The St. Louis Cardinals have had some amazing rookies in the past 20 years and are infamous for finding no-name players and somehow turning them into valuable weapons in the league. The premier rookie was Albert Pujols all the way back in 2001. He was the last Cardinals player to win the Rookie of the Year award.
Rookie Adam Wainwright led the team in the bullpen in 2006 with Chris Duncan hitting bombs in the outfield. Shelby Miller finished third in rookie of the year in 2013, Aledmys Diaz was a top-five rookie of the year finisher, Jose Martinez batted .