Major League Baseball announced their 2016 Rookie of the Year Award winners on Monday. Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager won in the National League and Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Michael Fulmer took the honors in the American League.
Seager, 22, batted .308/.365/.512 with 40 doubles, 26 homers, 72 RBI and 105 runs scored. His 6.1 WAR was the fourth-best in the NL.
Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda and the Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner finished second and third in the voting, and Mets left-hander Steven Matz received one third place vote.
Fulmer, 23, won 11 games and posted a 3.06 ERA and 1.119 WHIP 159 innings pitched for the Tigers, striking out 132 batters while walking 42.
Detroit acquired Fulmer, the 44th overall pick by the New York Mets in the 2011 draft, at the 2015 trade deadline in the deal that sent Yoenis Cespedes to the Mets.
Catcher Gary Sanchez of the New York Yankees and center fielder Tyler Naquin of the Cleveland Indians finished second and third respectively.
