Voting for American League and National League Rookies of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. First-place votes in parentheses:
American League
Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox (24) — 132
Delmon Young, Devil Rays (3) — 56
Brian Bannister, Royals (1) — 36
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Red Sox — 12
Reggie Willits, Angels — 11
Hideki Okajima, Red Sox — 3
Josh Fields, White Sox — 1
Joakim Soria, Royals — 1
National League
Ryan Braun, Brewers (17) — 128
Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies (15) — 126
Hunter Pence, Astros — 15
Chris Young, Diamondbacks — 10
Kyle Kendrick, Phillies — 7
Yunel Escobar, Braves — 1
James Loney, Dodgers — 1
Notes
- The two-point differential was the closest in the NL since the current system was adopted in 1980. The previous closest was in 2006, when the Marlins' Hanley Ramirez won over the Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman by four points.
- Braun is the second Brewers player to win the award. (Pat Listach, 1992, in AL)
- Pedroia is the sixth Red Sox rookie to win the award. (Walt Dropo, 1950; Don Schwall 1961; Carlton Fisk, 1972; Fred Lynn, 1975; Nomar Garciaparra, 1997)
