Rookies of the Year

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This year's Rookies of the Year, Jose Fernandez and Wil Myers

The rules that determine whether a player is a "rookie" or not have been tinkered with a couple of times since the award's inception. For example, in 1950, Walt Dropo, with 41 career at-bats prior the season, was deemed eligible as a rookie, while Al Rosen, with 58 at-bats, was not.

Now, the rules are clear. To be deemed a "rookie", a player must have not have 130 career at-bats, have pitched 50 innings, or spent 45 days on an MLB roster.

The award is voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and is awarded based on a point system consisting of first-, second-, and third-place votes (5, 3, 1).

There have been 18 unanimous Rookie of the Year selections since 1947: Frank Robinson (NL, 1956), Orlando Cepeda (NL, 1958), Willie McCovey (NL, 1959), Carlton Fisk (AL, 1972), Vince Coleman (NL, 1985), Benito Santiago (NL, 1987), Mark McGwire (AL, 1987), Sandy Alomar (AL, 1990), Mike Piazza (NL, 1993), Tim Salmon (AL, 1993), Raul Mondesi (NL,1994), Derek Jeter (AL, 1996), Nomar Garciaparra (AL, 1997), Scott Rolen (NL, 1997), Albert Pujols (NL, 2001), Evan Longoria (AL, 2008), Craig Kimbrel (NL, 2011), Mike Trout (AL, 2012).

Only twice has a player been named his league's top rookie and MVP - in 1975 when Boston's Fred Lynn won the honours, and in 2001, when Ichiro Suzuki came over from Japan to fetch the honours; neither, strangely, were unanamious choices for the Rookie of the Year Award.

1947	Jackie Robinson	Brooklyn	NL
1948	Alvin Dark	Boston	NL
1949	Don Newcombe	Brooklyn	NL
	Roy Sievers	St. Louis	AL
1950	Sam Jethroe	Boston	NL
	Walt Dropo	Boston	AL
1951	Willie Mays	New York	NL
	Gil McDougald	New York	AL
1952	Joe Black	Brooklyn	NL
	Harry Byrd	Philadelphia	AL
1953	Junior Gilliam	Brooklyn	NL
	Harvey Kuenn	Detroit	AL
1954	Wally Moon	St. Louis	NL
	Bob Grim	New York	AL
1955	Bill Virdon	St. Louis	NL
	Herb Score	Cleveland	AL
1956	Frank Robinson ^U	Cincinnati	NL
	Luis Aparicio	Chicago	AL
1957	Jack Sanford	Philadelphia	NL
	Tony Kubek	New York	AL
1958	Orlando Cepeda ^U	Pittsburgh	NL
	Albie Pearson	Washington	AL
1959	Willie McCovey ^U	San Francisco	NL
	Bob Allison	Washington	AL
1960	Frank Howard	Los Angeles	NL
	Ron Hansen	Baltimore	AL
1961	Billy Williams	Chicago	NL
	Don Schwall	Boston	AL
1962	Ken Hubbs	Chicago	NL
	Tom Tresh	New York	AL
1963	Pete Rose	Cincinnati	NL
	Gary Peters	Chicago	AL
1964	Dick Allen	Philadelphia	NL
	Tony Oliva	Minnesota	AL
1965	Jim Lefebvre	Los Angeles	NL
	Curt Blefary	Baltimore	AL
1966	Tommy Helms	Cincinnati	NL
	Tommie Agee	Chicago	AL
1967	Tom Seaver	New York	NL
	Rod Carew	Minnesota	AL
1968	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	NL
	Stan Bahnsen	California	AL
1969	Ted Sizemore	Los Angeles	NL
	Lou Piniella	Kansas City	AL
1970	Carl Morton	Montreal	NL
	Thurman Munson	New York	AL
1971	Earl Williams	Atlanta	NL
	Chris Chambliss	Cleveland	AL
1972	Jon Matlack	New York	NL
	Carlton Fisk ^U	Boston	AL
1973	Gary Matthews	San Francisco	NL
	Al Bumbry	Baltimore	AL
1974	Bake McBride	St. Louis	NL
	Mike Hargrove	Texas	AL
1975	John Montefusco	San Francisco	NL
	Fred Lynn	Boston	AL
1976	Butch Metzger	San Diego	NL
	Mark Fidrych	Detroit	AL
1977	Andre Dawson	Montreal	NL
	Eddie Murray	Baltimore	AL
1978	Bob Horner	Atlanta	NL
	Lou Whitaker	Detroit	AL
1979	Rick Sutcliffe	Los Angeles	NL
	John Castino (co-winner)	Minnesota	AL
	Alfredo Griffin (co-winner)	Toronto	AL
1980	Steve Howe	Los Angeles	NL
	Joe Charboneau	Cleveland	AL
1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles	NL
	Dave Righetti	New York	AL
1982	Steve Sax	Los Angeles	NL
	Cal Ripken	Baltimore	AL
1983	Darryl Strawberry	New York	NL
	Ron Kittle	Chicago	AL
1984	Dwight Gooden	New York	NL
	Alvin Davis	Seattle	AL
1985	Vince Coleman ^U	St. Louis	NL
	Ozzie Guillen	Chicago	AL
1986	Todd Worrell	St. Louis	NL
	Jose Canseco	Oakland	AL
1987	Benito Santiago ^U	San Diego	NL
	Mark McGwire ^U	Oakland	AL
1988	Chris Sabo	Cincinnati	NL
	Walt Weiss	Oakland	AL
1989	Jerome Walton	Chicago	NL
	Gregg Olson	Baltimore	AL
1990	David Justice	Atlanta	NL
	Sandy Alomar ^U	Cleveland	AL
1991	Jeff Bagwell	Houston	NL
	Chuck Knoblauch	Minnesota	AL
1992	Eric Karros	Los Angeles	NL
	Pat Listach	Milwaukee	AL
1993	Mike Piazza ^U	Los Angeles	NL
	Tim Salmon ^U	California	AL
1994	Raul Mondesi ^U	Los Angeles	NL
	Bob Hamelin	Kansas City	AL
1995	Hideo Nomo	Los Angeles	NL
	Marty Cordova	Minnesota	AL
1996	Todd Hollandsworth	Los Angeles	NL
	Derek Jeter ^U	New York	AL
1997	Scott Rolen ^U	Philadelphia	NL
	Nomar Garciaparra ^U	Boston	AL
1998	Kerry Wood	Chicago	NL
	Ben Grieve	Oakland	AL
1999	Scott Williamson	Cincinnati	NL
	Carlos Beltran	Kansas City	AL
2000	Rafael Furcal	Atlanta	NL
	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Seattle	AL
2001	Albert Pujols ^U	St. Louis	NL
	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	AL
2002	Jason Jennings	Colorado	NL
	Eric Hinske	Toronto	AL
2003	Dontrelle Willis	Florida	NL
	Angel Berroa	Kansas City	AL
2004	Jason Bay	Pittsburgh	NL
	Bobby Crosby	Oakland	AL
2005	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia	NL
	Huston Street	Oakland	AL
2006	Hanley Ramirez	Florida	NL
	Justin Verlander	Detroit	AL
2007	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee	NL
	Dustin Pedroia	Boston	AL
2008	Geovany Soto	Chicago	NL
	Evan Longoria^U	Tampa Bay	AL
2009	Chris Coghlan	Florida	NL
	Andrew Bailey	Oakland	AL
2010	Buster Posey	San Francisco	NL
	Neftali Feliz	Texas	AL
2011	Craig Kimbrel^U	Atlanta	NL
	Jeremy Hellickson	Tampa Bay	AL
2012	Bryce Harper	Washington	NL
	Mike Trout^U	Anaheim	AL
2013	Jose Fernandez	Miami	NL
	Wil Myers	Tampa Bay	AL

U - denotes Unanimous Selection