Baseball Summary: Rookie of the Year

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

(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

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