Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award

For the NFL award, see National Football League Rookie of the Year Award § Sporting News NFL ROTY Award.
Rookie of the Year Award
SportBaseball
LeagueMajor League Baseball
Awarded forMost outstanding rookie in the American League and National League
CountryUnited States, Canada
Presented bySporting News
History
First award1946
Most recentNL: Corbin Carroll
AL: Gunnar Henderson
2019 NL winner Pete Alonso playing first base for the Mets at Nationals Park.

The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award established in 1946 by Sporting News. For the first three years (1946–1948) and again in 1950, there was a single award. In 1949 and since 1951, the award has been given to a rookie from both the American League and National League. In 1961 and from 1963 through 2003, Sporting News split the rookie award into two separate categories, Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Rookie Player of the Year (in each league). In 2004 those two awards were discontinued, in favor of a single award, one for each league.

Below is a list of winners by year, name, team, league, and position.[1]

  1. ^ "Rookie of the Year Award by The Sporting News on Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013.