2016 American League Rookie of the Year Award

The winner of the 2016 American League Rookie of the Year Award was Michael Fulmer of the Detroit Tigers.

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
Michael Fulmer	Detroit Tigers	142	0.95 (150)	26		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000		11 - 7	0	159.0	136	16	42	132	3.06
Gary Sanchez	New York Yankees	91	0.61 (150)	4		201	34	60	20	42	1	24	57	0.299	0.376	0.657		Did not pitch
Tyler Naquin	Cleveland Indians	20	0.13 (150)	0		321	52	95	14	43	6	36	112	0.296	0.372	0.514		Did not pitch
Chris Devenski	Houston Astros	7	0.05 (150)	0		Did not bat												4 - 4	1	108.1	79	4	20	104	2.16
Edwin Diaz	Seattle Mariners	4	0.03 (150)	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000		0 - 4	18	51.2	45	5	15	88	2.79
Nomar Mazara	Texas Rangers	4	0.03 (150)	0		516	59	137	20	64	0	39	112	0.266	0.320	0.419		Did not pitch
Tim Anderson	Chicago White Sox	2	0.01 (150)	0		410	57	116	9	30	10	13	117	0.283	0.306	0.432		Did not pitch

Preceded by 2015

Rookie of the Year Award National 2016

Succeeded by 2017

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Further Reading

• Jason Beck: "Fulmer rolls to Tigers' 5th AL ROY Award: Pitcher nets 26 of 30 first-place votes from BBWAA", mlb.com, November 14, 2016. [1]
• Jorge L. Ortiz: "Tigers' Michael Fulmer near-unanimous AL rookie of the year winner", USA Today Sports, November 15, 2016. [2]
• Phil Rogers: "The future is wow: Fulmer, Seager top rooks: Detroit starter beats out NY's Sanchez; LA shortstop gets unanimous vote", mlb.com, November 14, 2016. [3]