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Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award

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Listed below in chronological order are the rookie pitchers chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award (1963-2003). 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 on their own separate page.

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Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award by The Sporting News © Rookie Pitcher / Rookie Player / Rookie of the Year
Year	American League	Team	Year	National League	Team
1946-1962 winners were in the combined Rookie of the Year Award winners.
1963	Gary Peters	Chicago	1963	Ray Culp	Philadelphia
1964	Wally Bunker	Baltimore	1964	Billy McCool	Cincinnati
1965	Marcelino Lopez	California	1965	Frank Linzy	San Francisco
1966	Jim Nash	Kansas City	1966	Don Sutton	Los Angeles
1967	Tom Phoebus	Baltimore	1967	Dick Hughes	St. Louis
1968	Stan Bahnsen	New York	1968	Jerry Koosman	New York
1969	Mike Nagy	Boston	1969	Tom Griffin	Houston
1970	Bert Blyleven	Minnesota	1970	Carl Morton	Montreal
1971	Bill Parsons	Milwaukee	1971	Reggie Cleveland	St. Louis
1972	Dick Tidrow	Cleveland	1972	Jon Matlack	New York
1973	Steve Busby	Kansas City	1973	Steve Rogers	Montreal
1974	Frank Tanana	California	1974	John D'Acquisto	San Francisco
1975	Dennis Eckersley	Cleveland	1975	John Montefusco	San Francisco
1976	Mark Fidrych	Detroit	1976	Butch Metzger	San Diego
1977	Dave Rozema	Detroit	1977	Bob Owchinko	San Diego
1978	Rich Gale	Kansas City	1978	Don Robinson	Pittsburgh
1979	Mark Clear	California	1979	Rick Sutcliffe	Los Angeles
1980	Britt Burns	Chicago	1980	Bill Gullickson	Montreal
1981	Dave Righetti	New York	1981	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles
1982	Ed Vande Berg	Seattle	1982	Steve Bedrosian	Atlanta
1983	Mike Boddicker	Baltimore	1983	Craig McMurtry	Atlanta
1984	Mark Langston	Seattle	1984	Dwight Gooden	New York
1985	Teddy Higuera	Milwaukee	1985	Tom Browning	Cincinnati
1986	Mark Eichhorn	Toronto	1986	Todd Worrell	St. Louis
1987	Mike Henneman	Detroit	1987	Mike Dunne	Pittsburgh
1988	Bryan Harvey	California	1988	Tim Belcher	Los Angeles
1989	Tom Gordon	Kansas City	1989	Andy Benes	San Diego
1990	Kevin Appier	Kansas City	1990	Mike Harkey	Chicago
1991	Juan Guzman	Toronto	1991	Al Osuna	Houston
1992	Cal Eldred	Milwaukee	1992	Tim Wakefield	Pittsburgh
1993	Aaron Sele	Boston	1993	Kirk Rueter	Montreal
1994	Brian Anderson	California	1994	Steve Trachsel	Chicago
1995	Julian Tavarez	Cleveland	1995	Hideo Nomo	Los Angeles
1996	James Baldwin	Chicago	1996	Alan Benes	St. Louis
1997	Jason Dickson	Anaheim	1997	Matt Morris	St. Louis
1998	Rolando Arrojo	Tampa Bay	1998	Kerry Wood	Chicago
1999	Tim Hudson	Oakland	1999	Scott Williamson	Cincinnati
2000	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Seattle	2000	Rick Ankiel	St. Louis
2001	C.C. Sabathia	Cleveland	2001	Roy Oswalt	Houston
2002	Rodrigo Lopez	Baltimore	2002	Jason Jennings	Colorado
2003	Rafael Soriano	Seattle	2003	Dontrelle Willis	Florida
2004+ winners are in the combined Rookie of the Year Award winners.
Year	American League	Team	Year	National League	Team
Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award by The Sporting News ©

The American League recipient, during their award winning season, with the most wins was Bob Grim who won twenty (20) games and lost six (6) in 1954, the recipient with the most saves was Ryne Duren with twenty (20) in 1958, and the recipient with the best earned run average was Mark Eichhorn with 1.72 in 1986.

The National League recipient, during their award winning season, with the most wins was Tom Browning who won twenty (20) games and lost nine (9) in 1985, the recipient with the most saves was Todd Worrell with thirty-six (36) in 1986, and the recipient with the best earned run average was Frank Linzy with 1.43 in 1965.

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