Major League Baseball (MLB) honors its best
rookies with a Rookie of the Month Award for one player in the
American League (AL) and one in the
National League (NL) during each month of the regular season. These awards have been issued since 2001, with players at all positions eligible.
Awards by month
The below tables list the winners in each league, since the award was established in 2001.
In two instances, the award has been shared by players for the same month:
Josh Johnson and
Dan Uggla for June 2006 in the
National League (NL); and
Ben Revere and
Jemile Weeks for June 2011 in the
American League (AL).
Out of a possible six months during a player's rookie season, the most times a player has been named Rookie of the Month is four, achieved by
Ichiro Suzuki
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(2001, AL),
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(2012, AL) and
Aaron Judge (2017, AL). Three-time winners have been
Jason Bay (2004, NL),
José Abreu
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(2014, AL),
Juan Soto (2018 NL),
Pete Alonso (2019, NL), and
Yordan Álvarez (2019, AL). A number of players have won it twice.
The majority of players named
Rookie of the Year were also recognized as a Rookie of the Month at least once, since the latter was established. The exceptions have been
Huston Street (2005, AL),
Hanley Ramírez (2006, NL),
Michael Fulmer (2016, AL),
Kyle Lewis (2020, AL),
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(2020, NL) and
Randy Arozarena (2021, AL).
In the below tables, a name in ''italics'' indicates the player was later named Rookie of the Year for his league.
American League
National League
Source:
See also
*
Baseball awards
*
List of MLB awards
References
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Rookie of the Month
Rookie player awards
Awards established in 2001