Decisions, Decisions: Albie Pearson's Rookie of the Year Award

I think Albie Pearson won the 1958 American League Rookie of the Year Award because he was short.

Like, really short for a major league player. Like, short enough that he wrote a feature about himself in the August 3, 1958 edition of the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine with the title “Midget in the Majors.” Not very politically correct, but I guess he ha…