AP File Photo: San Francisco Giants’ Nick Hundley signals to the infielders during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks defeated the Giants 4-3. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-In his first year with the San Francisco Giants, Nick Hundley was awarded the most prestigious award that the organization gives out.

Hundley received the 37th annual Willie Mac Award, as voted on by Giants players, coaches, training staff, clubhouse staff, the fans and Willie McCovey himself.

The backup catcher is hitting .246 with nine home runs and 34 runs batted in, while appearing in 99 games this season. Hundley started 63 games behind the plate, while 32 of his 69 hits on the season have been for extra bases.

Hundley is the eighth player in the history of the award to win it in his first season with the team, joining the likes of Mark Leiter, Shawon Dunston, Benito Santiago, David Bell, Marquis Grissom, Mike Matheny and Bengie Molina.

Here is a list of all the winners.

1980 Jack Clark

1981 Larry Herndon

1982 Joe Morgan

1983 Darrell Evans

1984 Bob Brenly

1985 Mike Krukow

1986 Mike Krukow

1987 Chris Speier

1988 Jose Uribe

1989 Dave Dravecky

1990 Steve Bedrosian

1991 Robby Thompson

1992 Mike Felder

1993 Kirt Manwaring

1994 None

1995 Mark Leiter

Mark Carreon

1996 Shawon Dunston

1997 J.T. Snow

1998 Jeff Kent

1999 Marvin Benard

2000 Ellis Burks

2001 Mark Gardner

Benito Santiago

2002 David Bell

2003 Marquis Grissom

2004 J.T. Snow

2005 Mike Matheny

2006 Omar Vizquel

2007 Bengie Molina

2008 Bengie Molina

2009 Matt Cain

2010 Andres Torres

2011 Ryan Vogelsong

2012 Buster Posey

2013 Hunter Pence

2014 Madison Bumgarner

2015 Matt Duffy

2016 Brandon Crawford

Javier Lopez

2017 Nick Hundley