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1901 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Christy Mathewson
NY1
SP
20.9
9.0
23.7
12.0
2 Otto Krueger
SLN
3B
24.8
3.0
17.2
4.1
3 Lefty Davis
MULT
RF
26.4
2.5
18.3
9.0
4 Doc White
PHI
SP
22.2
2.2
15.5
7.2
5 Kitty Bransfield
PIT
1B
26.5
2.0
16.7
6.1
6 Mike O'Neill
SLN
SP
23.8
1.4
4.5
3.0
7 Pete Childs
MULT
2B
29.6
1.1
6.5
-0.6
8 Jack Harper
SLN
SP
23.2
1.0
15.6
4.9
9 Tom Hughes
CHN
SP
22.6
0.8
14.3
3.6
10 Len Swormstedt
CIN
SP
22.7
0.7
2.4
1.5
11 John Dobbs
CIN
CF
26.1
0.7
9.8
-0.0
12 Johnny Kling
CHN
C
25.6
0.6
5.0
-1.2
13 Happy Townsend
PHI
SP
22.2
0.6
8.6
3.5
14 Gene Wright
BRO
SP
22.6
0.4
1.1
0.8
15 Fred Jacklitsch
PHI
C
25.1
0.4
3.6
0.6
16 Art Nichols
SLN
C
30.0
0.4
6.4
-1.0
17 John Gochnauer
BRO
SS
25.8
0.2
0.6
0.3
18 Germany Schaefer
CHN
3B
25.4
0.2
0.8
0.6
19 Lew Carr
PIT
SS
28.9
0.2
0.9
0.2
20 Joe Wall
NY1
C
27.9
0.1
0.5
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1901 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
The Rookie of the Year Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Roscoe Miller
DET
SP
24.6
7.0
27.7
16.0
2 Freddy Parent
BOS
SS
25.6
5.1
20.4
7.1
3 Eddie Plank
PHA
SP
25.8
5.0
20.0
10.8
4 Earl Moore
CLE
SP
21.9
4.4
16.5
7.6
5 Roy Patterson
CHA
SP
24.5
3.9
19.3
8.3
6 Ed Siever
DET
SP
26.2
3.6
20.6
10.4
7 Socks Seybold
PHA
RF
30.6
3.4
20.5
11.2
8 Bill Reidy
MLA
SP
27.7
3.0
14.4
3.8
9 George Winter
BOS
SP
23.2
2.1
17.9
9.4
10 John Farrell
WS1
2B
24.6
2.0
16.2
3.9
11 Irv Waldron
MULT
RF
29.4
1.9
14.8
2.8
12 Wid Conroy
MLA
SS
24.2
1.8
12.7
0.1
13 Case Patten
WS1
SP
27.2
1.7
15.8
6.8
14 Bill Coughlin
WS1
3B
23.0
1.7
14.4
2.7
15 Hobe Ferris
BOS
2B
26.6
1.7
10.8
-0.8
16 Zaza Harvey
MULT
RF
22.5
1.6
12.6
5.8
17 Erve Beck
CLE
2B
23.0
1.5
14.3
2.8
18 Watty Lee
WS1
SP
21.9
1.5
14.2
4.7
19 Dale Gear
WS1
SP
29.4
1.1
9.5
2.5
20 Bill Friel
MLA
3B
25.3
0.9
6.9
-1.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James