NL. Buster Posey S.F. Giants
From ESPN.com:
NEW YORK -- San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz met again Monday when they were voted the Rookies of the Year.
Rookies of the Year
In the American League, Rangers reliever Neftali Feliz was the clear choice among BBWAA voters for AL Rookie of the Year.
Player Points 1st-place votes
Neftali Feliz,
Rangers 122 20
Austin Jackson,
Tigers 98 8
Danny Valencia,
Twins 12 0
In the National League, Giants catcher Buster Posey's 20 first-place votes helped him outpoint Jason Heyward as top rookie.
Player Points 1st-place votes
Buster Posey,
Giants 129 20
Jason Heyward,
Braves 107 9
Jaime Garcia,
Cardinals 24 1
Posey, who hit several key home runs and helped the Giants win the World Series for the first time since 1954, easily outdistanced Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward for the National League award.
Posey was picked first on 20 of 32 ballots in voting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Voting was done by two members of the BBWAA in each league city after the regular season, with each person listing players. Posey, promoted to majors in late May, was left off the ballot by Yasushi Kikuchi of Kyodo News from the Los Angeles-Anaheim chapter.
Feliz, the rocket-armed righty from the Dominican Republic who set a rookie record with 40 saves as Texas reached the World Series for the first time, finished far ahead of Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson for the AL honor.
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