Hanley Ramirez, Justin Verlanger 2006 Rookies of the Year…
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The Major League rookies of the year were announced on Monday and Florida Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez won the National League honors by a mere 4 points over 2nd place winner 3rd baseman Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals.
A look at comparative stats for this season shows that their performances for the season were at least as razor close as the Rookie of the Year vote.
Line on Ramirez; .292, 17 HRs, 59 RBIs, 119 Runs, 51 SB, 128 SO, 56 Walks, .353 OBP, .480 SLG
Line om Zimmerman; .287, 20 HRs, 110 RBIs, 84 Runs, 11 SB, 120 SO, 61 walks, .351 OBP, .471 SLG
Each one had over 600 at bats for the regular season.
Now for their defensive stats;
Defensive line on Ramirez; 1,329 Outs, 26 Errors, 111 Doubleplays, Fielding % .963
Defensive line on Zimmerman; 1,368 Outs, 15 Errors, 35 Doubleplays, Fielding % .965
Fans, it was THAT close.
In the American League, Detroit Tigers’ starter Justin Verlander won the honors with plenty of room to spare over Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon although Papelbon’s stats were truly awesome.
Check out these stats; 59 Games, 4-2 WL, .092 ERA, 75 SO, 13 Walks, 35 Saves, 8 Total Runs given up, 7 Earned Runs, 6 Blown Saves, 68 1/3 Innings
Although the closer category received recognition for Rookie of the Year honors in 1989, 2000 and 2005, the only closers that have won this honor have been in the AL.
One was Greg Olson of the Baltimore Orioles in 1989. Olson pitched in 5 more games than did Papelbon and had 14 2/3 innings more than the Boston closer. But his 1.69 ERA was higher.
In 2000, Kazuhiro Sasaki won honors as closer for the Seattle Mariners. Sasaki pitched in 63 games, saving 37, striking out 78, walking 31, giving up 10 HRs and amassing a 3.16 ERA.
Huston Street of the Oakland Athletics won the honors in 2005. He pitched in 67 games, saving 23, pitching 78 1/3 innings, 1.72 ERA, 72 SO, 26 Walks.
But, that Papelbon missed all of September with shoulder problems may have worked against him. As he went down with an injury, Boston faded out of the AL East picture in the last month of the season. But, for sure, his stats were far more impressive than the previous closer winners of Rookie of the Year.
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November 15th, 2006 at 9:50 am
[…] Frankly, based on the won/loss records and stats of Webb, Carpenter and Oswalt, a much closer race should have been expected. Once again, as with the NL Rookie of the Year Honors, the stats of these three pitchers was too close to call, although it looked as though Carpenter rated a slight edge. One would have thought that Carpenter would have won for the 2nd straight year based on both regular season performance and on his fine post-season. […]