Congratulations: Yankees’ right-hander Luis Gil wins tight race for AL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year

­winning by just five points.

Since the BBWAA went to a three-player ballot in Rookie of the Year voting in 1980 following the 1979 tie in the American League between John Castino of the Minnesota Twins and Alfred Griffin of the Toronto Blue Jays, this is the second closest election in the AL. The only one closer than this differential was in 2003 with Kansas City Royals shortstop Angel Berroa outpointing New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, 88-84.

This election marks the 10th time a Yankees player has been honored, the most in the AL. The Los Angeles Dodgers hold the overall record with 18 winners in the National League. Other Yankees winners were Gil McDougald in 1951, Bob Grim in 1954, Tony Kubek in 1957, Tom Tresh in 1962, Stan Bahnsen in 1968, Thurman Munson in 1970, Dave Righetti in 1981, Derek Jeter in 1996 and Aaron Judge in 2017.

Gil is the fifth Dominican-born winner and the second pitcher, joining Neftali Feliz (2010). The others were Griffin, Berroa and Julio Rodriguez (2022).

Colton Cowser of the Baltimore Orioles was listed on one more ballot than Gil, who had two more first-place votes. No player was named to every ballot.

Ballots were submitted prior to postseason play. They are tabulated on a system that awards five points for first place, three points for second place, one point for third place.

	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Luis Gil, Yankees	15	10	1	106
Colton Cowser, Orioles	13	11	3	101
Austin Wells, Yankees		3	8	17
Mason Miller, Athletics	1	2	5	16
Cade Smith, Guardians	1	1	4	12
Wilyer Abreu, Red Sox		2	5	11
Wyatt Langford, Rangers		1	4	7

 

Below is a breakdown of the 30 individual ballots, submitted by two writers representing each city in the American League. For more information on the voting, see our Voting FAQ.

Name	Affiliation	Chapter	1st	2nd	3rd
Joe Trezza	MLB.com	BAL	Gil	Cowser	Miller
Savannah McCann	Baseball America	BAL	Cowser	Gil	Wells
Junko Ichimura	The Hochi Simbum	BOS	Cowser	Gil	Abreu
Peter Abraham	Boston Globe	BOS	Gil	Cowser	Abreu
Russell Dorsey	Yahoo	CHI	Gil	Cowser	Smith
Paul Sullivan	Chicago Tribune	CHI	Gil	Miller	Smith
Travis Sawchik	theScore	CLE	Cowser	Abreu	Wells
Chris Assenheimer	The Chronicle-Telegram	CLE	Gil	Cowser	Smith
Evan Woodbery	MLive	DET	Smith	Cowser	Langford
Cody Stavenhagen	The Athletic	DET	Cowser	Gil	Smith
Chandler Rome	The Athletic	HOU	Cowser	Gil	Wells
Alyson Footer	MLB.com	HOU	Cowser	Gil	Wells
Jaylon Thompson	The Kansas City Star	KC	Gil	Cowser	Wells
Dan Hirsch	Baseball-Reference	KC	Cowser	Wells	Langford
Greg Beacham	Associated Press	LA	Cowser	Gil	Wells
Jim Alexander	Southern California News Group	LA	Gil	Miller	Cowser
Aaron Gleeman	The Athletic	MIN	Gil	Smith	Miller
La Velle E. Neal III	Minnesota Star Tribune	MIN	Gil	Cowser	Abreu
Brendan Kuty	The Athletic	NY	Cowser	Wells	Gil
Bryan Hoch	MLB.com	NY	Gil	Cowser	Langford
Sonja Chen	MLB.com	OAK	Cowser	Gil	Miller
Manolo Hernández-Douen	beisbolporgotas.com	OAK	Miller	Gil	Abreu
Mike Vorel	The Seattle Times	SEA	Gil	Wells	Cowser
Doug Miller	MLB.com	SEA	Gil	Cowser	Miller
John Romano	Tampa Bay Times	TB	Gil	Abreu	Cowser
Mark Didtler	Associated Press	TB	Cowser	Gil	Wells
Kennedi Landry	MLB.com	TEX	Cowser	Langford	Abreu
Stephen Hawkins	Associated Press	TEX	Cowser	Gil	Langford
Scott Mitchell	TSN	TOR	Gil	Cowser	Wells
David Singh	Sportsnet	TOR	Gil	Cowser	Miller