SportsTuesday, November 10
Delco's Kevin McGonigle is the American League Rookie of the Year
The West Chester Morning News team
If you bleed Phillies red and have a Delco soft spot, this one's for you. Aldan native and Bonner-Prendie product Kevin McGonigle won the award Monday, as Major League Baseball announced Monday night. The Detroit Tigers infielder took 28 of 30 first-place votes.
McGonigle took 28 of the 30 first-place votes
28 of 30
- for McGonigle
- 2 for someone else
Sources: Inquirer.com, NBC Sports Philadelphia
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| Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| for McGonigle | 28 | 93% |
| for someone else | 2 | 7% |
He hit .278 with 18 homers and 72 RBIs over 156 games. Back home, kids went trick-or-treating in Detroit jerseys, and seven-year-old Finn Reilley wore a green blazer like the one McGonigle wore at the All-Star Game.
- Detroit's first winner since Michael Fulmer in 2016
- First Tigers position player to win since Lou Whitaker in 1978
- Next Philly visit: Tigers at Citizens Bank Park, April 6-8
McGonigle's rookie year by the numbers
- 7.1
- Wins Above Replacement, the most of any AL player
- $150 million
- on the eight-year deal he signed in April
- 707
- plate appearances, tops in the AL
- 155
- games started
Sources: Inquirer.com, NBC Sports Philadelphia
Sources: NBC Sports Philadelphia, Inquirer.com, Media Patch