Established
1947
MLB NL Rookie of the Year
About
Annual award voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America which was originally called the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award. In July of 1987, it was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award.
Trivia
In 1947 and 1948, the award was given to join one person between the AL and NL: Jackie Robinson and Alvin Dark. Fernando Valenzuela was the first person to win Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same year.
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