AL Rookie of the Year
Last Updated: 12/07/2006
| Year | Player | Team |
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | Justin Verlander | Detroit |
| 2005 | Huston Street | Oakland |
| 2004 | Bobby Crosby | Oakland |
| 2003 | Angel Berroa | Kansas City |
| 2002 | Eric Hinske | Toronto |
| 2001 | Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle |
| 2000 | Kazuhiro Sasaki | Seattle |
| 1999 | Carlos Beltran | Kansas City |
| 1998 | Ben Grieve | Oakland |
| 1997 | Nomar Garciaparra | Boston |
| 1996 | Derek Jeter | New York Yankees |
| 1995 | Marty Cordova | Minnesota |
| 1994 | Bob Hamelin | Kansas City |
| 1993 | Tim Salmon | California |
| 1992 | Pat Listach | Milwaukee |
| 1991 | Chuck Knoblauch | Minnesota |
| 1990 | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Cleveland |
| 1989 | Gregg Olson | Baltimore |
| 1988 | Walt Weiss | Oakland |
| 1987 | Mark McGwire | Oakland |
| 1986 | Jose Canseco | Oakland |
| 1985 | Ozzie Guillen | Chicago White Sox |
| 1984 | Alvin Davis | Seattle |
| 1983 | Ron Kittle | Chicago White Sox |
| 1982 | Cal Ripken | Baltimore |
| 1981 | Dave Righetti | New York Yankees |
| 1980 | Joe Charboneau | Cleveland |
| 1979 | (tie) John Castino | Minnesota |
| Alfredo Griffin | Toronto (tie) | |
| 1978 | Lou Whitaker | Detroit |
| 1977 | Eddie Murray | Baltimore |
| 1976 | Mark Fidrych | Detroit |
| 1975 | Fred Lynn | Boston |
| 1974 | Mike Hargrove | Texas |
| 1973 | Al Bumbry | Baltimore |
| 1972 | Carlton Fisk | Boston |
| 1971 | Chris Chambliss | Cleveland |
| 1970 | Thurman Munson | New York Yankees |
| 1969 | Lou Piniella | Kansas City |
| 1968 | Stan Bahnsen | New York Yankees |
| 1967 | Rod Carew | Minnesota |
| 1966 | Tommie Agee | Chicago White Sox |
| 1965 | Curt Blefary | Baltimore |
| 1964 | Tony Oliva | Minnesota |
| 1963 | Gary Peters | Chicago White Sox |
| 1962 | Tommy Tresh | New York Yankees |
| 1961 | Don Schwall | Boston |
| 1960 | Ron Hansen | Baltimore |
| 1959 | Bob Allison | Washington |
| 1958 | Albie Pearson | Washington |
| 1957 | Tony Kubek | New York Yankees |
| 1956 | Luis Aparicio | Chicago White Sox |
| 1955 | Herb Score | Cleveland |
| 1954 | Bob Grim | New York Yankees |
| 1953 | Harvey Kuenn | Detroit |
| 1952 | Harry Byrd | Philadelphia Athletics |
| 1951 | Gil McDougald | New York Yankees |
| 1950 | Walt Dropo | Boston |
| 1949 | Roy Sievers | St. Louis Browns |