Pete Alonso Wins National League Rookie of the Year

Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso (Credits to MetsMerizedOnline.com)

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was named National League Rookie of the Year tonight by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Alonso won the first place vote on 29 out of 30 ballots. He is the sixth Met in franchise history to win Rookie of the Year along with RHP Tom Seaver in 1967, LHP Jon Matlack in 1972, RF Darryl Strawberry in 1983, RHP Dwight Gooden in 1984 and RHP Jacob deGrom in 2014 as previous winners. His career got off to a roaring start after he won Rookie of the Month in April and again in June and September.
He hit his 26th homer in June which broke the National League record set by Cody Bellinger for most homers by a rookie before the All-Star break. Also in June, Alonso was selected to the National League All-Star Team as a reserve and won the Home Run Derby beating out Vladimir Guerrero Jr and donated a portion of his winnings to charities. On August 15th, he hit his 42th homer of the year which set the record for most homers by a Met in a single season.
On September 20th, he hit his 50th homer and became the first Met to hit 50 homers in a season. Five days later, he hit his 51st homer and became the fifth players in MLB history alongside Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Willie Mays and Ralph Kiner to have at least 51 homers and 118 RBI's at the age of 24 or younger in a season.
The next week on the 27th, Alonso hit his 52th homer which tied Yankees RF Aaron Judge's record for most homers in a season by a rookie. The next day, he broke Judge's record with his 53th homer.
Alonso ended up hitting .260 with 53 homers and 120 RBI's which led all rookies and became the first rookie to lead the Majors in homers.