First baseman Jared Walsh of the Los Angeles Angels has been voted the American League Rookie of the Month for September, and third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been voted the National League Rookie of the Month for September. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Walsh earned his first career monthly award and is the first Angels player to take home rookie honors since his teammate Shohei Ohtani, who won a pair of awards during his Rookie of the Year-winning 2018 campaign. Hayes, the son of longtime Major Leaguer Charlie Hayes, was also awarded his first monthly award and became the first Pirate to earn NL Rookie of the Month honors since Austin Meadows in May 2018.

Jared Walsh, Los Angeles Angels (@ walshey21)

• Batted .337 (29-for-86) with 18 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 26 RBI, five walks and a .744 slugging percentage over 22 games played.

• Homered in four straight games from September 8th-12th, tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history. Clubbed six round-trippers across seven games from September 8th-16th.

• Logged an RBI and run scored in nine consecutive games from September 6th-17th, which is the longest streak in Major League history by a rookie since RBI became an official statistic in 1920. He became the ninth player in AL history to accomplish the feat, and the first since David Ortiz in 2002.

• Posted a 14-game hitting streak from September 6th-22nd, slashing .386/.413/.825 with seven home runs and 21 RBI to lead the Angels to nine victories.

Ke’Bryan Hayes, Pittsburgh Pirates (@ kebryan_hayes)

• Posted a slash line of .376/.442/.682 with 17 runs scored, 32 hits, seven doubles, two triples, five home runs, 11 RBI and nine walks across 24 games.

• Recorded four doubles, two triples and three home runs over his first 17 Major League games. Matched Andrew McCutchen, Austin Meadows and Brad Eldred for second-most in franchise history across a player’s first 17 contests, trailing only Barry Bonds (10).

• Posted the first five-hit performance of his career on Saturday against the Cleveland Indians, delivering three doubles and three runs scored. Became the eighth player in franchise history to tally at least five hits, three doubles and three runs in a single contest, and the first since Adam Frazier in July 2019.

• Finished his strong season on an eight-game hitting streak dating back to September 19th, including five multi-hit efforts. Delivered seven extra-base hits during the hot stretch. 

Others receiving votes for AL Rookie of the Month included backstop Willi Castro (.362, 14 R, 34 H, 19 RBI) of the Detroit Tigers; infielder Bobby Dalbec (12 R, 19 H, 7 HR, 14 RBI) and starting pitcher Tanner Houck (3-0, 0.53 ERA, 21 SO, 17.0 IP) of the Boston Red Sox; outfielder Randy Arozarena (.288, 14 R, 7 HR, 11 RBI) of the Tampa Bay Rays; starter Jose Urquidy (1-1, 2.73 ERA, 17 SO, 29.2 IP) of the Houston Astros; starter Brady Singer (3-2, 2.73, 30 SO, 29.2 IP) of the Kansas City Royals; and outfielder Ryan Mountcastle (.333, 8 R, 31 H, 19 RBI) of the Baltimore Orioles.

Others receiving votes for NL Rookie of the Month included September’s Reliever of the Month Presented by The Hartford Devin Williams (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 24 SO, 13.0 IP) of the Milwaukee Brewers; third baseman Alec Bohm (.367, 17 R, 7 2B, 16 RBI) of the Philadelphia Phillies; starting pitcher Ian Anderson (2-2, 2.05 ERA, 35 SO, 26.1 IP) of the Atlanta Braves; infielder Josh Fuentes (.316, 13 R, 7 XBH, 17 RBI) of the Colorado Rockies; and infielder Edwin Ríos (11 H, 8 R, 3 2B, 5 HR) of the Los Angeles Dodgers.