Previous winners of the AL Rookie of the Year award:

1949 -- Roy Sievers, St. Louis
1950 -- Walt Dropo, Boston
1951 -- Gil McDougald, New York
1952 -- Harry Byrd, Philadelphia
1953 -- Harvey Kuenn, Detroit
1954 -- Bob Grim, New York
1955 -- Herb Score, Cleveland
1956 -- Luis Aparicio, Chicago
1957 -- Tony Kubek, New York
1958 -- Albie Pearson, Washington
1959 -- Bob Allison, Washington
1960 -- Ron Hansen, Baltimore
1961 -- Don Schwall, Boston
1962 -- Tom Tresh, New York
1963 -- Gary Peters, Chicago
1964 -- Tony Oliva, Minnesota
1965 -- Curt Blefary, Baltimore
1966 -- Tommie Agee, Chicago
1967 -- Rod Carew, Minnesota
1968 -- Stan Bahnsen, New York
1969 -- Lou Piniella, Kansas City
1970 -- Thurman Munson, New York
1971 -- Chris Chambliss, Cleveland
1972 -- x-Carlton Fisk, Boston
1973 -- Al Bumbry, Baltimore
1974 -- Mike Hargrove, Texas
1975 -- Fred Lynn, Boston
1976 -- Mark Fidrych, Detroit
1977 -- Eddie Murray, Baltimore
1978 -- Lou Whitaker, Detroit
1979 -- John Castino, Minnesota, and Alfredo Griffin, Toronto
1980 -- Joe Charbonneau, Cleveland
1981 -- Dave Righetti, New York
1982 -- Cal Ripken, Baltimore
1983 -- Ron Kittle, Chicago
1984 -- Alvin Davis, Seattle
1985 -- Ozzie Guillen, Chicago
1986 -- Jose Canseco, Oakland
1987 -- x-Mark McGwire, Oakland
1988 -- Walt Weiss, Oakland
1989 -- Gregg Olson, Baltimore
1990 -- x-Sandy Alomar, Jr., Cleveland
1991 -- Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota
1992 -- Pat Listach, Milwaukee
1993 -- x-Tim Salmon, California
1994 -- Bob Hamelin, Kansas City
1995 -- Marty Cordova, Minnesota
1996 -- x-Derek Jeter, New York
1997 -- x-Nomar Garciaparra, Boston
1998 -- Ben Grieve, Oakland
1999 -- Carlos Beltran, Kansas City
x-unanimous selection

Note: One player was selected as Major League Rookie of the Year in 1947 and 1948. The policy of naming a player from each league was inaugurated in 1949.