2008 American League Rookie of the Year Award

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
Evan Longoria	Tampa Bay Rays	140	1.000 (140)	28	448	76	122	27	85	7	46	122	0.272	0.343	0.531	Did not pitch
Alexei Ramirez	Chicago White Sox	59	0.42 (140)	0	480	65	139	21	77	13	18	61	0.290	0.317	0.475	Did not pitch
Jacoby Ellsbury	Boston Red Sox	26	0.19 (140)	0	554	98	155	9	47	50	41	80	0.280	0.336	0.394	Did not pitch
Mike Aviles	Kansas City Royals	9	0.06 (140)	0	419	68	136	10	51	8	18	58	0.325	0.354	0.480	Did not pitch
Armando Galarraga	Detroit Tigers	9	0.06 (140)	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.000	0.600	0.000	13 - 7	0	178.2	152	28	61	126	3.73
Joey Devine	Oakland Athletics	3	0.02 (140)	0	Did not bat											6 - 1	1	45.2	23	0	15	49	0.59
Denard Span	Minnesota Twins	3	0.02 (140)	0	347	70	102	6	47	18	50	60	0.294	0.387	0.432	Did not pitch
Nick Blackburn	Minnesota Twins	1	0.01 (140)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	11 - 11	0	193.1	224	23	39	96	4.05
Joba Chamberlain	New York Yankees	1	0.01 (140)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.250	0.000	4 - 3	0	100.1	87	5	39	118	2.60
Brad Ziegler	Oakland Athletics	1	0.01 (140)	0	Did not bat											3 - 0	11	59.2	47	2	22	30	1.06

Preceded by
2007

Rookie of the Year Award
National
2008

Succeeded by
2009