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Rookie of the Year

(Baseball Writers' Association selections)

American League

1949	Roy Sievers, St. Louis
1950	Walt Dropo, Boston
1951	Gil McDougald, New York
1952	Harry Byrd, Philadelphia
1953	Harvey Kuenn, Detroit
1954	Bob Grim, New York
1955	Herb Score, Cleveland
1956	Luis Aparicio, Chicago
1957	Tony Kubek, New York
1958	Albie Pearson, Washington
1959	Bob Allison, Washington
1960	Ron Hansen, Baltimore
1961	Don Schwall, Boston
1962	Tom Tresh, New York
1963	Gary Peters, Chicago
1964	Tony Oliva, Minnesota
1965	Curt Blefary, Baltimore
1966	Tommy Agee, Chicago
1967	Rod Carew, Minnesota
1968	Stan Bahnsen, New York
1969	Lou Piniella, Kansas City
1970	Thurman Munson, New York
1971	Chris Chambliss, Cleveland
1972	Carlton Fisk, Boston
1973	Alonzo Bumbry, Baltimore
1974	Mike Hargrove, Texas
1975	Fred Lynn, Boston
1976	Mark Fidrych, Detroit
1977	Eddie Murray, Baltimore
1978	Lou Whitaker, Detroit
1979	Alfredo Griffin, Toronto
1979	John Castino, Minnesota
1980	Joe Charboneau, Cleveland
1981	Dave Righetti, New York
1982	Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore
1983	Ron Kittle, Chicago
1984	Alvin Davis, Seattle
1985	Ozzie Guillen, Chicago
1986	Jose Canseco, Oakland
1987	Mark McGwire, Oakland
1988	Walter Weiss, Oakland
1989	Gregg Olson, Baltimore
1990	Sandy Alomar Jr., Cleveland
1991	Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota
1992	Pat Listach, Milwaukee
1993	Tim Salmon, California
1994	Bob Hamelin, Kansas City
1995	Marty Cordova, Minnesota
1996	Derek Jeter, New York
1997	Nomar Garciaparra, Boston
1998	Ben Grieve, Oakland
1999	Carlos Beltran, Kansas City
2000	Kazuhiro Sasaki, Seattle
2001	Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle
2002	Eric Hinske, Toronto
2003	Angel Berroa, Kansas City
2004	Bobby Crosby, Oakland
2005	Huston Street, Oakland
2006	Justin Verlander, Detroit
2007	Dustin Pedroia, Boston

National League

1949	Don Newcombe, Brooklyn
1950	Sam Jethroe, Boston
1951	Willie Mays, New York
1952	Joe Black, Brooklyn
1953	Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn
1954	Wally Moon, St. Louis
1955	Bill Virdon, St. Louis
1956	Frank Robinson, Cincinnati
1957	Jack Sanford, Philadelphia
1958	Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco
1959	Willie McCovey, San Francisco
1960	Frank Howard, Los Angeles
1961	Billy Williams, Chicago
1962	Ken Hubbs, Chicago
1963	Pete Rose, Cincinnati
1964	Richie Allen, Philadelphia
1965	Jim Lefebvre, Los Angeles
1966	Tommy Helms, Cincinnati
1967	Tom Seaver, New York
1968	Johnny Bench, Cincinnati
1969	Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles
1970	Carl Morton, Montreal
1971	Earl Williams, Atlanta
1972	Jon Matlack, New York
1973	Gary Matthews, San Francisco
1974	Bake McBride, St. Louis
1975	John Montefusco, San Francisco
1976	Pat Zachry, Cincinnati
1976	Bruce Metzger, San Diego
1977	Andre Dawson, Montreal
1978	Bob Horner, Atlanta
1979	Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles
1980	Steve Howe, Los Angeles
1981	Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles
1982	Steve Sax, Los Angeles
1983	Darryl Strawberry, New York
1984	Dwight Gooden, New York
1985	Vince Coleman, St. Louis
1986	Todd Worrell, St. Louis
1987	Benito Santiago, San Diego
1988	Chris Sabo, Cincinnati
1989	Jerome Walton, Chicago
1990	Dave Justice, Atlanta
1991	Jeff Baguell, Houston
1992	Eric Karros, Los Angeles
1993	Mike Piazza, Los Angeles
1994	Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles
1995	Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles
1996	Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles
1997	Scott Rolen, Philadelphia
1998	Kerry Wood, Chicago
1999	Scott Williamson, Cincinnati
2000	Rafael Furcal, Atlanta
2001	Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2002	Jason Jennings, Colorado
2003	Dontrelle Willis, Florida
2004	Jason Bay, Pittsburgh
2005	Ryan Howard, Philadelphia
2006	Hanley Ramirez, Florida
2007	Ryan Braun, Milwaukee