Frank Robinson, Vince Coleman, Benito Santiago, Mike Piazza, Raul Mondesi, Scott Rolen, Tony Kubek, Carlton Fisk, Mark McGwire, Sandy Alomar Jr., Tim Salmon, Derek Jeter, Nomar Garicaparra, Evan Longoria, Mike Trout. Those are some of the names of the players who have unanimously won the Rookie of the Year award. Trout joined that illustrious group Monday when he became the youngest winner of the AL award and only the 8th in the history of the AL to win unanimously.
Trout, however, has a chance to do something (else) that no one has ever done before. If Trout also brings home the AL MVP award on Thursday, and we’ve argued here on Off The Bench that he should, he will be the first player in major league history to win the Rookie of the Year unanimously and the MVP award in the same season.
Fred Lynn in 1975 and Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 are the only two players so far to win both awards in the same season but Lynn’s teammate Jim Rice got one ROY vote in ’75 and CC Sabathia took one from...
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PLAYERS:
Mike Trout,
Benito Santiago,
Mike Piazza,
Scott Rolen,
Carlton Fisk,
Mark Mcgwire,
Sandy Alomar,
Tim Salmon,
Derek Jeter,
Evan Longoria,
Fred Lynn,
Ichiro Suzuki,
CC Sabathia,
Miguel Cabrera
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers
TEAMS: Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers
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