Who won the Rookie of the Year MLB 2022?

 

Center fielder Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves and Julio Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners were the National League and American League winners of the 2022 Rookie of the Year Award, respectively.

 

Harris received the honor with 22 first-place votes & 134 points. Harris is the ninth Braves player named Rookie of the Year & the first since Ronald Acuna Jr. in 2018. Harris and Strider became the 4th pair of teammates to finish in the top 2 in Rookie of the Year voting since 1980.

 

The Braves selected Harris in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft; before this year, he still needed to play above Double-A. Despite making his MLB debut on May 28, Harris leads all NL rookies with a 5.3 ERA.

 

 

The 21-year-old hit .297/.339/.514 in 114 games with 27 doubles, 19 homers, 64 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases while playing elite defense in the center field.

 

Harris hit a home run, becoming just the second NL rookie to record 20 home runs & 20 stolen bases in the same season.

 

Julio Rodriguez was named AL Rookie of the Year. Rodriguez received 29 first-place votes and 148 overall points to earn the AFC Rookie of the Year award. Adley Rutschman of the Baltimore Orioles was first with one Vote and second with 68 points. Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan was the 3rd finalist with 44 points.

 

Rodriguez is the fifth Mariners player named Rookie of the Year & the first since Kyle Lewis in 2020. Additionally, Rodriguez became the ninth player to win the All-Star Game, Silver Slugger, and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.

 

The Mariners signed Rodriguez as an amateur free agent in 2017 from the Dominican Republic. Like Harris, this was the first time he had played above Double-A before this year.

 

Rodriguez hit .284/.345/.509 in 132 games with 25 doubles, 28 home runs, 75 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases while playing solid defense in the center field.

 

Rodriguez became the first player to hit at least 25 home runs and 25 stolen bases in his debut season and the fastest player to reach those feats (125 games).