1981 American League Rookie of the Year Award
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 | ||
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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 |
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