Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Winners
Year
Player
Team
Position
Selected Statistics
1949
Roy Sievers
St. Louis Browns
OF
306 Batting Average ,16 Home Runs ,91 Runs
1950
Walt Dropo
Boston Red Sox
1B
322 Batting Average, 34 Home Runs, 144 Runs
1951
Gil McDougald
New York Yankees
3B
306 Batting Average,14 Home Runs,63 Runs
1952
Harry Byrd
Philadelphia Athletics
P
3.31 Earned Run Average,15 Complete games,15–15 record in 37 appearances (28 games started)
1953
Harvey Kuenn
Detroit Tigers
SS
308 batting average,94 runs scored,209 hits
1954
Bob Grim
New York Yankees
P
3.26 earned run average,199 innings pitched,20–6 record in 37 appearances (20 games started)
1955
Herb Score
Cleveland Indians
P
2.85 earned run average,2271⁄3 innings pitched,16–10 record in 32 games started
1956
Luis Aparicio†
Chicago White Sox
SS
266 batting average,21 stolen bases,69 runs
1957
Tony Kubek
New York Yankees
SS
297 batting average,56 runs scored,39 runs
1958
Albie Pearson
Washington Senators
OF
275 batting average,3 home runs,63 runs
1959
Bob Allison
Washington Senators
OF
261 batting average,30 home runs,85 runs
1960
Ron Hansen
Baltimore Orioles
SS
255 batting average,22 home runs,86 runs
1961
Don Schwall
Boston Red Sox
P
3.22 earned run average,1782⁄3 innings pitched,15–7 record in 25 games started
1962
Tom Tresh
New York Yankees
SS
286 batting average,20 home runs,93 runs
1963
Gary Peters
Chicago White Sox
P
2.33 earned run average,243 innings pitched,19–8 record in 41 appearances (30 games started)
1964
Tony Oliva
Minnesota Twins
OF
323 batting average,32 home runs,94 runs
1965
Curt Blefary
Baltimore Orioles OF
OF
260 batting average,22 home runs,70 runs
1966
Tommie Agee
Chicago White Sox
OF
273 batting average,44 stolen bases,98 runs
1967
Rod Carew†
Minnesota Twins
2B
292 batting average,8 home runs,66 runs
1968
Stan Bahnsen
New York Yankees
P
2.05 earned run average,2671⁄3 innings pitched,17–12 record in 34 games started
1969
Lou Piniella
Kansas City Royals
OF
282 batting average,11 home runs,68 runs
1970
Thurman Munson
New York Yankees
C
302 batting average,53 runs batted in,52% caught stealing percentage in the field
1971
Chris Chambliss
Cleveland Indians
1B
275 batting average,9 home runs,48 runs
1972
Carlton Fisk†
Boston Red Sox
C
293 batting average,22 home runs,61 runs
1973
Al Bumbry
Baltimore Orioles
OF
337 batting average,11 triples,73 runs
1974
Mike Hargrove
Texas Rangers
1B
323 batting average,395 on-base percentage,66 runs
1975
Fred Lynn
Boston Red Sox
OF
331 batting average,47 doubles,105 runs
1976
Mark Fidrych
Detroit Tigers
P
2.34 earned run average,24 complete games,19–9 record in 29 games started
1977
Eddie Murray†
Baltimore Orioles
DH
283 batting average,27 home runs,88 runs
1978
Lou Whitaker
Detroit Tigers
2B
285 batting average,3 home runs,58 runs
1979*
John Castino
Minnesota Twins
3B
285 batting average,8 triples,52 runs
1979*
Alfredo Griffin
Toronto Blue Jays
SS
287 batting average,10 triples,81 runs
1980
Joe Charboneau
Cleveland Indians
OF
289 batting average,23 home runs,87 runs
1981
Dave Righetti
New York Yankees
P
2.05 earned run average,1051⁄3 innings pitched,8–4 record in 15 games started
1982
Cal Ripken, Jr.†
Baltimore Orioles
SS
264 batting average,28 home runs,93 runs
1983
Ron Kittle
Chicago White Sox
OF
254 batting average,35 home runs,100 runs
1984
Alvin Davis
Seattle Mariners
1B
284 batting average,27 home runs,116 runs
1985
Ozzie Guillen
Chicago White Sox
SS
273 batting average,9 triples,71 runs
1986
Jose Canseco
Oakland Athletics
OF
240 batting average,33 home runs,117 runs
1987
Mark McGwire
Oakland Athletics
1B
289 batting average,49 home runs,118 runs
1988
Walt Weiss
Oakland Athletics
SS
250 batting average,3 home runs,39 runs
1989
Gregg Olson
Baltimore Orioles
P
1.69 earned run average,85 innings pitched,27 saves
1990
Sandy Alomar, Jr.
Cleveland Indians
C
290 batting average,9 home runs,66 runs
1991
Chuck Knoblauch
Minnesota Twins
2B
281 batting average,25 stolen bases,78 runs
1992
Pat Listach
Milwaukee Brewers
SS
290 batting average,54 stolen bases,93 runs
1993
Tim Salmon
California Angels
OF
283 batting average,31 home runs,95 runs
1994
Bob Hamelin
Kansas City Royals
DH
282 batting average,24 home runs,65 runs
1995
Marty Cordova
Minnesota Twins
OF
277 batting average,24 home runs,84 runs
1996
Derek Jeter
New York Yankees
SS
314 batting average,10 home runs,104 runs
1997
Nomar Garciaparra
Boston Red Sox
SS
306 batting average,30 home runs,122 runs
1998
Ben Grieve
Oakland Athletics
OF
288 batting average,18 home runs,89 runs
1999
Carlos Beltran
Kansas City Royals
OF
293 batting average,22 home runs,108 runs
2000
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Seattle Mariners
P
3.16 earned run average,78 strikeouts,37 saves
2001
Ichiro Suzuki
Seattle Mariners
OF
350 batting average,56 stolen bases,127 runs
2002
Eric Hinske
Toronto Blue Jays
3B
279 batting average,24 home runs,84 runs
2003
Angel Berroa
Kansas City Royals
SS
287 batting average, 21 stolen bases,92 runs
2004
Bobby Crosby
Oakland Athletics
SS
239 batting average,22 home runs,64 runs
2005
Huston Street
Oakland Athletics
P
1.72 earned run average,781⁄3 innings pitched,23 saves
2006
Justin Verlander
Detroit Tigers
P
3.63 earned run average,186 innings pitched,17–9 record in 30 games started
2007
Dustin Pedroia
Boston Red Sox
2B
317 batting average,39 doubles,86 runs
2008
Evan Longoria
Tampa Bay Rays
3B
272 batting average,27 home runs,85 runs
2009
Andrew Bailey
Oakland Athletics
P
1.84 earned run average,831⁄3 innings pitched,26 saves
2010
Neftali Feliz
Texas Rangers
P
2.73 earned run average,691⁄3 innings pitched,40 saves
2011
Jeremy Hellickson
Tampa Bay Rays
P
2.95 earned run average,117 strikeouts,13–10 record in 29 games started
2012
Mike Trout
Los Angeles Angels
OF
326 batting average,30 home runs,129 runs scored49 stolen bases
2013
Wil Myers
Tampa Bay Rays
OF
293 batting average,13 home runs,53 runs