1981 American League Rookie of the Year Award

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The winner of the 1981 American League Rookie of the Year Award was Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees.

Award Voting[edit]

Player Team Points Points Share (Max Points) First Votes AB R H HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG W - L SV IP H HR BB SO ERA
Dave Righetti New York Yankees 127 0.907 (140) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 8 - 4 0 105.1 75 1 38 89 2.05
Rich Gedman Boston Red Sox 64 0.457 (140) 5 205 22 59 5 26 0 9 31 0.288 0.317 0.434 Did not pitch
Bob Ojeda Boston Red Sox 36 0.257 (140) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 6 - 2 0 66.1 50 6 25 28 3.12
Mike Jones Kansas City Royals 8 0.057 (140) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 6 - 3 0 75.2 74 7 28 29 3.21
Dave Engle Minnesota Twins 4.5 0.032 (140) 0 248 29 64 5 32 0 13 37 0.258 0.295 0.407 Did not pitch
Mike Witt California Angels 4 0.029 (140) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 8 - 9 0 129.0 123 9 47 75 3.28
Shooty Babitt Oakland Athletics 4 0.029 (140) 0 156 10 40 0 14 5 13 13 0.256 0.314 0.301 Did not pitch
George Bell Toronto Blue Jays 2 0.014 (140) 0 163 19 38 5 12 3 5 27 0.233 0.256 0.350 Did not pitch
Gary Ward Minnesota Twins 1.5 0.011 (140) 0 295 42 78 3 29 5 28 48 0.264 0.325 0.359 Did not pitch
Brad Havens Minnesota Twins 1 0.007 (140) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--- -.--- -.--- 3 - 6 0 78.0 76 6 24 43 3.58
Preceded by
1980
Rookie of the Year Award
National

1981
Succeeded by
1982