, where 93,103 fans attended an exhibition game against the Yankees.
Campanella was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, and he was one of the first three Dodgers to have his number retired, alongside Jackie Robinson and Sandy Koufax. He remained active in the Dodgers’ Community Relations Department until his death on June 26, 1993, at 71.
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