1988 American League Rookie of the Year Award
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The winner of the 1988 American League Rookie of the Year Award was Walt Weiss of the Oakland Athletics.
[edit] Award Voting
| Player | Team | Points | Points Share (Max Points) | First Votes | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | W - L | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | ERA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Weiss | Oakland Athletics | 103 | 0.736 (140) | 17 | 452 | 44 | 113 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 56 | 0.250 | 0.312 | 0.321 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Bryan Harvey | California Angels | 49 | 0.350 (140) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 7 - 5 | 17 | 76.0 | 59 | 4 | 20 | 67 | 2.13 | ||
| Jody Reed | Boston Red Sox | 48 | 0.343 (140) | 6 | 338 | 60 | 99 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 21 | 0.293 | 0.380 | 0.376 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Don August | Milwaukee Brewers | 22 | 0.157 (140) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 13 - 7 | 0 | 148.1 | 137 | 12 | 48 | 66 | 3.09 | ||
| Dave Gallagher | Chicago White Sox | 18 | 0.129 (140) | 2 | 347 | 59 | 105 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 40 | 0.303 | 0.354 | 0.406 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Melido Perez | Chicago White Sox | 9 | 0.064 (140) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 12 - 10 | 0 | 197.0 | 186 | 26 | 72 | 138 | 3.79 | ||
| Mike Schooler | Seattle Mariners | 2 | 0.014 (140) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -.--- | -.--- | -.--- | 5 - 8 | 15 | 48.1 | 45 | 4 | 24 | 54 | 3.54 | ||
| Cecil Espy | Texas Rangers | 1 | 0.007 (140) | 0 | 347 | 46 | 86 | 2 | 39 | 33 | 20 | 83 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.349 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Preceded by 1987 | Rookie of the Year Award National 1988 | Succeeded by 1989 |

