Major League Baseball: Rookie of the Year by Season Rookie of the Year (National League).

Major League Baseball: Rookie of the Year by Season Rookie of the Year (National League). Year Player Team 1947 Jackie Robinson (1b) Brooklyn Dodgers 1948 Alvin Dark (ss) Boston Braves 1949 Don Newcombe (p) Brooklyn Dodgers 1950 Sam Jethroe (of) Boston Braves 1951 Willie Mays (of) New York Giants 1952 Joe Black (p) Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 Jim Gilliam (2b) Brooklyn Dodgers 1954 Wally Moon (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1955 Bill Virdon (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1956 Frank Robinson (of) Cincinnati Reds 1957 Jack Sanford (p) Philadelphia Phillies 1958 Orlando Cepeda (1b) San Francisco Giants 1959 Willie McCovey (1b) San Francisco Giants 1960 Frank Howard (of) Los Angeles Dodgers 1961 Billy Williams (of) Chicago Cubs 1962 Ken Hubbs (2b) Chicago Cubs 1963 Pete Rose (2b) Cincinnati Reds 1964 Richie Allen (3b) Philadelphia Phillies 1965 Jim Lefebvre (2b) Los Angeles Dodgers 1966 Tommy Helms (3b) Cincinnati Reds 1967 Tom Seaver (p) New York Mets 1968 Johnny Bench (c) Cincinnati Reds 1969 Ted Sizemore (2b) Los Angeles Dodgers 1970 Carl Morton (p) Montréal Expos 1971 Earl Williams (c) Atlanta Braves 1972 Jon Matlack (p) New York Mets 1973 Gary Matthews (of) San Francisco Giants 1974 Bake McBride (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1975 John Montefusco (p) San Francisco Giants 1976 Butch Metzger (p) San Diego Padres 1976 Pat Zachry (p) Cincinnati Reds 1977 Andre Dawson (of) Montréal Expos 1978 Bob Horner (3b) Atlanta Braves 1979 Rick Sutcliffe (p) Los Angeles Dodgers 1980 Steve Howe (p) Los Angeles Dodgers 1981 Fernando Valenzuela (p) Los Angeles Dodgers 1982 Steve Sax (2b) Los Angeles Dodgers 1983 Darryl Strawberry (of) New York Mets 1984 Dwight Gooden (p) New York Mets 1985 Vince Coleman (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1986 Todd Worrell (p) St. Louis Cardinals 1987 Benito Santiago (c) San Diego Padres 1988 Chris Sabo (3b) Cincinnati Reds 1989 Jerome Walton (of) Chicago Cubs 1990 David Justice (of) Atlanta Braves 1991 Jeff Bagwell (1b) Houston Astros 1992 Eric Karros (1b) Los Angeles Dodgers 1993 Mike Piazza (c) Los Angeles Dodgers 1994 Raul Mondesi (of) Los Angeles Dodgers 1995 Hideo Nomo (p) Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 Todd Hollandsworth (of) Los Angeles Dodgers 1997 Scott Rolen (3b) Philadelphia Phillies 1998 Kerry Wood (p) Chicago Cubs 1999 Scott Williamson (p) Cincinnati Reds 2000 Rafael Furcal (ss) Atlanta Braves 2001 Albert Pujols (3b) St. Louis Cardinals 2002 Jason Jennings (p) Colorado Rockies 2003 Dontrelle Willis (p) Florida Marlins 2004 Jason Bay (of) Pittsburgh Pirates 2005 Ryan Howard (1b) Philadelphia Phillies 2006 Hanley Ramirez (ss) Florida Marlins 2007 Ryan Braun (3b) Milwaukee Brewers Key: 1b = first base 2b = second base 3b = third base c = catcher dh = designated hitter of = outfielder p = pitcher ss = shortstop Source: Major League Baseball. Rookie of the Year (American League). Year Player Team 1949 Roy Sievers (of) St. Louis Cardinals 1950 Walt Dropo (1b) Boston Red Sox 1951 Gil McDougald (3b) New York Yankees 1952 Harry Byrd (p) Philadelphia Athletics 1953 Harvey Kuenn (ss) Detroit Tigers 1954 Bob Grim (p) New York Yankees 1955 Herb Score (p) Cleveland Indians 1956 Luis Aparicio (ss) Chicago White Sox 1957 Tony Kubek (of/inf) New York Yankees 1958 Albie Pearson (of) Washington Senators 1959 Bob Allison (of) Washington Senators 1960 Ron Hansen (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1961 Don Schwall (p) Boston Red Sox 1962 Tom Tresh (ss/of) New York Yankees 1963 Gary Peters (p) Chicago White Sox 1964 Tony Oliva (of) Minnesota Twins 1965 Curt Blefary (of) Baltimore Orioles 1966 Tommie Agee (of) Chicago White Sox 1967 Rod Carew (2b) Minnesota Twins 1968 Stan Bahnsen (p) New York Yankees 1969 Lou Piniella (of) Kansas City Royals 1970 Thurman Munson (c) New York Yankees 1971 Chris Chambliss (1b) Cleveland Indians 1972 Carlton Fisk (c) Boston Red Sox 1973 Al Bumbry (of) Baltimore Orioles 1974 Mike Hargrove (1b) Texas Rangers 1975 Fred Lynn (of) Boston Red Sox 1976 Mark Fidrych (p) Detroit Tigers 1977 Eddie Murray (1b/dh) Baltimore Orioles 1978 Lou Whitaker (2b) Detroit Tigers 1979 (shared) John Castino (3b) Minnesota Twins 1979 (shared) Alfredo Griffin (ss) Toronto Blue Jays 1980 Joe Charboneau (dh/of) Cleveland Indians 1981 Dave Righetti (p) New York Yankees 1982 Cal Ripken, Jr. (ss) Baltimore Orioles 1983 Ron Kittle (of) Chicago White Sox 1984 Alvin Davis (1b) Seattle Mariners 1985 Ozzie Guillen (ss) Chicago White Sox 1986 Jose Canseco (of) Oakland Athletics 1987 Mark McGwire (1b) Oakland Athletics 1988 Walt Weiss (ss) Oakland Athletics 1989 Gregg Olson (p) Baltimore Orioles 1990 Sandy Alomar, Jr. (c) Cleveland Indians 1991 Chuck Knoblauch (2b) Minnesota Twins 1992 Pat Listach (ss) Milwaukee Brewers 1993 Tim Salmon (dh) California Angels 1994 Robert Hamelin (1b) Kansas City Royals 1995 Marty Cordova (of) Minnesota Twins 1996 Derek Jeter (ss) New York Yankees 1997 Nomar Garciaparra (ss) Boston Red Sox 1998 Ben Grieve (of) Oakland Athletics 1999 Carlos Beltran (of) Kansas City Royals 2000 Kazuhiro Sasaki (rp) Seattle Mariners 2001 Ichiro Suzuki (of) Seattle Mariners 2002 Eric Hinske (3b) Toronto Blue Jays 2003 Angel Berroa (ss) Kansas City Royals 2004 Bobby Crosby (ss) Oakland Athletics 2005 Huston Street (p) Oakland Athletics 2006 Justin Verlander (p) Detroit Tigers 2007 Dustin Pedroia (2b) Boston Red Sox Key: 1b = first base 2b = second base 3b = third base c = catcher dh = designated hitter inf = infielder of = outfielder p = pitcher rp = relief pitcher ss = shortstop Source: Major League Baseball. 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