1997 American League Rookie of the Year Award

The unanimous winner of the 1997 American League Rookie of the Year Award was Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox.

Award Voting

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
Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox ^	140	1.000 (140)	28		684	122	209	30	98	22	35	92	0.306	0.342	0.534		Did not pitch
Jose Cruz	Toronto Blue Jays	61	0.436 (140)	0		212	31	49	14	34	6	28	72	0.231	0.316	0.462		Did not pitch
Jose Cruz	Seattle Mariners	61	0.436 (140)	0		183	28	49	12	34	1	13	45	0.268	0.315	0.541		Did not pitch
Jason Dickson	Anaheim Angels	27	0.193 (140)	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		13 - 9	0	203.2	236	32	56	115	4.29
Deivi Cruz	Detroit Tigers	12	0.086 (140)	0		436	35	105	2	40	3	14	55	0.241	0.263	0.314		Did not pitch
Jaret Wright	Cleveland Indians	7	0.050 (140)	0		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000		8 - 3	0	90.1	81	9	35	63	4.38
Mike Cameron	Chicago White Sox	5	0.036 (140)	0		379	63	98	14	55	23	55	105	0.259	0.356	0.433		Did not pitch

Preceded by 1996

Rookie of the Year Award National 1997

Succeeded by 1998