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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
The Baseball Writers Association of America honors the outstanding rookie player in each league with the Rookie of the Year Award. The six Mets rookies who have won the award are Tom Seaver in 1967, Jon Matlack in 1972, Darryl Strawberry in 1983, Dwight Gooden in 1984, and Jacob deGrom in 2014, and Pete Alonso in 2019.

Two other Mets rookies came close, only to lose to future Cincinnati Red immortals: Ron Hunt lost to Pete Rose in 1963, and Johnny Bench edged Jerry Koosman in 1968.

The following Mets won the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Award while with other teams:
1951 - Willie Mays (New York Giants)
1966 - Tommie Agee (Chicago White Sox)
1976 - Butch Metzger (San Diego Padres)
1976 - Pat Zachry (Cincinnati Reds)
1985 - Vince Coleman (St. Louis Cardinals)
1990 - Sandy Alomar (Cleveland Indians)
1993 - Mike Piazza (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1995 - Hideo Nomo (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1999 - Carlos Beltran (Kansas City Royals)
2004 - Jason Bay (Pittsburgh Pirates)
2006 - Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)

METS PLAYERS WHO HAVE WON THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
WHILE WITH THE NEW YORK METS

Seaver
1967 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
TOM SEAVER

Matlack
1972 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JON MATLACK

Strawberry
1983 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
DARRYL STRAWBERRY

Gooden
1984 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
DWIGHT GOODEN

deGrom
2014 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JACOB DEGROM

Alonso
2019 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
PETE ALONSO





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