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 | Federal Association Top Rookie Named Friday, October 18th , 1963 Philadelphia fans have reason to cheer today as center fielder Bobby Phelps brought home the Federal Association Kellogg Award for 1963. He put together a .265 batting average on the strength of 139 hits and swatted 37 home runs. He also racked up 90 RBIs and scored 83 runs, signaling that this might be the beginning of a solid baseball career. He received 9 first place votes out of a possible 20. Bob Starr of the Chicago Chiefs finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while Al Clark of the Washington Eagles finished third with 2 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Bobby Phelps - Philadelphia Keystones - 9 - 73 Bob Starr - Chicago Chiefs - 8 - 68 Al Clark - Washington Eagles - 2 - 26 Roy Brandt - Chicago Chiefs - 0 - 8 Manny Espinosa - Pittsburgh Miners - 1 - 6 Curt Day - New York Gothams - 0 - 6 George Wagner - Boston Minutemen - 0 - 4 Frank Bradshaw - Minneapolis Millers - 0 - 3 Les Wilson - Washington Eagles - 0 - 1 |   |
