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Ripken Wins AL ROY

November 24 Leave a Comment

Cal Ripken
Ripken played like a seasoned veteran in his rookie season.

Cal Ripken, Jr. has been announced as the runaway winner of the American League Rookie of the Year Award by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Ripken, who received 24 of 28 possible first place votes, hit .264 with 28 homers and 93 RBI. The voters undoubtedly considered factors other than offensive numbers since Minnesota’s Kent Hrbek (.301, 23 homers, 92 RBI) was equally as impressive with the bat.

This is a point that did not go unnoticed by ornery Twins owner Calvin Griffith who called the result “an out-and-out travesty.”

Griffith said that he thinks Ripken is a good player, but “by no stretch of the imagination is he the all-around baseball player that Hrbek is.”

The voters disagreed. And, really… The stats did as well.

Ripken’s Orioles team was more involved in the pennant race, though they lost the division to the Brewers on the final day. And Ripken is also a shortstop, which is a much more demanding position than first base, which is Hrbek’s position.

What do you think? Did the award go to the right player?

Player – Tm Pts 1st AVG HR RBI W ERA SV
Cal Ripken, BAL 132 24 .264 28 93      
Kent Hrbek, MIN 90 4 .301 23 92      
Wade Boggs, BOS 10 0 .349 5 44      
Ed Vande Berg, SEA 9 0   0 0 9 2.37 5
Gary Gaetti, MIN 4 0 .230 25 84      
D Hostetler, TEX 3 0 .232 22 67      
Von Hayes, CLE 2 0 .250 14 82      
Jesse Barfield, TOR 1 0 .246 18 58      
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