Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu has been named American League Rookie of the Year by Sporting News. Abreu, 27, received 149 votes to outdistance Los Angeles' Matt Shoemaker (4), New York's Dellin Betances and Masahiro Tanaka (three each) and teammate Marcus Semien (one).
Abreu batted .317 (176-556) with 35 doubles, 36 home runs, 107 RBI, a .581 slugging percentage and a .383 on-base percentage in 145 games this season. He led the major leagues in slugging percentage, joining Dick Allen (1974) as the only players in White Sox history to accomplish that feat, and ranked among the AL leaders in OPS (2nd, .964), total bases (2nd, 323), home runs (T3rd), RBI (4th), extra-base hits (4th, 73), average (5th), OBP (5th) and doubles (T10th).
Abreu also became the first rookie in major-league history to rank among the Top 5 in his league in each Triple Crown category and joined Hal Trosky (1934), Ted Williams (1939) and Albert Pujols (2001) as the only rookie in history to record 30 doubles, 30 homers and 100 RBI in a season.
