2007-06-22 03:11:45 · 5 answers · asked by cgsportsstar 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
A player can be voted upon for the ROY Awards in any season, up to and including the season in which his career totals exceed:
a. 130 at-bats
b. 50.0 innings pitched
c. 45 days on the active, 25-man roster (Opening Day through August 31).
Satisfying any one of these three conditions concludes a player's ROY eligibility, after that season ends.
Scott Rolen finished the 1996 season with exactly 130 at-bats; his hand was broken by a pitch in what would have been his 131st AB, but a HBP does not count as one (it does count as a plate appearance). So he still qualified in 1997, and won the NL ROY unanimously.
2007-06-22 03:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no minimum for qualifying for rookie of the year. However, if you have gotten more than 130 at bats in your career, you no longer qualify for rookie of the year.
Greg Jefferies had votes in two consecutive rookie of the year ballots meaning in his first year, he didn't get 130 at bats, but still did well enough to get some votes.
2007-06-22 10:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by brettj666 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several basic requirements that determine a players status as a rookie, of which at-bats is one of them, but there are different standards for pitchers. For position players there is a 130 at-bat threshold where if it is exceeded you are not a rookie the following year. But there are also other issues to consider, please see the attached. Brett is correct in his statements about no minimum requirements to qualify, I am just refering to how to identify a rookie from one year to the next.
2007-06-22 10:31:24 · answer #3 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think there is a at bat thing
2007-06-22 10:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by le m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares, but it better go to Hunter Pence
2007-06-22 10:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋