The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

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The The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award was first given out by The Sporting News in 1946.

The award has been given out in a variety of fashions over the years. In 1947, 1948 and 1950, a single award was given for all of Major League Baseball. From 1949 to 1962, a single player from each league has been given the award in most years, with there being three winners (two NL) in 1957 and four winners (two from each league) in both 1958 and 1961.

In 1963, the award was split into two awards: The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie Player of the Year. Each award was given to a single player in each league. In 2004, the two award system was discontinued and a single award for each league was reimplemented.

Contents 1 Award Winners 1.1 Rookie of the Year (1946 - 1962) 1.2 Rookie Player/Pitcher of the Year Awards (1963 - 2003) 1.2.1 American League 1.2.2 National League 1.3 Rookie of the Year (2004 - present)

[edit] Award Winners

[edit] Rookie of the Year (1946 - 1962)

Year	Player	Team (League)	Position
1946	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	OF
1947	Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	1B
1948	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	OF
1949	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	P
	Roy Sievers	St. Louis Browns (AL)	OF
1950	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees (AL)	P
1951	Willie Mays	New York Giants (NL)	OF
	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox (AL)	OF
1952	Joe Black	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	P
	Clint Courtney	St. Louis Browns (AL)	C
1953	Jim Gilliam	Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)	2B
	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit Tigers (AL)	SS
1954	Bob Grim	New York Yankees (AL)	P
	Wally Moon	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	OF
1955	Herb Score	Cleveland Indians (AL)	P
	Bill Virdon	St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	OF
1956	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox (AL)	SS
	Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Redlegs (NL)	OF
1957	Ed Bouchee	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	1B
	Tony Kubek	New York Yankees (AL)	IF-OF
	Jack Sanford	Philadelphia Phillies (NL)	P
1958	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants (NL)	1B
	Ryne Duren	New York Yankees (AL)	P
	Albie Pearson	Washington Senators (AL)	OF
	Carl Willey	Milwaukee Braves (NL)	P
1959	Bob Allison	Washington Senators (AL)	OF
	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants (NL)	1B
1960	Ron Hansen	Baltimore Orioles (AL)	SS
	Frank Howard	Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	OF
1961	Dick Howser	Kansas City Athletics (AL)	SS
	Ken Hunt	Cincinnati Reds (NL)	P
	Don Schwall	Boston Red Sox (AL)	P
	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs (NL)	OF
1962	Ken Hubbs	Chicago Cubs (NL)	2B
	Tom Tresh	New York Yankees (AL)	OF-SS

[edit] Rookie Player/Pitcher of the Year Awards (1963 - 2003)

[edit] American League

Year		Rookie Pitcher of the Year			Rookie Player of the Year
		Player	Team		Player	Team	Position
1963		Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox		Pete Ward	Chicago White Sox	3B
1964		Wally Bunker	Boston Red Sox		Tony Oliva	Minnesota Twins	OF
1965		Marcelino Lopez	California Angels		Curt Blefary	Baltimore Orioles	OF
1966		Jim Nash	Kansas City Athletics		Tommie Agee	Chicago White Sox	OF
1967		Tom Phoebus	Boston Red Sox		Rod Carew	Minnesota Twins	2B
1968		Stan Bahnsen	New York Yankees		Del Unser	Washington Senators	OF
1969		Mike Nagy	Boston Red Sox		Carlos May	Chicago White Sox	OF
1970		Bert Blyleven	Minnesota Twins		Roy Foster	Cleveland Indians	OF
1971		Bill Parsons	Milwaukee Brewers		Chris Chambliss	Cleveland Indians	1B
1972		Dick Tidrow	Cleveland Indians		Carlton Fisk	Boston Red Sox	C
1973		Steve Busby	Kansas City Royals		Al Bumbry	Baltimore Orioles	OF
1974		Frank Tanana	California Angels		Mike Hargrove	Texas Rangers	1B
1975		Dennis Eckersley	Cleveland Indians		Fred Lynn	Boston Red Sox	OF
1976		Mark Fidrych	Detroit Tigers		Butch Wynegar	Minnesota Twins	C
1977		Dave Rozema	Detroit Tigers		Mitchell Page	Oakland Athletics	OF
1978		Rich Gale	Kansas City Royals		Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	2B
1979		Mark Clear	California Angels		Pat Putnam	Texas Rangers	1B
1980		Britt Burns	Chicago White Sox		Joe Charboneau	Cleveland Indians	OF
1981		Dave Righetti	New York Yankees		Rich Gedman	Boston Red Sox	C
1982		Ed Vande Berg	Seattle Mariners		Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	SS-3B
1983		Mike Boddicker	Boston Red Sox		Ron Kittle	Chicago White Sox	OF
1984		Mark Langston	Seattle Mariners		Alvin Davis	Seattle Mariners	1B
1985		Teddy Higuera	Milwaukee Brewers		Ozzie Guillen	Chicago White Sox	SS
1986		Mark Eichhorn	Toronto Blue Jays		Jose Canseco	Oakland Athletics	OF
1987		Mike Henneman	Detroit Tigers		Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	1B
1988		Bryan Harvey	California Angels		Walt Weiss	Oakland Athletics	SS
1989		Tom Gordon	Kansas City Royals		Craig Worthington	Baltimore Orioles	3B
1990		Kevin Appier	Kansas City Royals		Sandy Alomar, Jr.	Cleveland Indians	C
1991		Juan Guzman	Toronto Blue Jays		Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota Twins	2B
1992		Cal Eldred	Milwaukee Brewers		Pat Listach	Milwaukee Brewers	SS
1993		Aaron Sele	Boston Red Sox		Tim Salmon	California Angels	OF
1994		Brian Anderson	California Angels		Bob Hamelin	Kansas City Royals	DH
1995		Julian Tavarez	Cleveland Indians		Garret Anderson	California Angels	OF
1996		James Baldwin	Chicago White Sox		Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	SS
1997		Jason Dickson	Anaheim Angels		Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	SS
1998		Rolando Arrojo	Tampa Bay Devil Rays		Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	OF
1999		Tim Hudson	Oakland Athletics		Carlos Beltran	Kansas City Royals	OF
2000		Kazuhiro Sasaki	Seattle Mariners		Mark Quinn	Kansas City Royals	OF
2001		C.C. Sabathia	Cleveland Indians		Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	OF
2002		Rodrigo Lopez	Boston Red Sox		Eric Hinske	Toronto Blue Jays	3B
2003		Rafael Soriano	Seattle Mariners		Jody Gerut	Cleveland Indians	OF

[edit] National League

Year		Rookie Pitcher of the Year			Rookie Player of the Year
		Player	Team		Player	Team	Position
1963		Ray Culp	Philadelphia Phillies		Pete Rose	Cincinnati Reds	2B
1964		Billy McCool	Cincinnati Reds		Dick Allen	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1965		Frank Linzy	San Francisco Giants		Joe Morgan	Houston Astros	2B
1966		Don Sutton	Los Angeles Dodgers		Tommy Helms	Cincinnati Reds	3B
1967		Dick Hughes	St. Louis Cardinals		Lee May	Cincinnati Reds	1B
1968		Jerry Koosman	New York Mets		Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	C
1969		Tom Griffin	Houston Astros		Coco Laboy	Montreal Expos	2B
1970		Carl Morton	Montreal Expos		Bernie Carbo	Cincinnati Reds	OF
1971		Reggie Cleveland	St. Louis Cardinals		Earl Williams	Atlanta Braves	C
1972		Jon Matlack	New York Mets		Dave Rader	San Francisco Giants	C
1973		Steve Rogers	Montreal Expos		Gary Matthews Sr.	San Francisco Giants	OF
1974		John D'Acquisto	San Francisco Giants		Greg Gross	Houston Astros	OF
1975		John Montefusco	San Francisco Giants		Gary Carter	Montreal Expos	OF-C
1976		Butch Metzger	San Diego Padres		Larry Herndon	San Francisco Giants	OF
1977		Bob Owchinko	San Diego Padres		Andre Dawson	Montreal Expos	OF
1978		Don Robinson	Pittsburgh Pirates		Bob Horner	Atlanta Braves	3B
1979		Rick Sutcliffe	Los Angeles Dodgers		Jeffrey Leonard	Houston Astros	OF
1980		Bill Gullickson	Montreal Expos		Lonnie Smith	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
1981		Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers		Tim Raines	Montreal Expos	OF
1982		Steve Bedrosian	Atlanta Braves		Johnny Ray	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
1983		Craig McMurtry	Atlanta Braves		Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	OF
1984		Dwight Gooden	New York Mets		Juan Samuel	Philadelphia Phillies	2B
1985		Tom Browning	Cincinnati Reds		Vince Coleman	St. Louis Cardinals	OF
1986		Todd Worrell	St. Louis Cardinals		Robby Thompson	San Francisco Giants	2B
1987		Mike Dunne	Pittsburgh Pirates		Benito Santiago	San Diego Padres	C
1988		Tim Belcher	Los Angeles Dodgers		Mark Grace	Chicago Cubs	1B
1989		Andy Benes	San Diego Padres		Jerome Walton	Chicago Cubs	OF
1990		Mike Harkey	Chicago Cubs		David Justice	Atlanta Braves	OF
1991		Al Osuna	Houston Astros		Jeff Bagwell	Houston Astros	1B
1992		Tim Wakefield	Pittsburgh Pirates		Eric Karros	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B
1993		Kirk Rueter	Montreal Expos		Mike Piazza	Los Angeles Dodgers	C
1994		Steve Trachsel	Chicago Cubs		Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
1995		Hideo Nomo	Los Angeles Dodgers		Chipper Jones	Atlanta Braves	3B
1996		Alan Benes	St. Louis Cardinals		Jason Kendall	Pittsburgh Pirates	C
1997		Matt Morris	St. Louis Cardinals		Scott Rolen	Philadelphia Phillies	3B
1998		Kerry Wood	Chicago Cubs		Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	1B
1999		Scott Williamson	Cincinnati Reds		Preston Wilson	Florida Marlins	OF
2000		Rick Ankiel	St. Louis Cardinals		Rafael Furcal	Atlanta Braves	SS
2001		Roy Oswalt	Houston Astros		Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	3B
2002		Jason Jennings	Colorado Rockies		Brad Wilkerson	Montreal Expos	OF
2003		Dontrelle Willis	Florida Marlins		Scott Podsednik	Milwaukee Brewers	OF

[edit] Rookie of the Year (2004 - present)

Year		American League				National League
		Player	Position	Team		Player	Team	Position
2004		Bobby Crosby	Oakland Athletics	SS		Jason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF
2005		Huston Street	Oakland Athletics	P		Willy Taveras	Houston Astros	OF
2006		Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	P		Dan Uggla	Florida Marlins	2B
2007		Dustin Pedroia	Boston Red Sox	2B		Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	3B