2009 MLB Awards: American League Rookie of the Year

Originally Published: November 15, 2009

ESPN's picks: AL Rookie of the Year

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Past five AL winners

PLAYER	YEAR
2009	Andrew Bailey, RHP, OAK
2008	Evan Longoria, 3B, TAM
2007	Dustin Pedroia, 2B, BOS
2006	Justin Verlander, RHP, DET
2005	Huston Street, RHP, OAK

• Complete list of AL ROY winners

Oakland A's relief pitcher Andrew Bailey was named the American League Rookie of the Year, beating out Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus and Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello for the honor.

Bailey finished with 13 first-place votes, compared to eight for Andrus and seven for Porcello.

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• AL rookie stats: Hitting | Pitching
• NL Rookie of the Year page

ELVIS ANDRUS, SS, TEXAS

G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG
145	480	72	128	6	40	.267	.329	.373

Andrus was arguably one of the AL's best defensive shortstops and kept improving at the plate, hitting .280 with a .702 OPS in the second half.

ANDREW BAILEY, RHP, OAKLAND

G	IP	H	HR	BB	K	W-L	SV	ERA
68	83.1	49	5	24	91	6-3	26	1.84

One of the year's surprises, Bailey was first in batting average against (.167), second to only Mariano Rivera in ERA (1.84), and finished the year with 21 straight saves.

RICK PORCELLO, RHP, DETROIT

G	IP	H	HR	BB	K	W-L	ERA	WHIP
31	170.2	176	23	52	89	14-9	3.96	1.34

In only his second year of pro ball, the 20-year-old Porcello led all MLB rookies in victories (14) and got stronger down the stretch (6-3, 3.77 ERA in second half).

Steve Berthiaume Baseball Tonight Rick Porcello	Dave Campbell ESPN Radio Elvis Andrus	Jim Caple ESPN.com Jeff Niemann	Jerry Crasnick ESPN.com Andrew Bailey
Peter Gammons ESPN Elvis Andrus	Pedro Gomez ESPN Elvis Andrus	Jason Grey ESPN Fantasy Elvis Andrus	Eric Karabell Baseball Today Gordon Beckham
Tim Kurkjian ESPN The Magazine Andrew Bailey	Keith Law ESPN Scouts Inc. Rick Porcello	Jon Miller ESPN Rick Porcello	Eric Neel ESPN.com Rick Porcello
Amy K. Nelson ESPN.com Rick Porcello	Rob Neyer ESPN.com Brett Anderson	Buster Olney ESPN The Magazine Elvis Andrus	Peter Pascarelli Baseball Today Elvis Andrus
Karl Ravech Baseball Tonight Elvis Andrus	Enrique Rojas ESPNdeportes.com Andrew Bailey	Jon Sciambi ESPN Andrew Bailey	Dan Shulman ESPN Rick Porcello
Chris Singleton Baseball Tonight Rick Porcello	Jayson Stark ESPN.com Andrew Bailey