Stop the Press: Rookie Of The Year

Only two players, both in the American League, have been named Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year, Fred Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in 200 In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to one player from each league as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America . Initially, the award was simply called the “Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award.” The only Rookie of the Year to win the Cy Young Award in the same year was Fernando Valenzuela in 198 The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA who alone selected a rookie of the year.

Beginning in 1980 each voter names three rookies: a first place choice is given five points, a second place choice three points, and a third place one point.