He was Rookie of the Year?

[DeliciousBacon]

1990 Sandy Alomar Jr (Kevin Maas came in 2nd)

Given that Alomar had a very long career, and Maas was a two-month wonder, I'd say the voters made the right choice.

 

[bmc398]

1990 Sandy Alomar Jr (Kevin Maas came in 2nd)

Yeah, Alomar was a decent player. If not stats wise, just for pure longevity.

 

[sigma_chi]

Ben Grieve and kaz Sasaki...

 

[sigma_chi]

Todd Hollandsworth & Scott Williamson in the late 90s

 

[SteelBrad]

Todd Hollandsworth & Scott Williamson in the late 90s

I was a huge Jason Kendall fan. Pissed me off big time that Hollandsworth won.

 

[nosterbor]

Jerome Walton

I remember pulling his RCs from 1989 UD high # boxes and trading them back for more wax. Good times.

Ditto.

 

[sheetskout]

I'm not sure where the sentiment comes from that a winner of the ROY needs to have a good career to back it up. It's the Rookie Of The Year award, not the Rookie of the First-Few Years award.

The award really kind of means nothing to me unless someone has a largly-impactful season a la Braun, Piazza, Trout, Pujols, etc. Some years are just down years for rookies in MLB.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

The award really kind of means nothing to me unless someone has a largly-impactful season a la Braun, Piazza, Trout, Pujols, etc. Some years are just down years for rookies in MLB.

Like the year Earl Williams won for the NL, Willie Montanez came in second, and no one else recieved any votes at all.

 

[Todd44]

I don't think the sentiment is that most guys that busted were undeserving (except in some cases where the stats bear it out), but when a guy wins the ROY award, there is certainly the expectation at the time that they're going to go on to at least a quality MLB career. So looking back it's interesting to see the number of guys that flamed out. I specifically remember seeing Hamelin's #s as a kid and thinking he'd be the next great slugger.

I'm not sure where the sentiment comes from that a winner of the ROY needs to have a good career to back it up. It's the Rookie Of The Year award, not the Rookie of the First-Few Years award.

The award really kind of means nothing to me unless someone has a largly-impactful season a la Braun, Piazza, Trout, Pujols, etc. Some years are just down years for rookies in MLB.

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Ironically, right before I clicked on this thread, the "looking for joe charbanue" post was directly under.

 

[Firebirds11]

Dontrelle Willis

 

[BiggioBrooks755]

Was Chris Shelton a All Star or ROY back in 2005 or something?

 

[mancini79]

Was Chris Shelton a All Star or ROY back in 2005 or something?

No and No. He did have a hot start batting .385 in his first 50 games in 05. Then crashed and burned.

 

[joey12508]

Walt Dropo

 

[Austin]

1989 American League
Gregg Olson
Griffey came in third place, behind Olson and Tom Gordon