The 2009 Rookie of the Year Award for the AL and NL went to Andrew Bailey from the Oakland Athletics and Chris Coghlan from the Florida Marlins. Bailey who is a relief pitcher for the A's got the honors by putting up these impressive numbers during the 2009 season. His ERA was 1.84, 26 saves in (30 chances), 6 win, 3 losses, and 91 strikeouts. We now go to left fielder for the Florida Marlins, Chris Coghlan. In 2009 as a rookie Coghlan put up some pretty good numbers, batting .321, 9 HR, and 47 RBI's. But I think some may think otherwise with this pick. If you look at Phillies left hander J.A. Happ who had a great season with an ERA of 2.93, 12 win, 4 losses, and 119 strikeouts good enough to win the Rookie of the Year honors. Happ did not even start off as a starter; in fact he started off in the bull pen in the start of 2009. Happ helped the Phillies with the back of the rotation and got them back to the World Series, but in the end Coghlan would walk away with the award.
Andrew Bailey is the 7th Oakland Athletic to win the award. The first was Joes Canseco back in 1986, the second was Mark McGwire in 1987, the third was Walt Weiss in 1988, the fourth was Ben Grieve in 1998, the fifth was Bobby Crobsy in 2004, and the sixth was Huston Street in 2005 and now Andrew Baliey here in 2009.
As for the Florida Marlins, Chris Coghlan is the third person in their history to win this award. First man to win it was Dontrelle Willis back in 2003 and Hanley Ramirez in 2006. So Coghlan just adds a little more history for the Florida Marlins club by being the third person to win this award.
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