Rookie of the year award winners - Illustration

Baseball Digest, Dec, 2003

1947 Combined selection, Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn, lb. 1948 Combined selection, Alvin Dark, Boston, N L.,ss.

AMERICAN LEAGUE                      NATIONAL LEAGUE

Year Player, Club Pos.               Player, Club, Pos.

1949 Roy Sievers, St. Louis, of      Don Newcombe, Brooklyn, p

1950 Walter Dropo, Boston, 1b        Sam Jethroe, Boston, of

1951 Gil McDougald, New York, 3b     Willie Mays, New York, of

1952 Harvey Byrd, Philadelphia, p    Joe Black, Brooklyn, p

1953 Harvey Kuenn, Detroit, ss       Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn, 2b

1954 Bob Grim, New York, p           Wally Moon, St. Louis, of

1955 Herb Score, Cleveland, p        Bill Virdon, St. Louis, of

1956 Luis Aparicio, Chicago, ss      Frank Robinson, Cincinnati, of

1957 Tony Kubek New York, inf-of     Jack Sanford, Philadelphia, p

1958 Albie Pearson, Washington, of   Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco, 1b

1959 Bob Allison, Washington, of     Willie McCovey, San Francisco, 1b

1960 Ron Hansen, Baltimore, ss       Frank Howard, Los Angeles, of

1961 Don Schwall, Boston, p          Billy Williams, Chicago, of

1962 Tom Tresh, New York, of-ss      Ken Hubbs, Chicago, 2b

1963 Gary Peters, Chicago,  p        Pete Rose, Cincinatti, 2b

1964 Tony Oliva, Minnesota, of       Dick Allen, Philadelphia, 3b

1965 Curt Blefary, Baltimore, of     Jim Lefebvre, Los Angeles, 2b

1966 Tomme Agee, Chicago, of         Tommy Helms, Cincinnati, 3b

1967 Rod Carew, Minnesota, 2b        Tom Seaver, New York, p

1968 Stan Bahnsen New York, p        Johnny Bench, Cincinnati, c

1969 Lou Piniella, Kansas City, of   Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles, 2b

1970 Thurman Munson, New York, c     Carl Morton, Montreal, p

1971 Chris Chambliss, Cleveland, 1b  Earl William, Atlanta, c

1972 Carlton Fisk, Boston, c         Jon Matlack, New York, p

1973 Al Bumbry, Baltimore, of        Gary Matthew, San Francisco, of

1974 Mike Hargrove, Texas, 1b        Bake McBride, St. Louis, of

1975 Fled Lynn, Boston, of           John Montefusco, San Francisco, p

1976 Mark Fidrych, Detroit p         Butch Metzger, San Diego, p
                                     Pat Zachry, Cincinnati, p

1977 Eddie Murray, Baltimore, dh-1b  Andre Dawson, Montreal, of

1978 Lou Whitaker, Detroit, 2b       Bob Horner, Atlanta, 3b

1979 John Castino, Minnesota, 3b     Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles, p
Alfredo Griffin, Toronto, ss

1980 Joe Charboneau, Cleveland, of   Steve Howe, Los Angeles, p

1981 Dave Righetti, New York, p      Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles,
                                     p
1982 Cal Ripken, Baltimore, ss-3b    Steve Sax, Los Angeles, 2b

1983 Ron Kittle, Chicago, of         Darryl Strawberry, New York, of

1984 Alvin Davis, Seattle, 1b        Dwight Gooden, New York, p

1985 Ozzie Guillen, Chicago, ss      Vince Coleman, St. Louis, of

1986 Jose Canseco, Oakland, of       Todd Worrell, St. Louis, p

1987 Mark McGwire, Oakland, 1b       Benito Santiago, San Diego, c

1988 Walt Weiss, Oakland, ss         Chris Sabo, Cincinnati, 3b

1989 Gregg Olson, Baltimore, p       Jerome Walton, Chicago, of

1990 Sandy Alomar, Jr., Cleveland, c Dave Justice, Atlanta, of

1991 Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota, 2b  Jeff Bagwell, Houston, 1b

1992 Pat Listach, Milwaukee, ss      Eric Karros, Los Angeles, 1b

1993 Tim Salmon, California, of      Mike Piazza, Los Angeles, c

1994 Bob Hamelin, Kansas City, dh    Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles, of

1995 Marty Cordova, Minnesota, of    Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles, p

1996 Derek Jeter, New York, ss       Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles,
                                     of
1997 Nomar Garciaparra, Boston, ss   Scott Rolen, Philadelphia, 3b

1998 Ben Grieve, Oakland, of         Kerry Wood, Chicago, p

1999 Carlos Beltran, Kansas City, of Scott Williamson, Cincinnati, p

2000 Kazuhiro Sasaki, Seattle, p     Rafael Furcal, Atlanta, ss

2001 Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, of      Albert Pujols, St. Louis, inf./of

2002 Eric Hinske, Toronto, 3b        Jason Jennings, Colorado, p

Boldface type Indicates player was unanimous selection as his league's
top rookie