Mike Trout Named AL Rookie of the Year

[gladdyontherise]

BBWAA.com: Official site of the Baseball Writers' Assn. of America.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim center fielder Mike Trout was a unanimous choice as the American League winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award, the BBWAA announced on MLB Network today.

Trout, 21, was listed first on all 28 ballots submitted by two writers in each league city for a perfect score of 140 points. He became the eighth unanimous choice in the AL voting, joining Evan Longoria, Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter, Tim Salmon, Sandy Alomar Jr., Mark McGwire and Carlton Fisk. There have been 10 unanimous choices in the National League. Trout and Salmon, the 1993 winner, are the only Angels players to have been honored.

Voting
1. Mike Trout
2. Yoenis Cespedes
3. Yu Darvish
4. Wei-Yin Chen
5. Jarrod Parker

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Obvious selection and well deserved.

[key2win]

MVP next please!

[JesRey]

Mike Trout Wins AL Rookie of the Year Unanimously

Mike Trout wins the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year unanimously.


He's the youngest player to win an AL rookie of the year at the age of 21 years old. He's only the second Angel player to win the award. Tim Salmon won the award in 1993. It's a little funny that both of them have a fish as their last name.

.326 AVG
30 HR
83 RBI
49 SB

He put up insane numbers and possibly one of the greatest rookie season ever. He should have won a gold glove, but he'll get one of those someday. Yoenis Cespedes finished second and Yu Darvish was third.

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