Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award on Baseball Almanac

Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award

Since 1992, every player belonging to the Major League Baseball Players Association has been allowed to cast a vote on various categories in an effort to determine each year's winners of the Players Choice Awards.

The award titles have changed nearly every year since its inception, but the cause is the same as proceeds from the Players Choice Awards are used to benefit the Players Trust for Children. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive breakdown of every Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award recipient.

"It means a lot knowing the players voted for this (Players Choice Award). It's important because sometimes the media is very biased about who they like and who they don't like. The players give you an honest opinion." - Frank Thomas on ESPN2 (1993, Players Choice Awards, Live Speech)

Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award In Chronological Order
Year	Name(s)	Lg	Team	Position
1994	Bob Hamelin	AL	Kansas City	DH
1994	Raul Mondesi	NL	Los Angeles	OF
1995	Marty Cordova	AL	Minnesota	OF
1995	Chipper Jones	NL	Atlanta	3B
1996	Derek Jeter	AL	New York	SS
1996	Todd Hollandsworth	NL	Los Angeles	OF
1997	Nomar Garciaparra	AL	Boston	SS
1997	Scott Rolen	NL	Philadelphia	3B
1998	Ben Grieve	AL	Oakland	OF
1998	Kerry Wood	NL	Chicago	P
1999	Carlos Beltran	AL	Kansas City	OF
1999	Preston Wilson	NL	Florida	OF
2000	Terrence Long	AL	Oakland	OF
2000	Rafael Furcal	NL	Atlanta	SS
2001	Ichiro Suzuki	AL	Seattle	OF
2001	Albert Pujols	NL	St. Louis	3B
2002	Eric Hinske	AL	Texas	3B
2002	Jason Jennings	NL	Colorado	P
2003	Angel Berroa	AL	Kansas City	SS
2003	Scott Podsednik	NL	Milwaukee	OF
2004	Bobby Crosby	AL	Oakland	SS
2004	Jason Bay	NL	Pittsburgh	OF
2005	Willy Taveras	AL	Oakland	P
2005	Huston Street	NL	Houston	OF
2006	Justin Verlander	AL	Detroit	P
2006	Dan Uggla	NL	Florida	2B
2007	Dustin Pedroia	AL	Boston	2B
2007	Ryan Braun	NL	Milwaukee	3B
2008	Evan Longoria	AL	Tampa Bay	3B
2008	Geovany Soto	NL	Chicago	C
2009	Gordon Beckham	AL	Chicago	3B
2009	J.A. Happ	NL	Philadelphia	P
2010	Austin Jackson	AL	Detroit	OF
2010	Buster Posey	NL	San Francisco	C
2011	--	AL	--	--
2011	--	NL	--	--
Year	Name(s)	Lg	Team	Position
Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award

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Did you know that the Players Choice Awards (click link to see them all on the same page) also includes awards for Outstanding Player of the Year and Outstanding Rookie of the Year?

The first players to ever win an Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award AND the Baseball Writers Association of America Rookie of the Year Award were both from 1994; Bob Hamelin & Raul Mondesi.

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