Ray’s Ramblings: Rookie of the Year 2021

Who won the AL and NL ROY awards? You can read about the winners and see the vote totals in his article.

AL ROY

The winner is – Randy Arozarena. He has 22 of 30 votes with Adolis Garcia (3), Luis Garcia (2), Wander Franco (2) and Emmanuel Clase getting first place vote. This was the first time that five people received first place votes in the AL ROY vote since 2011. Interestingly Garcia finished fourth behind Franco despite more first place vote and despite being names on 13 ballots to 12 for Franco. Randy is the 4^th Ray to win it, the first since Wil Myers in 2013. RA becomes the 6^th left fielder to win the award in the AL after going .274-20-69-94-20 with a .815 OPS.

RA was also the sixth ROY from Cuba.

Cuban-born Rookie of the Year winners:

2021 Randy Arozarena, Rays
2019 Yordan Alvarez, Astros
2014 José Abreu, White Sox
2013 José Fernández, Marlins
1986 José Canseco, A’s
1964 Tony Oliva, Twins

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) November 15, 2021

NL ROY

The winner is – Jonathan India of the Reds as he secured 29-of-30 first place votes with Trevor Rogers getting the other first place vote. India became the 8^th red to win the award and the first since Scott Williamson in 1999. He is also the 7^th second baseman to win the award in the NL after going .269-21-69-98-12 with a .376 OBP, .835 OPS and .362 wOBA. As for the win…

Jonathan India is the Reds' first Rookie of the Year winner since 1999

Only 5 teams have currently gone longer without a ROY winner:

D-backs: never (began in '98)
Twins: 1995, Marty Cordova
Cleveland: 1990, Sandy Alomar
Orioles: 1989, Gregg Olson
Padres: 1987, Benito Santiago

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) November 15, 2021

Here is the official voting tally.

Ian Anderson made some history too with his fifth-place finish.

Players to receive Rookie of the Year votes in multiple seasons:

Ryan Mountcastle
Ian Anderson
Gregg Jefferies

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) November 15, 2021