Dustin Pedroia has picked up top honors for a rookie in the American League for 2007. After a slow start to 2007 Pedroia turned up the heat finishing with a .317 batting average. He was also ranked as one of the top 5 hardest to strike out players in the major leagues. Striking out only 42 times in 520 at bats. On top of all this he only committed 6 errors finishing with a .990 feilding percentage(yeah i think he got robbed for the gold glove).
Pedroia was drafted out of Arizona State University in 2004. In his three years there he never hit below .347. He made his major league debut on August 22, 2006 against the Angels wearing the number 64 till the begining of the 2007 season. After his rock star rookie season Pedroia said he would like to be referred to as Ped-Rock.
The last Red Sox player to win the R.O.Y. was Nomar Garciaparra in 1997.
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The award should go to a player with the best stats that played a FULL season. Delmon Young
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