Editing Rick Ankiel (section)

===1999 and 2000 seasons===
Ankiel debuted in 1999 in [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Montreal]], against the [[1999 Montreal Expos season|Expos]]. He pitched his first full season in 2000 at the age of 20 (second youngest player in the league), posting an 11–7 record, a 3.50 [[Earned run average|ERA]] (tenth in the league), and 194 [[strikeout]]s (seventh in the league) in 30 games started.<ref name="data">{{Cite web |title=Rick Ankiel Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ankieri01.shtml |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Ankiel threw a 94- to 97-mph [[fastball]], a heavy [[Sinker (baseball)|sinker]], and a fall-off-the-table [[curveball]] that was his main strikeout pitch. He struck out batters at a rate of 9.98 strikeouts per nine innings (second in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] only to [[Randy Johnson]]), and allowed only 7.05 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] per nine innings (second only to [[Chan Ho Park]]). He came in second (to the [[2000 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]]' [[Rafael Furcal]]) in the NL [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award#National League winners (1949–present)|Rookie of the Year]] voting.<ref name=data/> He received [[The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award]].