(Detroit, MI) – Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle has won the American League Rookie of the Year award. McGonigle is the first Tiger position player to win Rookie of the Year since Lou Whitaker in 1978 and follows pitcher Michael Fulmer, who won it in 2016. He got 28 of the 30 first place votes to win the award in a landslide.
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Parker Messick got the other two first-place votes and finished second.
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