1968 American League ROY - Who?

Stone193

I just found this autographed pic of Stan Bahnsen - he came up with the Yanks - was the '68 ROY - played 16 seasons in the bigs with an almost .500 winning record at 146/149 - he finished his career with chosen frozen in Montreal.



It's amazing how many people were ROY and to be frank, not a familiar player? Unless you're a big Yanks fan, this guy would be flying way, way under the radar.

More familiar names from the summer of 68 harvest: Bobby Cox and Rollie Fingers.

I know there are many that you've proabably talked about - at least Stan played for 16 seasons - some ROY's didn't get that many.

mike

edit: If a guy today was pumping at a .500 winning record? He would be getting 8 Katrillion a year!!!

onlyanumber

List time!!!


List of Rookie of the Year winners

Major Leagues combined (1947-48)

Year Player, Team, Position

1947 Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, 2B
1948 Alvin Dark, Boston Braves, SS


National and American League winners (1949-present)

Year National League American League

1949 Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers, P Roy Sievers, St. Louis Browns, OF
1950 Sam Jethroe, Boston Braves, OF Walt Dropo, Boston Red Sox, 1B
1951 Willie Mays, New York Giants, OF Gil McDougald, New York Yankees, 3B
1952 Joe Black, Brooklyn Dodgers, P Harry Byrd, Philadelphia Athletics, P
1953 Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn Dodgers, 2B Harvey Kuenn, Detroit Tigers, SS
1954 Wally Moon, St. Louis Cardinals, OF Bob Grim, New York Yankees, P
1955 Bill Virdon, St. Louis Cardinals, OF Herb Score, Cleveland Indians, P
1956 Frank Robinson, Cincinnati Reds, OF Luis Aparicio, Chicago White Sox, SS
1957 Jack Sanford, Philadelphia Phillies, P Tony Kubek, New York Yankees, SS
1958 Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco Giants, 1B Albie Pearson, Washington Senators, OF
1959 Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants, 1B Bob Allison, Washington Senators, OF
1960 Frank Howard, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF Ron Hansen, Baltimore Orioles, SS
1961 Billy Williams, Chicago Cubs, OF Don Schwall, Boston Red Sox, P
1962 Ken Hubbs, Chicago Cubs, 2B Tom Tresh, New York Yankees, SS
1963 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds Gary Peters, Chicago White Sox, P
1964 Dick Allen, Philadelphia Phillies Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins, OF
1965 Jim Lefebvre, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B Curt Blefary, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1966 Tommy Helms, Cincinnati Reds, 2B Tommie Agee, Chicago White Sox, OF
1967 Tom Seaver, New York Mets, P Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins, 2B
1968 Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds, C Stan Bahnsen, New York Yankees, P
1969 Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B Lou Piniella, Kansas City Royals, OF
1970 Carl Morton, Montreal Expos, P Thurman Munson, New York Yankees, C
1971 Earl Williams, Atlanta Braves, C Chris Chambliss, Cleveland Indians, 1B
1972 Jon Matlack, New York Mets, P Carlton Fisk, Boston Red Sox, C
1973 Gary Matthews, San Francisco Giants, OF Al Bumbry, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1974 Bake McBride, St. Louis Cardinals, OF Mike Hargrove, Texas Rangers, 1B
1975 John Montefusco, San Francisco Giants, P Fred Lynn, Boston Red Sox, OF
1976 Butch Metzger, San Diego Padres, P
Pat Zachry, Cincinnati Reds, P Mark Fidrych, Detroit Tigers, P
1977 Andre Dawson, Montreal Expos, OF Eddie Murray, Baltimore Orioles, DH
1978 Bob Horner, Atlanta Braves, 3B Lou Whitaker, Detroit Tigers, 2B
1979 Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles Dodgers, P John Castino, Minnesota Twins, 3B
Alfredo Griffin, Toronto Blue Jays, SS
1980 Steve Howe, Los Angeles Dodgers, P Joe Charboneau, Cleveland Indians, OF
1981 Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Dodgers, P Dave Righetti, New York Yankees, P
1982 Steve Sax, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS
1983 Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets, OF Ron Kittle, Chicago White Sox, OF
1984 Dwight Gooden, New York Mets, P Alvin Davis, Seattle Mariners, 1B
1985 Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals, OF Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox, SS
1986 Todd Worrell, St. Louis Cardinals, P José Canseco, Oakland Athletics, OF
1987 Benito Santiago, San Diego Padres, C Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics, 1B
1988 Chris Sabo, Cincinnati Reds, 3B Walt Weiss, Oakland Athletics, SS
1989 Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs, OF Gregg Olson, Baltimore Orioles, P
1990 David Justice, Atlanta Braves, OF Sandy Alomar, Jr., Cleveland Indians, C
1991 Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros, 1B Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota Twins, 2B
1992 Eric Karros, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1B Pat Listach, Milwaukee Brewers, SS
1993 Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers, C Tim Salmon, California Angels, OF
1994 Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF Bob Hamelin, Kansas City Royals, DH
1995 Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles Dodgers, P Marty Cordova, Minnesota Twins, OF
1996 Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, SS
1997 Scott Rolen, Philadelphia Phillies, 3B Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox, SS
1998 Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs, P Ben Grieve, Oakland Athletics, OF
1999 Scott Williamson, Cincinnati Reds, P Carlos Beltrán, Kansas City Royals, OF
2000 Rafael Furcal, Atlanta Braves, SS Kazuhiro Sasaki, Seattle Mariners, P
2001 Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals, 3B-OF Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners, OF
2002 Jason Jennings, Colorado Rockies, P Eric Hinske, Toronto Blue Jays, 3B
2003 Dontrelle Willis, Florida Marlins, P Angel Berroa, Kansas City Royals, SS
2004 Jason Bay, Pittsburgh Pirates, OF Bobby Crosby, Oakland Athletics, SS
2005 Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies, 1B Huston Street, Oakland Athletics, P
2006 Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins, SS Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers, P


Never realized how many HOFers were ROY. Never realized how many guys bombed out afterwards...

theczar

1967 Yankee Rookies Bahnsen/Murcer

They both lasted a while in the bigs although sad to hear that Bobby Murcer is not fareing well.

Stone193

I just found his 1973 Topps baseball card contract on ebay.

Just when ya don't know of someone - two hits in one day!

zef204

<< <i>1989 Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs >>



Oh boy, did I think he was going to be a star.

GDM67

Him and Dwight, both.

Each guy ended up in Atlanta for a spell, Dwight becoming quite a valuable contributor.

Ironmanfan

Bahnsen had quite the career...I think he last pitched in like 1982 or so (and not even lefthanded)

Stone193

Here's one of my favorites - some said - "destined to have HOF stats."

If Joe was a band - he would be a "one hit wonder."

Unfortunately, he hurt is back in a game - and was never the same. He was kind of flaky at times which I kinda liked.

mike

TNP777

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Here's one of my favorites - some said - "destined to have HOF stats."

If Joe was a band - he would be a "one hit wonder."

Unfortunately, he hurt is back in a game - and was never the same. He was kind of flaky at times which I kinda liked.

mike >>

From ESPN's Page 2 - an article on one-hit wonders:

Joe Charboneau
"Super Joe" Charboneau was a unique physical specimen, a guy who could blast a booming homer and then celebrate after the game by opening a beer bottle with his eye socket, then drinking the beer with a straw -- through his nose. Why beer? Well, he needed something to wash down the cigarettes he was eating.

In other words, Charboneau was a true flake, celebrated by Indians fans in song. "Who's the newest guy in town? Go Joe Charboneau. Turns the ballpark upside down. Go Joe Charboneau ... Who's the one to keep our hopes alive? ... Straight from seventh to the pennant drive ... Raise your glass, let out a cheer ... For Cleveland's Rookie of the Year!"

The 24-year-old rookie made an astounding debut in the Cleveland home opener, hitting a single, double, three-run homer, and walking in his four plate appearances. He didn't stop there; by season's end, Charboneau, a fan favorite, hit 23 homers, drove in 87 runs, and hit .289 to win Rookie of the Year honors. He played only 70 more games in the Majors in the next two years, and then his career was over

cardbender

To me that ROY list looks like 12 or so HOF'ers, about 6-7 solid players, and the rest are commons. Amazing how many were one year winners, then disappeared from the scene.

cardbender

Correction, make that 8 HOF'ers. A few are potentials down the road:

Dawson, Bagwell,Piazza, Rose, Pujols.

There sure are a lot of Dodgers on that list.

Stone193

<< <i>Correction, make that 8 HOF'ers. A few are potentials down the road:

Dawson, Bagwell,Piazza, Rose, Pujols.

There sure are a lot of Dodgers on that list. >>


Cardb

As an old Dodger fan - I will say that they have one of the best recruiting/farm systems in baseball.

mike

markj111

Bill James' Win Shares book has a chapter on who won each ROY award, who deserved it, and which rookie had the most productive career. I really enjoyed it.

The Dodger's farm system used to be good, then went though a long dry spell. Check out some of their first round picks. They have turned it around recently.

aro13

Stone193 - Unfortunately for Montreal Expos fans the name of Stan Bahnsen is very familiar. Probably to Philadelphia Phillies fans as well. The Expos and Phillies entered the last weekend of the 1980 season tied for first place in the NL east. After the Phillies won Friday night to take a one game lead - they tied the game Saturday night at 4 in the ninth. In the twelfth Mike Schmidt hit perhaps his biggest career regular season blast with a two run shot off of Bahnsen (and it was a blast) to clinch the NL East title. The Phillies went on to win the World Series.

GDM67

Just saw the tape of that a few weeks ago on ESPN. Right down the pipe with nothing on it.

megatron

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<< <i>1989 Jerome Walton, Chicago Cubs >>



Oh boy, did I think he was going to be a star. >>



For anyone who will be attending the Cubs convention this weekend (I am staying the heck away), I heard that the Cubs finally tracked down Jerome Walton and he is scheduled to make an appearance. Apparently, he is hard to get a hold of and has a bad habit of standing people up. That is what I heard.

If anyone goes, give me an update.

By the way, Dwight Smith is one heck of a nice guy.