Friday, December 16, 2005
Cano voted TYIB Rookie of the Year
12/15/2005
NEW YORK -- Robinson Cano made quite an impact in his rookie season, helping the Yankees climb out of an early hole to capture their eighth consecutive American League East championship.
For his impressive debut campaign, Cano was voted the top rookie in MLB.com's This Year in Baseball Awards.
Cano received 28.9 percent of the vote, beating out Atlanta's Jeff Francoeur, who earned 17.5 percent. Houston's Willy Taveras finished third with 13.4 percent of the vote.
More than 3.3 million votes were cast for the 2005 TYIB Awards, up from 800,000 in 2004.
Cano hit .297 with 14 home runs, 62 RBIs and 34 doubles in his first season in the Majors, leading all AL rookie hitters in average, slugging percentage (.458), doubles, runs (78), hits (155), multi-hit games (47) and at-bats (522).
Cano also ranked first among all hitters in the AL with a .335 batting average on the road.
Cano was called up from Triple-A Columbus on May 2, taking over the Yankees' starting second base job from Tony Womack.
Cano went 2-for-23 in his first seven games, but he followed that up with an eight-game hitting streak, going 16-for-34 (.470) in that span. He went on to hit .310 in June and .319 in July, moving his average up to the .300 mark after three months in the Majors.
Cano slumped in August, batting just .207, but he rebounded with a strong September and October, hitting .384 as the Yankees overtook the Red Sox for another AL East title in the final month.
Cano is one of three Yankees players to win TYIB Awards this year, as Mariano Rivera won Closer of the Year honors and Alex Rodriguez won for Single-Game Performance of the Year.
MLB.com started the This Year in Baseball Awards back in 2002 to give fans the opportunity to express their opinions on the top players, managers and moments from each season.
The voting for this year's awards began on Oct. 31 and concluded Dec. 9 at midnight ET and were announced live on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday. Awards are presented to winners during pregame, on-field ceremonies early the following season.
Source: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/
NEW YORK -- Robinson Cano made quite an impact in his rookie season, helping the Yankees climb out of an early hole to capture their eighth consecutive American League East championship.
For his impressive debut campaign, Cano was voted the top rookie in MLB.com's This Year in Baseball Awards.
Cano received 28.9 percent of the vote, beating out Atlanta's Jeff Francoeur, who earned 17.5 percent. Houston's Willy Taveras finished third with 13.4 percent of the vote.
More than 3.3 million votes were cast for the 2005 TYIB Awards, up from 800,000 in 2004.
Cano hit .297 with 14 home runs, 62 RBIs and 34 doubles in his first season in the Majors, leading all AL rookie hitters in average, slugging percentage (.458), doubles, runs (78), hits (155), multi-hit games (47) and at-bats (522).
Cano also ranked first among all hitters in the AL with a .335 batting average on the road.
Cano was called up from Triple-A Columbus on May 2, taking over the Yankees' starting second base job from Tony Womack.
Cano went 2-for-23 in his first seven games, but he followed that up with an eight-game hitting streak, going 16-for-34 (.470) in that span. He went on to hit .310 in June and .319 in July, moving his average up to the .300 mark after three months in the Majors.
Cano slumped in August, batting just .207, but he rebounded with a strong September and October, hitting .384 as the Yankees overtook the Red Sox for another AL East title in the final month.
Cano is one of three Yankees players to win TYIB Awards this year, as Mariano Rivera won Closer of the Year honors and Alex Rodriguez won for Single-Game Performance of the Year.
MLB.com started the This Year in Baseball Awards back in 2002 to give fans the opportunity to express their opinions on the top players, managers and moments from each season.
The voting for this year's awards began on Oct. 31 and concluded Dec. 9 at midnight ET and were announced live on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday. Awards are presented to winners during pregame, on-field ceremonies early the following season.
Source: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/
