Kris Bryant lived up to all of the hype and his contributions to a 97-win Cubs’ team led to him being unanimously named the National League Rookie of the Year.
Baseball America, the Sporting News, the MLBPA and the IBWAA also voted Bryant as the NL Rookie of the Year for 2015.
Kris Bryant became the sixth player in franchise history to be named National League Rookie of the Year. Bryant joined Billy Williams (1961), Ken Hubbs (1962), Jerome Walton (1989), Kerry Wood (1998) and Geovany Soto (2008) as the six players that have been named the league’s best first-year player by the BBWAA.