Rookie of the Year Question

[metsguy234]

Say some dude has 50 PA in his rookie year, and hits a home run each time at the plate. 50 HR in 50 PA= pretty obvious ROY right?

Say he does it again the next season. In his 51-100th career PA, he hits an additional 50 HR. Can he win the Rookie of the Year again (he would still technically be a rookie)?

[BINGLEBOP]

The service time he would likely accrue would make him ineligible.

Hypothetically, I doubt they would send him down after those 50 at bats.

[200tang]

He didn't take any walks and therefore he sucks. Clearly. He's just a power hitter with no patience.

[OregonDuck1989]

Roids

[Jntg4]

He didn't take any walks and therefore he sucks. Clearly. He's just a power hitter with no patience.

lol, as to the other post, he could have been a September callup, and had season-ending surgery the next season after the next 50 AB.

[OregonDuck1989]

I bet if he had season ending surgery he'd miss out on a lot of votes because people care about that.

Also, I hope we all know we are describing Nick Punto, Jr.

[dps]

The service time he would likely accrue would make him ineligible.

Rookie status is determined by career plate appearances, not service time--anyone with less than 150 career plate appearances at the start of a season is considered to be a rookie for that season. (That's the current rule, unless they've changed it recently and I've missed it. Historically, it's been changed several times.) In an oodball case like this, I figure the commissioner would simply rule that no one can win the RoY award more than once.

Here's one that I think would be a more interesting question. Suppose a player with no prior big league experience at all started the season on a teams roster, and played regularly and quite well until midseason, when he was included in a trade to a team in the other league. He stayed with his new MLB team, and continued to play regularly and well. Could he win the RoY for both leagues?

[HoustonGM]

Rookie status is determined by career plate appearances, not service time--anyone with less than 150 career plate appearances at the start of a season is considered to be a rookie for that season. (That's the current rule, unless they've changed it recently and I've missed it. Historically, it's been changed several times.) In an oodball case like this, I figure the commissioner would simply rule that no one can win the RoY award more than once.

"The current standard of 130 at bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club (excluding time in military service or on the disabled list) before September 1 was adopted in 1971"