Here is a list of the past 20 Rookies of the Year in the American League, ranked by career WARP:
- Derek Jeter, 63.1
- Carlos Beltran, 56.9
- Ichiro, 48.9
- Nomar Garciaparra, 46.5
- Tim Salmon, 42.9
- Justin Verlander, 27.0
- Evan Longoria, 24.7
- Dustin Pedroia, 19.8
- Marty Cordova, 13.7
- Huston Street, 10.0
- Eric Hinske, 7.2
- Bobby Crosby, 7.0
- Ben Grieve, 6.0
- Andrew Bailey, 3.9
- Bob Hamelin, 4.3
- Pat Listach, 4.3
- Angel Berroa, 4.2
- Kaz Sasaki, 3.5
- Neftali Feliz, 2.5
- Jeremy Hellickson, 0.3
Mike Trout's career WARP total is 7.4. Mike Trout's career WARP total is already the median WARP total of the past 20 American League Rookies of the Year.
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This year, obviously Mike Trout trumps everyone else in both categories. But in other years, the field is normally more open for debate, and unlike the other awards, the pool of players for RotY is very limited. Hence, you get stuff like Todd Hollandsworth as RotY. (I just kind of picked his name out of thin air as a "bad" award winner, I can't remember who he won it against.)