1971 Season
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1971 National League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Earl Williams
ATL
C
23.0
18
3.3
17.5
5.7
2 Willie Montanez
PHI
CF
23.3
6
1.9
20.3
6.1
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Ralph Garr
ATL
LF
25.6
5.2
24.5
11.8
2 Ken Forsch
HOU
SP
24.8
3.4
14.0
7.5
3 Earl Williams
ATL
C
23.0
18
3.3
17.5
5.7
4 Boots Day
MON
CF
23.8
2.9
13.3
4.5
5 Chris Speier
SFN
SS
21.0
2.7
16.4
1.1
6 Gene Clines
PIT
CF
24.7
2.6
10.9
5.0
7 Reggie Cleveland
SLN
SP
23.1
2.0
9.0
1.7
8 Willie Montanez
PHI
CF
23.3
6
1.9
20.3
6.1
9 George Foster
MULT
CF
22.6
1.8
12.2
1.6
10 Steve Garvey
LAN
3B
22.5
1.5
6.3
1.1
11 Darrell Evans
ATL
3B
24.1
1.4
9.8
3.7
12 Rennie Stennett
PIT
2B
20.2
1.3
7.4
4.0
13 Jose Cruz
SLN
CF
23.9
1.3
13.3
6.0
14 Greg Luzinski
PHI
1B
20.6
1.3
4.3
2.2
15 Roger Metzger
HOU
SS
23.7
1.2
13.5
-0.8
16 Milt May
PIT
C
20.9
1.2
5.4
2.3
17 Dave Kingman
SFN
1B
22.5
1.1
5.6
3.3
18 Bill Buckner
LAN
RF
21.5
1.0
9.4
2.2
19 Ray Newman
CHN
RP
26.0
0.9
3.2
1.2
20 Burt Hooton
CHN
SP
21.4
0.9
2.9
2.2
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1971 American League Rookie of the Year Award

by Votes
 
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Chris Chambliss
CLE
1B
22.5
11
0.5
11.3
3.1
2 Bill Parsons
ML4
SP
22.9
5
3.1
13.9
5.5
3 Angel Mangual
OAK
CF
24.3
4
0.7
8.7
2.5
4 Doug Griffin
BOS
2B
24.1
3
0.9
10.5
-1.2
5 Paul Splittorff
KCA
SP
24.7
1
2.4
10.5
5.6
by Wins Above Replacement
Total
  Player
Tm
Pos
1 Steve Mingori
CLE
RP
27.3
3.3
9.0
6.3
2 Bill Parsons
ML4
SP
22.9
5
3.1
13.9
5.5
3 Ron Theobald
ML4
2B
27.9
2.9
10.8
0.9
4 Bill Gogolewski
WS2
SP
23.7
2.9
9.1
4.7
5 Paul Splittorff
KCA
SP
24.7
1
2.4
10.5
5.6
6 Lloyd Allen
CAL
RP
21.1
2.3
11.8
7.4
7 Ron Blomberg
NYA
RF
22.9
1.8
8.9
4.8
8 Jim York
KCA
RP
23.8
1.8
7.4
2.9
9 Dave LaRoche
CAL
RP
23.1
1.7
9.5
6.1
10 Roger Moret
BOS
SP
21.8
1.2
5.8
3.2
11 Mickey Rivers
CAL
CF
22.7
1.2
9.6
3.5
12 Jim Nettles
MIN
CF
24.3
1.2
5.9
1.8
13 Steve Braun
MIN
3B
23.1
1.0
9.7
1.3
14 Denny Riddleberger
WS2
RP
25.6
1.0
4.2
0.9
15 Doug Griffin
BOS
2B
24.1
3
0.9
10.5
-1.2
16 Don Eddy
CHA
RP
24.7
0.8
1.9
0.9
17 Bobby Grich
BAL
SS
22.5
0.8
1.9
1.1
18 Angel Mangual
OAK
CF
24.3
4
0.7
8.7
2.5
19 Monty Montgomery
KCA
SP
24.8
0.7
2.6
1.8
20 Terry Forster
CHA
RP
19.5
0.7
2.5
0.3
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James