The Los Angeles Dodgers have had 16 players take home rookie of the year honors since the award’s inaugural season in 1947. That list includes legends such as Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, Mike Piazza and Fernando Valenzuela just to name a few. Looking back at the years in which those players one, you start to see some incredible parallels with Bellinger’s rookie season. Obviously, you can’t really compare a position player to a pitcher, so we’ll just look at offensive stats for now.
Bellinger has already blasted 21 home runs in his first 51 games while knocking in 47 runs batted in.