JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — New York Mets 1B Ike Davis finished 7th in voting for the N.L. Rookie of the Year award, the Baseball Writers’ Association of American reported today (11/15/2010).
Despite finishing the 2010 season among the top N.L. rookies in several offensive categories, the 23-year-old received only two votes for Rookie of the Year, both for 3rd place. San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey won the award with 129 points. (See vote totals below.)
After being called-up from AAA in late April, Davis hit .264 and ranked 2nd among N.L. rookies in runs scored (73), 3rd in RBIs (71), and 3rd in HRs (19/tie). He also starred in the field, leading all N.L. First Basemen in UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating), which estimates how many more (or fewer) runs a fielder prevented than he allowed.
For information on the 2010 A.L. Rookie of the Year award, visit Jewish Baseball News here.
| National League | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants | 20 | 9 | 2 | 129 |
| Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves | 9 | 20 | 2 | 107 |
| Jaime Garcia, St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 16 | 24 |
| Gaby Sanchez, Florida Marlins | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Neil Walker, Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 3 | ||
| Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ike Davis, New York Mets | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Tabata, Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jonny Venters, Atlanta Braves | 1 | 1 |
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Valencia, a 26-year-old rookie who hit .311 after being called-up from AAA in early June, received one 2nd-place vote and nine 3rd-place votes to finish a distant 3rd behind Texas Rangers RP Neftali Perez and Detroit Tigers C Austin Jackson. (See vote totals below.)
It was the strongest Rookie of the Year performance by a Jewish player since Milwaukee Brewers LF Ryan Braun <a href=”http://bbwaa.com/2009/02/07-nl-rookie/” target=”_blank”>won the N.L. award in 2007</a>.
Valencia finished the 2010 season with 7 HRs, 18 doubles, 1 triple, 2 stolen bases, and 40 RBIs in 299 at-bats. In early September, Jewish Baseball News <a href=”http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/analysis-danny-valencia-a-top-contender-for-rookie-of-the-year/” target=”_blank”>called him a top-5 contender for the Rookie award</a>.
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<td align=”right”><strong>1st</strong></td>
<td align=”right”><strong>2nd</strong></td>
<td align=”right”><strong>3rd</strong></td>
<td align=”right”><strong>Points</strong></td>
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<td><strong><small>Neftali Feliz, Texas Rangers </small></strong></td>
<td align=”right”><small>20 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>7 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>1 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>122 </small></td>
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<td><strong><small>Austin Jackson, Detroit Tigers </small></strong></td>
<td align=”right”><small>8 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>19 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>1 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>98 </small></td>
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<td><strong><small>Danny Valencia, Minnesota Twins </small></strong></td>
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<td align=”right”><small>1 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>9 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>12 </small></td>
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<td><span style=”color: #ff0000;”><strong><small>Wade Davis, Tampa Bay Rays </small></strong></span></td>
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<td align=”right”><span style=”color: #ff0000;”><small>11 </small></span></td>
<td align=”right”><span style=”color: #ff0000;”><small>11 </small></span></td>
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<td><strong><small>John Jaso, Tampa Bay Rays </small></strong></td>
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<td align=”right”><small>1 </small></td>
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<td align=”right”><small>3 </small></td>
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<td><strong><small>Brennan Boesch, Detroit Tigers </small></strong></td>
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<td align=”right”><small>3 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><small>3 </small></td>
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<td><strong><small>Brian Matusz, Baltimore Orioles </small></strong></td>
<td align=”right”></td>
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<td align=”right”><small>3 </small></td>
<td align=”right”><strong><small>3</small></strong></td>
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