MLB Rookie of the Year by Consigliari

Champion(s):

swag5997


Runner(s)-Up:

WellsW
If you ain't first, you're last


Quiz Description

In honor of ROYs Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa, here is a quiz that tests your knowledge of the many ROY winners over the years.

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1 swag5997 495 98 15
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2 WellsW 479 95 15
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3 OppenheimS 448 91 15
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4 WeikleB 369 88 15
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5 JonesRW 363 85 15
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6 PolinskyL 362 82 15
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7 AllenJ 340 79 15
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8 QuintongJ 304 75 15
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9 DBrick 299 72 15
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10 twarner50 293 69 15
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11 ChrisRosenberg 280 66 00
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12 SochackiA 272 62 15
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13 TsujiG 264 59 15
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14 BurgerM 248 56 00
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15 JordanLRose 235 53 15
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17 Matto 223 46 00
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19 randalleng 193 40 00
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20 KonkelT 179 37 00
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22 BoyerA 170 30 00
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23 GoodmanDL 138 27 00
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24 kanyewesteros 129 24 15
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Questions:

Two players have won the ROY and the MVP award in the same season. Only one player has won the ROY and the Cy Young Award in the same season. NAME ANY TWO OF THESE THREE PLAYERS.

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Fred Lynn, Ichiro Suzuki, Fernando Valenzuela

The Yankees and the Athletics have each had 8 players named ROY. Add those together and you get the name of THIS TEAM who boasts a whopping 16 Rookies of the Year

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Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers

Pete Rose gave THIS 1988 NL ROY WINNER the nickname "Spuds" due to his resemblance to the then popular Budweiser mascot.

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Chris Sabo

The '76 AL ROY and the '77 NL ROY shared a bit in common in that they are both famous for their ornithological nicknames. NAME THESE TWO PLAYERS.

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Andre 'The Hawk" Dawson, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

In 1989, ROY Jerome Walton hit in 30 straight games, but failed to break the hit streak record for rookies that was set just two years earlier by THIS NL CATCHER.

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Benito Santiago

In 1965, with a batting line of .250/.337.369, future manager Jim Lefebvre put together one of the worst ROY seasons in history. Even more surprising was that he beat out WHAT FUTURE HALL OF FAME SECOND BASEMAN?

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Joe Morgan

As of today (11/17/15) six teams have two ROY winners on their roster. However, TWO TEAMS each have THREE ROYs. NAME BOTH TEAMS.

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Boston Red Sox (H Ramirez, C Kimbrel, D Pedroia), Los Angeles Angels (A Pujols, M Trout, H Street) (edited at 12:36 pm, November 23, 2015 (EST))

From 1979 through 1986, there were 8 NL ROY winners. However, those 8 winners were only represented by THREE teams. NAME THOSE THREE TEAMS.

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Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, St Louis Cardinals

The Rookie of the Year Award has been shared twice in its history: In the NL in 1976, and in the AL in 1979. Name ANY ONE OF THE FOUR players to have shared a ROY Award.

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Butch Metzger, Pat Zachry, John Castino, Alfredo Griffin

Four players on the official 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot have won the ROY. NAME THESE FOUR PLAYERS.

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Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell, Mike Piazza, Nomar Garciaparra

Amazingly Barry Bonds did not win the ROY Award. Instead, he lost out to this pitcher, who is also the only player in history to win both the ROY and the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award in the same season. NAME THIS STL CLOSER.

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Todd Worrell

In the 68 years of the award, six catchers have won the ROY in the NL, but amazingly, only THREE have won the award in the AL - and none since 1990! NAME TWO OF THESE THREE CATCHERS.

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Sandy Alomar Jr., Thurmon Munson, Carlton Fisk