1998 American League Rookie of the Year Award
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The winner of the 1998 American League Rookie of the Year Award was Ben Grieve 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Grieve | Oakland Athletics | 130 | 0.929 (140) | 23 | 583 | 94 | 168 | 18 | 89 | 2 | 85 | 123 | 0.288 | 0.386 | 0.458 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Rolando Arrojo | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 0.436 (140) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 14 - 12 | 0 | 202.0 | 195 | 21 | 65 | 152 | 3.56 | ||
| Mike Caruso | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 0.243 (140) | 0 | 523 | 81 | 160 | 5 | 55 | 22 | 14 | 38 | 0.306 | 0.331 | 0.390 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Orlando Hernandez | New York Yankees | 25 | 0.179 (140) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 12 - 4 | 0 | 141.0 | 113 | 11 | 52 | 131 | 3.13 | ||
| Sidney Ponson | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 0.007 (140) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 8 - 9 | 1 | 135.0 | 157 | 19 | 42 | 85 | 5.27 | ||
| Magglio Ordonez | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 0.007 (140) | 0 | 535 | 70 | 151 | 14 | 65 | 9 | 28 | 53 | 0.282 | 0.326 | 0.415 | Did not pitch | |||||||||
| Preceded by 1997 | Rookie of the Year Award National 1998 | Succeeded by 1999 |
