ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

I was playing with the FNFT history database again. I figured out who the top scoring rookie was each year back to 2001. I considered each player's "rookie" season to be the year in which they first appeared on an FNFT roster.

Here are the top rookies each year with the number of points they scored and where the leader ranked in overall scoring.

2001
Ichiro Suzuki - 174 points - ranked 18th
Todd Walker - 157 points
Aramis Ramirez - 131

2002
Eric Gagne - 171 - 13th
Jacque Jones - 155
A.J. Pierzinski - 146

2003
Vernon Wells - 140 - 31st
Hideki Matsui - 121
Marcus Giles - 108

2004
Travis Hafner - 99 - 69th
Victor Martinez - 97
Pedro Feliz - 81

2005
Jorge Cantu - 139 - 37th
Felipe Lopez - 128
David Wright - 124

2006
Jonathan Papelbon - 159 - 18th
Nick Swisher - 120
Gary Mathews Jr. - 96

2007
Daisuke Matsuzaka - 167 - 10th
Nick Markakis - 162
Ryan Braun - 162

2008
Ryan Ludwick - 144 - 30th
Chris Young - 139
Edinson Volquez - 133

2009
Adam Lind - 123 - 51st
Kurt Suzuki - 96
Kevin Slowey - 94