Rookie of the Year Award Cal Ripken, Jr. registered 132 points (5-3-1 system) in 1982 to beat out Twins' Kent Hrbek (90 points), the only other player named on all ballots. Wade Boggs was third (10 1/2 points). Rip polled 24 firsts and four seconds, while Hrbek received four firsts, 23 seconds and a third. Is one of 6 Orioles to have won BBWAA Rookie honors along with: Ron Hansen (1960), Curt Blefary (1963), Al Bumbry (1973), Eddie Murray (1977), and Gregg Olson (1989). About the Award The Rookie of the Year Award has a chaotic history. Arising from a Chicago BBWAA chapter award begun in 1940, it went national in 1947, officially named the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award after the former White Sox executive who was the son of Hall of Famer Charles Comiskey. The first winner was Jackie Robinson; during the fortieth-anniversary celebration of his career in 1987, the award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award. It has been presented to the top rookie in each league since 1949, after being given to only one player in both 1947 and 1948. It took ten years before "rookie" was officially defined, and the definition would change twice, in 1989 it stands as a player who has not, in previous seasons, had 130 at-bats, 50 innings pitched, or 45 days on a major league roster. The voting structure has also changed several times; it currently consists of two writers for each team voting for three players each with votes weighted 5-3-1. Players vote on this award within their own league.