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Rookie of the Year Award by The Sporting News

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Listed below in chronological order are the rookies chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the Rookie of the Year Award. From 1946 until 1962, The Sporting News experimented with various rookie of the year awards — sometimes giving it to one player, sometimes giving it to several. During that time frame rookie pitchers and players received the award and they are listed below.

From 1963 through 2003 The Sporting News split the rookie award into two separate categories — Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Rookie Player of the Year. In 2004 those two awards were discontinued in favor of the unified award below.

"There is a distinct lack of concern on the part of management. It's paranoia on their part." - Don Newcombe (1949 winner of The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award) in Bottled Wisdom: Over 1,000 Spirited Quotations & Anecdotes (Mark Pollman, Wildstone Media Publishing, 03-1998, Page 146)

Rookie of the Year Award by The Sporting News © Rookie Pitcher / Rookie Player / Rookie of the Year
Year	Name(s)	League		Team(s)		Position
1946	Del Ennis	NL		Philadelphia		OF
1947	Jackie Robinson	NL		Brooklyn		1B
1948	Richie Ashburn	NL		Phildelphia		OF
1949	Don Newcombe	NL		Brooklyn		P
	Roy Sievers	AL		St. Louis		OF
1950	Whitey Ford	AL		New York		P
1951	Willie Mays	NL		New York		OF
	Minnie Minoso	AL		Chicago		OF
1952	Joe Black	NL		Brooklyn		P
	Clint Courtney	AL		St. Louis		C
1953	Jim Gilliam	NL		Brooklyn		2B
	Harvey Kuenn	AL		Detroit		SS
1954	Bob Grim	AL		New York		P
	Wally Moon	NL		St. Louis		OF
1955	Herb Score	AL		Cleveland		P
	Bill Virdon	NL		St. Louis		OF
1956	Luis Aparicio	AL		Chicago		SS
	Frank Robinson	NL		Cincinnati		OF
1957	Ed Bouchee	NL		Philadelphia		1B
	Tony Kubek	AL		New York		IF-OF
	Jack Sanford	NL		Philadelphia		P
1958	Orlando Cepeda	NL		San Francisco		1B
	Ryne Duren	AL		New York		P
	Albie Pearson	AL		Washington		OF
	Carl Willey	NL		Milwaukee		P
1959	Bob Allison	AL		Washington		OF
	Willie McCovey	NL		San Francisco		1B
1960	Ron Hansen	AL		Baltimore		SS
	Frank Howard	NL		Los Angeles		OF
1961	Dick Howser	AL		Kansas City		SS
	Ken Hunt	NL		Cincinnati		P
	Don Schwall	AL		Boston		P
	Billy Williams	NL		Chicago		OF
1962	Ken Hubbs	NL		Chicago		2B
	Tom Tresh	AL		New York		OF-SS
1963-2003 TSN discontinued award & created a Rookie Pitcher & Player of the Year Award.
Rookie of the Year Award by The Sporting News © Rookie Pitcher / Rookie Player / Rookie of the Year
Year	American League	Team(s)	Pos	Year	National League	Team(s)	Pos
2004	Bobby Crosby	Oakland	SS	2004	Jason Bay	Pittsburgh	OF
2005	Huston Street	Oakland	P	2005	Willy Taveras	Houston	OF
2006	Justin Verlander	Detroit	P	2006	Dan Uggla	Florida	2B
2007	Dustin Pedroia	Boston	2B	2007	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee	3B
2008	Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay	3B	2008	Geovany Soto	Chicago	C
2009	Gordon Beckham	Chicago	3B	2009	J.A. Happ	Philadelphia	P
2010	Austin Jackson	Detroit	OF	2010	Jason Heyward	Atlanta	OF
2011	Not Yet Announced^(10-2011)	--	--	2011	Not YetAnnounced^(10-2011	--	--
Year	American League	Team(s)	Pos	Year	American League	Team(s)	Pos
Rookie of the Year Award

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When the award was given to any player, from any league, in any amount, The Sporting News gave National League players nineteen honors & American League players sixteen honors.

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