Pete Rose, the National League’s second baseman, won by a landslide…
On November 26, 1963, second baseman Pete Rose is a landslide winner of the National League Rookie of the Year award, with 17 of 20 votes. Rose becomes the second Cincinnati Reds player to win the honor, succeeding Frank Robinson. Rose still shares a room with his brother in their childhood house, which is approximately seven miles from Crosley Field.
