Rookie of the Year Awards Announced
Fortunately for Earl Race, the voters don't base their awards on the postseason. If they did, you'd think his implosion in the 9th inning against the Giants would have been the difference in a very close AL ROY race. Race came out of nowhere to start all but 4 games at 2nd base for the pennant-winning Yankees this year and, it must be said, was very solid during the regular season. He beat out Charlie Henley of the Detroit Tigers, who might be an even better player if he can ever learn how to work a pitch count. Even with him flailing at every pitch, he hit .345 with 73 extra-base hits. The "show" man in the voting was reliever Charlie Haynes, a long-time minor leaguer who was 9-3 for the Browns and probably their best pitcher.
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Year/Team/League Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB AVG OBP SLG
Earl Race, NYY 2B 24 150 648 106 210 43 6 2 73 33 57 3 .324 .361 .418
Carl Penley, DET LF 20 117 555 88 190 57 11 6 55 3 60 15 .342 .345 .512
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP
Charlie Haynes, STB 26 53 0 9 3 12 3.14 100.1 97 41 35 2 32 31 0 0 1.29
It just seems unfair that the Giants, already so full of great players, would also have the best youngster in the league. Well, sometimes life is not fair. C John Sundberg is decent enough behind the plate but the 24-year-old really excels at hitting the ball. Ken Lefebvre has a name that is unpronounceable by anyone who is not French or at least French-Canadian but the Brooklyn right fielder has made us all a "believer" (we're pretty sure that word rhymes). Imagine what he's capable of in a full season. 1B Carson Groth proved that he belonged in the league, and while he didn't do a lot else that's still quite a bit to say for a 20-year old kid.
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Year/Team/League Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB AVG OBP SLG
John Sundberg, C NYG 24 138 551 73 178 38 4 12 97 36 52 0 .323 .360 .472
Ken Lefebvre, RF BRK 24 60 228 56 78 19 2 10 44 43 11 5 .342 .446 .575
Carson Groth, 1B CHN 20 133 568 76 180 52 8 6 76 28 63 0 .317 .349 .468