American League Rookie of the Year

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baseball award sports award

The American League Rookie of the Year is an annual Major League Baseball award given to the most outstanding first-year player in the American League.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball award → sports award →
abbreviation	AL Rookie of the Year →
awardSeason	Major League Baseball regular season →
awardType	individual player award →
category	Major League Baseball awards →
country	United States →
eligibility	Major League Baseball rookies in the American League →
firstSeasonAwarded	1947 MLB season →
firstWinner	Jackie Robinson →
frequency	annual →
givenFor	most outstanding first-year player in the American League →
governingBody	Major League Baseball →
hasCounterpart	National League Rookie of the Year →
hasGenderRestriction	no →
hasHistoricalSignificance	first awarded to Jackie Robinson in 1947 →
hasMediaCoverage	sports journalism in the United States →
hasStatisticalBasis	player performance in rookie season →
inception	1947 →
initialScope	entire Major Leagues →
isRelatedTo	Cy Young Award → Gold Glove Award → Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award → Silver Slugger Award →
isRookieDefinitionSource	Major League Baseball rookie eligibility rules →
isSubawardOf	Major League Baseball annual player awards →
languageOfName	English →
laterSplitInto	separate American League and National League Rookie of the Year awards →
league	American League →
level	major league →
notableMultipleWinners	none (players can win only once as rookies) →
notableWinner	Aaron Judge → Cal Ripken Jr. → Derek Jeter → Ichiro Suzuki → José Abreu → Mark McGwire → Mike Trout → Randy Arozarena → Shohei Ohtani →
partOf	Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award →
presentedBy	Major League Baseball →
scope	American League regular season performance →
selectionBody	Baseball Writers Association of America →
selectionProcess	vote by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America →
sport	baseball →
wasInitiallySingleLeagueAward	yes →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dustin Pedroia → Ichiro Suzuki ("2001 American League Rookie of the Year Award") → Nomar Garciaparra → Ozzie Guillén → Shohei Ohtani ("Rookie of the Year Award") →	awardReceived
Carlton Fisk → Yordan Alvarez →	award
American League Rookie of the Year ("Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award") →	partOf
National League Rookie of the Year Award ("American League Rookie of the Year Award") →	relatedTo
Eddie Murray →	RookieOfTheYearAward
Carlton Fisk →	wonAward