how many relief pitcher have won rookie of the year

Don Newcombe won the Rookie of the Year award once in 1949.

Interpreted as:

How many relief pitcher have won rookie of the year in a regular season?

	NAME	ROY	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	1	1949	BKN	7	0	0		13.50	4	1	5.1	12	8	9	2	0	0	5		28	0	6.75	0.00		3.38	14.3	0.0	2.25	.455	15.19	20.25
2	Joe Black J. Black	1	1952	BKN	54	14	3	.824	2.03	80	15	128.1	94	29	33	7	36	1	41		509	0	5.61	2.52	2.22	0.49	15.7	7.1	1.01	.226	2.31	6.59
3	Harry Byrd H. Byrd	1	1952	PHA	9	1	2	.333	3.06	9	2	17.2	21	6	9	1	9	1	7		82	1	4.58	4.58	1.00	0.51	11.0	11.0	1.70	.323	4.58	10.70
4	Bob Grim B. Grim	1	1954	NYY	17	8	0	1.000	2.70	32	1	50.0	38	15	15	5	20	2	8		203	0	5.76	3.60	1.60	0.90	15.8	9.9	1.16	.229	2.70	6.84
5	Herb Score H. Score	1	1955	CLE	1	0	0		0.00	9	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0	16.20	3.60	4.50	0.00	50.0	11.1	0.60	.143	0.00	1.80
6	Gary Peters G. Peters	1	1963	CWS	11	0	2	.000	4.34	27	1	18.2	18	9	9	1	8	2	4	1	83	0	13.02	3.86	3.38	0.48	32.5	9.6	1.39	.378	4.34	8.68
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1	1967	NYM	1	0	1	.000	6.75	0	0	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	9	0	0.00	6.75	0.00	0.00	0.0	11.1	3.75	.500	6.75	27.00
8	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	1	1968	NYY	3	0	1	.000	3.00	6	0	6.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	24	0	9.00	1.50	6.00	3.00	25.0	4.2	1.00	.200	3.00	7.50
9	Carl Morton C. Morton	1	1970	MON	6	0	0		3.52	4	0	7.2	6	3	3	1	7	0	1	2	33	1	4.70	8.22	0.57	1.17	12.1	21.2	1.70	.238	3.52	7.04
10	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	1	1972	NYM	2	1	0	1.000	1.50	8	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	22	0	12.00	1.50	8.00	0.00	36.4	4.5	0.67	.231	1.50	4.50
11	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	1	1975	SFG	1	0	0		0.00	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
12	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	1	1976	DET	2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	3.00	.600	0.00	27.00
13	Butch Metzger B. Metzger	1	1976	SDP	77	11	4	.733	2.92	89	16	123.1	119	40	44	5	52	3	62	14	528	0	6.49	3.79	1.71	0.36	16.9	9.8	1.39	.301	3.21	8.68
14	Pat Zachry P. Zachry	1	1976	CIN	10	2	0	1.000	0.41	19	0	22.0	13	1	3	0	9	0	2	1	86	0	7.77	3.68	2.11	0.00	22.1	10.5	1.00	.224	1.23	5.32
15	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	1	1979	LAD	9	1	2	.333	2.53	11	0	21.1	18	6	7	1	6	0	2	2	86	1	4.64	2.53	1.83	0.42	12.8	7.0	1.13	.250	2.95	7.59
16	Steve Howe S. Howe	1	1980	LAD	59	7	9	.438	2.66	39	17	84.2	83	25	33	1	22	2	36	10	359	1	4.15	2.34	1.77	0.11	10.9	6.1	1.24	.278	3.51	8.82
17	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	1	1986	STL	74	9	10	.474	2.08	73	36	103.2	86	24	29	9	41	1	60	16	430	1	6.34	3.56	1.78	0.78	17.0	9.5	1.23	.252	2.52	7.47
18	Gregg Olson G. Olson	1	1989	BAL	64	5	2	.714	1.69	90	27	85.0	57	16	17	1	46	1	52	10	356	9	9.53	4.87	1.96	0.11	25.3	12.9	1.21	.257	1.80	6.04
19	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	1	1999	CIN	62	12	7	.632	2.41	107	19	93.1	54	25	29	8	43	1	40	6	366	13	10.32	4.15	2.49	0.77	29.2	11.7	1.04	.222	2.80	5.21
20	Kazuhiro Sasaki K. Sasaki	1	2000	SEA	63	2	5	.286	3.16	78	37	62.2	42	22	25	10	31	2	58	5	265	1	11.20	4.45	2.52	1.44	29.4	11.7	1.16	.222	3.59	6.03
21	Huston Street H. Street	1	2005	OAK	67	5	1	.833	1.72	72	23	78.1	53	15	17	3	26	2	47	4	306	1	8.27	2.99	2.77	0.34	23.5	8.5	1.01	.246	1.95	6.09
22	Andrew Bailey A. Bailey	1	2009	OAK	68	6	3	.667	1.84	91	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	0	54	3	323	6	9.83	2.59	3.79	0.54	28.2	7.4	0.88	.217	1.84	5.29
23	Neftali Feliz N. Feliz	1	2010	TEX	70	4	3	.571	2.73	71	40	69.1	43	21	21	5	18	5	59	1	269	5	9.22	2.34	3.94	0.65	26.4	6.7	0.88	.224	2.73	5.58
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	2.10	127	46	77.0	48	18	19	3	32	1	64	1	306	4	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5	10.5	1.04	.315	2.22	5.61
25	Devin Williams D. Williams	1	2020	MIL	22	4	1	.800	0.33	53	0	27.0	8	1	4	1	9	1	1	0	100	3	17.67	3.00	5.89	0.33	53.0	9.0	0.63	.194	1.33	2.67

StatMuse has game-level data for Rookie of the Year awards going back to the 1908 season.

Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More MLB News

Machado homers as the Padres beat the Giants 6-4 for 7th straight victory

Sep 14, 2026

Mariners stumble again in playoff push, Butler’s 9th-inning homer lifts A’s to 8-7 win

Sep 14, 2026

Alec Bohm hits tie-breaking, 2-run double in 7-run 8th as Phillies beat Braves 9-4 and avoid sweep

Sep 13, 2026

Yankees manager Aaron Boone hurts right knee throwing long toss with Aaron Judge

Sep 13, 2026

Payton Tolle starts with immaculate inning, Roman Anthony gets key hit as Red Sox beat Royals 4-1

Sep 13, 2026

Seager homers, Rangers beat Diamondbacks 7-6 for first road series win in 2 months

Sep 13, 2026

More Dodgers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

30

Ohtani

RBI

80

Pages

AVG

.293

Freeman

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Yamamoto

171

Yamamoto

ERA

1.79

Ohtani

Team Rankings

184

9th

741

4th

1,376

4th

ERA

3.68

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	90	59	.604
Padres	81	68	.544	9.0
Diamondbacks	79	71	.527	11.5
Giants	62	88	.413	28.5
Rockies	55	94	.369	35.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/14	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 9/15	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 9/16	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Thu 9/17	LAD	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Fri 9/18	SFG	@	LAD	10:15 PM

Last Game

Dodgers

90 - 59

Final

Marlins

74 - 76

Sun 13 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

44

Schwarber

41

Crow-Armstrong

40

Caminero

RBI Leaders

109

Burleson

107

Stewart

100

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.313

Arraez

.310

Alvarez

.309

Lopez

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

177

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

111

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.395

Wood

.394

Bauers

SLG Leaders

.589

Alvarez

.562

Crow-Armstrong

.551

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

236

Cease

228

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

1.95

Schlittler

1.95

Misiorowski

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.90

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.17

Misiorowski

12.77

Cease

12.14

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.93

Rasmussen

5.76

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

31

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,156.2

Crow-Armstrong

1,903

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,634

Crow-Armstrong

1,592.6

Ohtani

1,426

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

84-65

84-66

84-67

80-69

Worst Record ATS

57-93

60-89

64-86

68-82

70-80

70-79

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	88	62	.587
Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
Reds	70	79	.470	22.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	90	59	.604
Padres	81	68	.544	9.0
Diamondbacks	79	71	.527	11.5
Giants	62	88	.413	28.5
Rockies	55	94	.369	35.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	90	59	.604
Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
Orioles	72	78	.480	18.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	76	73	.510
Guardians	76	74	.507	0.5
Twins	70	79	.470	6.0
Tigers	70	79	.470	6.0
Royals	66	84	.440	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	75	75	.500
Rangers	74	76	.493	1.0
Mariners	70	80	.467	5.0
Athletics	61	89	.407	14.0
Angels	56	93	.376	18.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 8/30	COL	@	ATL	2-3
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1-16
Sun 8/30	SEA	@	TOR	0-7
Sun 8/30	LAD	@	DET	6-1
Sun 8/30	SDP	@	TBR	4-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/14	CWS	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Mon 9/14	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Mon 9/14	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Mon 9/14	BAL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Mon 9/14	NYY	@	MIN	7:40 PM

Don Newcombe won the Rookie of the Year award once in 1949.

Interpreted as:

Related Searches

More MLB News

More Dodgers Stats

30

80

.293

13

171

1.79

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

44

41

40

109

107

100

.313

.310

.309

180

177

173

111

102

101

.427

.395

.394

.589

.562

.551

46

41

40

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

17

17

15

236

236

228

1.95

1.95

2.18

0.80

0.88

0.90

13.17

12.77

12.14

6.13

5.93

5.76

24

27

31

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,264.8

2,156.2

1,903

1,634

1,592.6

1,426

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule