SBN Baseball Postseason Awards -- National League Rookie of the Year
The SBNation bloggers voted on the BBWAA postseason awards, and we're rolling out the results! Today: National League Rookie of the Year. Results after the jump...
Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson narrowly defeated Phillies lefty J.A. Happ, garnering 78 points and nine total first place votes, to Happ's 64 points and six first place votes.
The Pirates Andrew McCutchen and the Marlins Chris Coghlan tied for third place, with 54 total points.
| Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Hanson | Atlanta Braves | 9 | 9 | 6 | 78 |
| 2 | J.A. Happ | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 9 | 7 | 64 |
| 3 | Andrew McCutchen | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 3 | 5 | 54 |
| 4 | Chris Coghlan | Florida Marlins | 7 | 5 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Dexter Fowler | Colorado Rockies | - | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Randy Wells | Chicago Cubs | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Garrett Jones | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| 8 | Casey McGehee | Milwaukee Brewers | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Seth Smith | Colorado Rockies | - | 1 | - | 3 |
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Happ just needed to stay healthy at the end of the year and he probably would have taken the award home. It’s the usual what have you done for me lately syndrome. Happ put up an ERA .04 worse than Hanson, in the friendly confines of CBP.
I think he got hosed. If anything, Coghlin or McCutchen should have gotten more consideration.
More of his starts were in CBP than Hanson’s. 10 of his 22 starts were at home, and 7 of his 12 relief appearances were at home, for an even 17/17 split. Hanson had a mere three starts on the road in places like CBP, Cincy, and Colorado. He conveniently had 6 starts in very pitcher friendly parks compared to Happ’s 3 away starts in tough, hitter’s parks. I’d say the ballpark could have had a decent impact.
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