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NEW YORK –A pair of former college baseball players have won Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Awards in their respective leagues.  Oakland A’s closer Andrew Bailey took the honor in the American League, while Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan received the award in the National League.
Andrew Bailey

Andrew Bailey

Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ, receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Happ, the only player picked on all 32 ballots, had 10 first-place votes and 94 points.  Happ, a former Northwestern University pitcher, had earlier received top N.L. rookie honors from The Sporting News Magazine.

Bailey was selected first on 13 of 28 ballots and finished with 88 points.  Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was the runner-up with 65 points, one more than Detroit Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello.
The 24-year-old Coghlan topped N.L. rookies in batting average, runs, hits (162), total bases (232) and on-base

Chris Coghlan

Chris Coghlan

percentage (.390).

Bailey went 6-3 and saved 26 games, 24 more than any other American League reliever.  He also led the league’s rookie pitchers with a 1.84 ERA, and was named to the A.L. All-Star team.  He is the eighth A’s player to win the award.

Coghlan starred at Ole Miss from 2004-2006, while Bailey set a school record with 237 career strikeouts in his three years at Wagner.

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Two Former College Players Earn Top Rookie Honors From The Sporting News

White Sox third baseman Gordon Beckham and Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ have been named the Sporting News Magazine’s 2009 rookies of the year.  Votes for the award were cast by a panel of 338 Major League players.

Beckham batted .270 with 14 home runs, 28 doubles, and 63 RBIs in 103 games after making his Major League debut on June 4.

A.L. Rookie of the Year Gordan Beckham

A.L. Rookie of the Year Gordan Beckham.

Happ went 12-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 35 appearances.  He made 23 starts for the NL East champs after joining the starting rotation in May.  The lefty fanned 119 batters in 166 innings pitched.  He has made three relief appearances so far during the 2009 post season.

Beckham helped Georgia to the 2006 College World Series.  He started all 70 games at shortstop as a freshman that season.  He was named SEC Player of the Year as a junior in 2008 when he tied LSU’s Matt Clark with 28 home runs to lead the nation.  The Bulldogs finished as the national runner-up with a CWS championship series loss to Fresno State.  Beckham finished his career with a Georgia school record 53 home runs.   He was the eighth overall pick by the White Sox in last year’s MLB draft.

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N.L. Rookie of the Year J.A. Happ

Happ was named All-Big Ten First Team as a freshman, sophomore and junior at Northwestern University.  He logged a 16–11 career record with a 2.88 ERA along with 251 strikeouts and 90 walks in 226.1 inning pitched.  He was taken in the third round (92nd overall) of the 2004 MLB draft by the Phillies.

(Wire and Staff report)

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