Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

Rookie of the Year Award
Award details
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Given for	Most outstanding rookie in the American League and National League

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2019 NL winner Alonso playing first base for the Mets at Nationals Park.

The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award established in 1946 by Sporting News. For the first three years (1946–1948) and again in 1950, there was a single award. In 1949 and since 1951, the award has been given to a rookie from both the American League and National League. In 1961 and from 1963 through 2003, Sporting News split the rookie award into two separate categories, Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Rookie Player of the Year (in each league). In 2004 those two awards were discontinued, in favor of a single award, one for each league.

Below is a list of winners by year, name, team, league, and position.^[1]

1946–1949

1946
- Del Ennis (Philadelphia NL, OF)
1947
- Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn NL, 1B)
1948
- Richie Ashburn (Philadelphia NL, OF)
1949
- Roy Sievers (St. Louis AL, OF)
- Don Newcombe (Brooklyn NL, P)

1950-1959

1950
- Whitey Ford (New York AL, P)
1951
- Minnie Miñoso (Chicago AL, OF)
- Willie Mays (New York NL, OF)
1952
- Clint Courtney (St. Louis AL, C)
- Joe Black (Brooklyn NL, P)
1953
- Harvey Kuenn (Detroit AL, SS)
- Jim Gilliam (Brooklyn NL, 2B)
1954
- Bob Grim (New York AL, P)
- Wally Moon (St. Louis NL, OF)
1955
- Herb Score (Cleveland AL, P)
- Bill Virdon (St. Louis NL, OF)
1956
- Luis Aparicio (Chicago AL, SS)
- Frank Robinson (Cincinnati NL, OF)
1957
- Tony Kubek (New York AL, IF-OF)
- Ed Bouchee (Philadelphia AL, 1B)
- Jack Sanford (Philadelphia NL, P)
1958
- Ryne Duren (New York AL, P)
- Albie Pearson (Washington AL, OF)
- Orlando Cepeda (San Francisco NL, 1B)
- Carlton Willey (Milwaukee NL, P)
1959
- Bob Allison (Washington AL, OF)
- Willie McCovey (San Francisco NL, 1B)

1960–1969

1960
- Ron Hansen (Baltimore AL, SS)
- Frank Howard (Los Angeles NL, OF)
1961
- Dick Howser (Kansas City AL, SS)
- Don Schwall (Boston AL, P)
- Ken Hunt (Cincinnati NL, P)
- Billy Williams (Chicago NL, OF)
1962
- Tom Tresh (New York AL, OF-SS)
- Ken Hubbs (Chicago NL, 2B)
1963
- Gary Peters (Chicago AL, P)
- Pete Ward (Chicago AL, 3B)
- Ray Culp (Philadelphia NL, P)
- Pete Rose (Cincinnati NL, 2B)
1964
- Wally Bunker (Baltimore AL, P)
- Tony Oliva (Minnesota AL, OF)
- Billy McCool (Cincinnati NL, P)
- Dick Allen (Philadelphia NL, 3B)
1965
- Marcelino López (California AL, P)
- Curt Blefary (Baltimore AL, OF)
- Frank Linzy (San Francisco NL, P)
- Joe Morgan (Houston NL, 2B)
1966
- Jim Nash (Kansas City AL, P)
- Tommie Agee (Chicago AL, OF)
- Don Sutton (Los Angeles NL, P)
- Tommy Helms (Cincinnati NL, 3B)
1967
- Tom Phoebus (Baltimore AL, P)
- Rod Carew (Minnesota AL, 2B)
- Dick Hughes (St. Louis NL, P)
- Lee May (Cincinnati NL, 1B)
1968
- Stan Bahnsen (New York AL, P)
- Del Unser (Washington AL, OF)
- Jerry Koosman (New York NL, P)
- Johnny Bench (Cincinnati NL, C)
1969
- Mike Nagy (Boston AL, P)
- Carlos May (Chicago AL, OF)
- Tom Griffin (Houston NL, P)
- Coco Laboy (Montreal NL, 2B)

1970–1979

1970
- Bert Blyleven (Minnesota AL, P)
- Roy Foster (Cleveland AL, OF)
- Carl Morton (Montreal NL, P)
- Bernie Carbo (Cincinnati NL, OF)
1971
- Bill Parsons (Milwaukee AL, P)
- Chris Chambliss (Cleveland AL, 1B)
- Reggie Cleveland (St. Louis NL, P)
- Earl Williams (Atlanta NL, C)
1972
- Dick Tidrow (Cleveland AL, P)
- Carlton Fisk (Boston AL, C)
- Jon Matlack (New York NL, P)
- Dave Rader (San Francisco NL, C)
1973
- Steve Busby (Kansas City AL, P)
- Al Bumbry (Baltimore AL, OF)
- Steve Rogers (Montreal NL, P)
- Gary Matthews (San Francisco NL, OF)
1974
- Frank Tanana (California AL, P)
- Mike Hargrove (Texas AL, 1B)
- John D'Acquisto (San Francisco NL, P)
- Greg Gross (Houston NL, OF)
1975
- Dennis Eckersley (Cleveland AL, P)
- Fred Lynn (Boston AL, OF)
- John Montefusco (San Francisco NL, P)
- Gary Carter (Montreal NL, OF-C)
1976
- Mark Fidrych (Detroit AL, P)
- Butch Wynegar (Minnesota AL, C)
- Butch Metzger (San Diego NL, P)
- Larry Herndon (San Francisco NL, OF)
1977
- Dave Rozema (Detroit AL, P)
- Mitchell Page (Oakland AL, OF)
- Bob Owchinko (San Diego NL, P)
- Andre Dawson (Montreal NL, OF)
1978
- Rich Gale (Kansas City AL, P)
- Paul Molitor (Milwaukee AL, 2B)
- Don Robinson (Pittsburgh NL, P)
- Bob Horner (Atlanta NL, 3B)
1979
- Mark Clear (California AL, P)
- Pat Putnam (Texas AL, 1B)
- Rick Sutcliffe (Los Angeles NL, P)
- Jeffrey Leonard (Houston NL, OF)

1980–1989

1980
- Britt Burns (Chicago AL, P)
- Joe Charboneau (Cleveland AL, OF)
- Bill Gullickson (Montreal NL, P)
- Lonnie Smith, (Philadelphia NL, OF)
1981
- Dave Righetti (New York AL, P)
- Rich Gedman (Boston AL, C)
- Fernando Valenzuela (Los Angeles NL, P)
- Tim Raines (Montreal NL, OF)
1982
- Ed Vande Berg (Seattle AL, P)
- Cal Ripken, Jr. (Baltimore AL, SS-3B)
- Steve Bedrosian (Atlanta NL, P)
- Johnny Ray (Pittsburgh NL, 2B)
1983
- Mike Boddicker (Baltimore AL, P)
- Ron Kittle (Chicago AL, OF)
- Craig McMurtry (Atlanta NL, P)
- Darryl Strawberry (New York NL, OF)
1984
- Mark Langston (Seattle AL, P)
- Alvin Davis (Seattle AL, 1B)
- Dwight Gooden (New York NL, P)
- Juan Samuel (Philadelphia NL, 2B)
1985
- Teddy Higuera (Milwaukee AL, P)
- Ozzie Guillén (Chicago AL, SS)
- Tom Browning (Cincinnati NL, P)
- Vince Coleman (St. Louis NL, OF)
1986
- Mark Eichhorn (Toronto AL, P)
- José Canseco (Oakland AL, OF)
- Todd Worrell (St. Louis NL, P)
- Robby Thompson (San Francisco NL, 2B)
1987
- Mike Henneman (Detroit AL, P)
- Mark McGwire (Oakland AL, 1B)
- Mike Dunne (Pittsburgh NL, P)
- Benito Santiago (San Diego NL, C)
1988
- Bryan Harvey (California AL, P)
- Walt Weiss (Oakland AL, SS)
- Tim Belcher (Los Angeles NL, P)
- Mark Grace (Chicago NL, 1B)
1989
- Tom Gordon (Kansas City AL, P)
- Craig Worthington (Baltimore AL, 3B)
- Andy Benes (San Diego NL, P)
- Jerome Walton (Chicago NL, OF)

1990–1999

1990
- Kevin Appier (Kansas City AL, P)
- Sandy Alomar (Cleveland AL, C)
- Mike Harkey (Chicago NL, P)
- David Justice (Atlanta NL, OF)
1991
- Juan Guzmán (Toronto AL, P)
- Chuck Knoblauch (Minnesota AL, 2B)
- Al Osuna (Houston NL, P)
- Jeff Bagwell (Houston NL, 1B)
1992
- Cal Eldred (Milwaukee AL, P)
- Pat Listach (Milwaukee AL, SS)
- Tim Wakefield (Pittsburgh NL, P)
- Eric Karros (Los Angeles NL, 1B)
1993
- Aaron Sele (Boston AL, P)
- Tim Salmon (California AL, OF)
- Kirk Rueter (Montreal NL, P)
- Mike Piazza (Los Angeles NL, C)
1994
- Brian Anderson (California AL, P)
- Bob Hamelin (Kansas City AL, DH)
- Steve Trachsel (Chicago NL, P)
- Raúl Mondesí (Los Angeles NL, OF)
1995
- Julián Tavárez (Cleveland AL, P)
- Garret Anderson (California AL, OF)
- Hideo Nomo (Los Angeles NL, P)
- Chipper Jones (Atlanta NL, 3B)
1996
- James Baldwin (Chicago AL, P)
- Derek Jeter (New York AL, SS)
- Alan Benes (St. Louis NL, P)
- Jason Kendall (Pittsburgh NL, C)
1997
- Jason Dickson (Anaheim AL, P)
- Nomar Garciaparra (Boston AL, SS)
- Matt Morris (St. Louis NL, P)
- Scott Rolen (Philadelphia NL, 3B)
1998
- Rolando Arrojo (Tampa Bay AL, P)
- Ben Grieve (Oakland AL, OF)
- Kerry Wood (Chicago NL, P)
- Todd Helton (Colorado NL, 1B)
1999
- Tim Hudson (Oakland AL, P)
- Carlos Beltrán (Kansas City AL, OF)
- Scott Williamson (Cincinnati NL, P)
- Preston Wilson (Florida NL, OF)

2000–2009

2000
- Kazuhiro Sasaki (Seattle AL, P)
- Mark Quinn (Kansas City AL, OF)
- Rick Ankiel (St. Louis NL, P)
- Rafael Furcal (Atlanta NL, SS)
2001
- CC Sabathia (Cleveland AL, P)
- Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle AL, OF)
- Roy Oswalt (Houston NL, P)
- Albert Pujols (St. Louis NL, 3B)
2002
- Rodrigo López (Baltimore AL, P)
- Eric Hinske (Toronto AL, 3B)
- Jason Jennings (Colorado NL, P)
- Brad Wilkerson (Montreal NL, OF)
2003
- Rafael Soriano (Seattle AL, P)
- Jody Gerut (Cleveland AL, OF)
- Dontrelle Willis (Florida NL, P)
- Scott Podsednik (Milwaukee NL, OF)
2004
- Bobby Crosby (Oakland AL, SS)
- Jason Bay (Pittsburgh NL, OF)
2005
- Huston Street (Oakland AL, RP)
- Willy Taveras (Houston NL, OF)
2006
- Justin Verlander (Detroit AL, P)
- Hanley Ramírez (Florida NL, SS)
2007
- Dustin Pedroia (Boston AL, 2B)
- Ryan Braun (Milwaukee NL, 3B)
2008
- Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay AL, 3B)
- Geovany Soto (Chicago NL, C)
2009
- Andrew Bailey (Oakland AL, P)
- J. A. Happ (Philadelphia NL, P)

2010–present

2010
- Austin Jackson (Detroit AL, OF)
- Jason Heyward (Atlanta NL, OF)
2011
- Mark Trumbo (Los Angeles AL, 1B)
- Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta NL, P)
2012
- Mike Trout (Los Angeles AL, OF)
- Wade Miley (Arizona NL, P)
2013
- Wil Myers (Tampa Bay AL, OF)
- José Fernández (Miami NL, P)
2014
- José Abreu (Chicago AL, 1B)^[2]
- Jacob deGrom (New York NL, P)^[3]
2015
- Carlos Correa (Houston AL, SS)
- Kris Bryant (Chicago NL, 3B)
2016
- Michael Fulmer (Detroit AL, P)
- Corey Seager (Los Angeles NL, SS)
2017
- Aaron Judge (New York AL, OF)
- Cody Bellinger (Los Angeles NL, 1B/OF)
2018
- Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles AL, P/DH)
- Ronald Acuna (Atlanta NL, OF)
2019
- Yordan Álvarez (Houston AL, OF/DH)
- Pete Alonso (New York NL, 1B)
2020
- Kyle Lewis (Seattle AL, OF)^[4]
- Jake Cronenworth (San Diego NL, 2B)^[4]
2021
- Adolis Garcia (Texas AL, OF)^[5]
- Jonathan India (Cincinnati NL, 2B)^[5]

References

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v t e Sporting News MLB Rookie of the Year Award
MLB Rookie	1946: Ennis 1947: Jackie Robinson 1948: Ashburn 1950: Ford
AL Rookie	1949: Sievers 1951: Miñoso 1952: Courtney 1953: Kuenn 1954: Grim 1955: Score 1956: Aparicio 1957: Kubek & Bouchee 1959: Allison 1960: Hansen 1962: Williams 2004: Crosby 2005: Street 2006: Verlander 2007: Pedroia 2008: Longoria 2009: Bailey 2010: Jackson 2011: Trumbo 2012: Trout 2013: Myers 2014: Abreu 2015: Correa 2016: Fulmer 2017: Judge 2018: Ohtani 2019: Álvarez 2020: Lewis 2021: García
NL Rookie	1949: Newcombe 1951: Mays 1952: Black 1953: Gilliam 1954: Moon 1955: Virdon 1956: Frank Robinson 1957: Sanford 1959: McCovey 1960: Howard 1962: Hubbs 2004: Bay 2005: Taveras 2006: Ramírez 2007: Braun 2008: Soto 2009: Happ 2010: Heyward 2011: Kimbrel 2012: Miley 2013: Fernández 2014: deGrom 2015: Bryant 2016: Seager 2017: Bellinger 2018: Acuna 2019: Alonso 2020: Cronenworth 2021: India
AL Rookie Player	1958: Pearson 1961: Howser 1963: Ward 1964: Oliva 1965: Blefary 1966: Agee 1967: Carew 1968: Unser 1969: May 1970: Foster 1971: Chambliss 1972: Fisk 1973: Bumbry 1974: Hargrove 1975: Lynn 1976: Wynegar 1977: Page 1978: Molitor 1979: Putnam 1980: Charboneau 1981: Gedman 1982: Ripken Jr. 1983: Kittle 1984: Davis 1985: Guillén 1986: Canseco 1987: McGwire 1988: Harvey 1989: Worthington 1990: Alomar Jr. 1991: Knoblauch 1992: Listach 1993: Salmon 1994: Hamelin 1995: Anderson 1996: Jeter 1997: Garciaparra 1998: Grieve 1999: Beltrán 2000: Quinn 2001: Suzuki 2002: Hinske 2003: Gerut
AL Rookie Pitcher	1958: Duren 1961: Schwall 1963: Peters 1964: Bunker 1965: López 1966: Nash 1967: Phoebus 1968: Bahnsen 1969: Nagy 1970: Blyleven 1971: Parsons 1972: Tidrow 1973: Busby 1974: Tanana 1975: Eckersley 1976: Fidrych 1977: Rozema 1978: Gale 1979: Clear 1980: Burns 1981: Righetti 1982: Vande Berg 1983: Boddicker 1984: Langston 1985: Higuera 1986: Eichhorn 1987: Henneman 1988: Harvey 1989: Gordon 1990: Appier 1991: Guzmán 1992: Eldred 1993: Sele 1994: Anderson 1995: Tavárez 1996: Baldwin 1997: Dickson 1998: Arrojo 1999: Hudson 2000: Sasaki 2001: Sabathia 2002: López 2003: Soriano
NL Rookie Player	1958: Willey 1961: Williams 1963: Rose 1964: Allen 1965: Morgan 1966: Helms 1967: May 1968: Bench 1969: Laboy 1970: Carbo 1971: Williams 1972: Rader 1973: Matthews 1974: Gross 1975: Carter 1976: Herndon 1977: Herndon 1978: Horner 1979: Leonard 1980: Smith 1981: Raines 1982: Ray 1983: Strawberry 1984: Samuel 1985: Coleman 1986: Thompson 1987: Santiago 1988: Grace 1989: Walton 1990: Justice 1991: Bagwell 1992: Karros 1993: Piazza 1994: Mondesí 1995: Jones 1996: Kendall 1997: Rolen 1998: Helton 1999: Wilson 2000: Furcal 2001: Pujols 2002: Wilkerson 2003: Podsednik
NL Rookie Pitcher	1958: Cepeda 1961: Hunt 1963: Culp 1964: McCool 1965: Linzy 1966: Sutton 1967: Hughes 1968: Koosman 1969: Griffin 1970: Morton 1971: Cleveland 1972: Matlack 1973: Rogers 1974: D'Acquisto 1975: Montefusco 1976: Metzger 1977: Owchinko 1978: Don Robinson 1979: Sutcliffe 1980: Burns 1981: Valenzuela 1982: Bedrosian 1983: McMurtry 1984: Gooden 1985: Browning 1986: Worrell 1987: Dunne 1988: Belcher 1989: Benes 1990: Harkey 1991: Osuna 1992: Wakefield 1993: Rueter 1994: Trachsel 1995: Nomo 1996: Benes 1997: Morris 1998: Wood 1999: Williamson 2000: Ankiel 2001: Oswalt 2002: Jennings 2003: Willis

Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

Contents

1946–1949

1950-1959

1960–1969

1970–1979

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–present

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References

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