Previous winners of the NL Rookie of the Year award:

1999 - Scott Williamson, Cincinnati
1998 - Kerry Wood, Chicago
1997 - Scott Rolen, Philadelphia
1996 - Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles
1995 - Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles
1994 - Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles
1993 - Mike Piazza, Los Angeles
1992 - Eric Karros, Los Angeles
1991 - Jeff Bagwell, Houston
1990 - Dave Justice, Atlanta
1989 - Jerome Walton, Chicago
1988 - Chris Sabo, Cincinnati
1987 - Benito Santiago, San Diego
1986 - Todd Worrell, St. Louis
1985 - Vince Coleman, St. Louis
1984 - Dwight Gooden, New York
1983 - Darryl Strawberry, New York
1982 - Steve Sax, Los Angeles
1981 - Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles
1980 - Steve Howe, Los Angeles
1979 - Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles
1978 - Bob Horner, Atlanta
1977 - Andre Dawson, Montreal
1976 - (tie) Pat Zachry, Cincinnati
(tie) Butch Metzger, San Diego
1975 - John Montefusco, San Francisco
1974 - Bake McBride, St. Louis
1973 - Gary Matthews, San Francisco
1972 - Jon Matlack, New York Mets
1971 - Earl Williams, Atlanta
1970 - Carl Morton, Montreal
1969 - Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles
1968 - Johnny Bench, Cincinnati
1967 - Tom Seaver, New York
1966 - Tommy Helms, Cincinnati
1965 - Jim Lefebvre, Los Angeles
1964 - Dick Allen, Philadelphia
1963 - Pete Rose, Cincinnati
1962 - Ken Hubbs, Chicago
1961 - Billy Williams, Chicago
1960 - Frank Howard, Los Angeles
1959 - Willie McCovey, San Francisco
1958 - Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco
1957 - Jack Sanford, Philadelphia
1956 - Frank Robinson, Cincinnati
1955 - Bill Virdon, St. Louis
1954 - Wally Moon, St. Louis
1953 - Junior Gilliam, Brooklyn
1952 - Joe Black, Brooklyn
1951 - Willie Mays, New York Giants
1950 - Sam Jethroe, Milwaukee
1949 - Don Newcombe, Brooklyn
1948 - Alvin Dark, Boston
1947 - Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn