Pirates Shortstop Jung Ho Kang Placed 3rd In 'Rookie Of The Year' Honors

PITTSBURGH (KDKA)- Jung Ho Kang's stellar 2015 campaign wasn't enough to garner "Rookie of the Year" award-status, as he placed third in the voting Monday night.

The Chicago Cubs' Kris Bryant was unanimously-selected as the Baseball Writers' Association of America's National League Rookie of the Year Award recipient.

The Giants' Matt Duffy received 22-out-of-30 second-place votes.

Despite getting injured in the later-part of the 2015 season, Kang was named a finalist for the BWAA National League Rookie of the Year award.

Kang hit .287 with 15 home runs and 58 RBIs for the Pirates. The winner will be announced on the MLB Network at 6 p.m. tonight.

His season came to an end on September 17 when the Cubs' Chris Coghlan slid into Kang's left leg, which ended up being a displaced-lateral tibial plateau fracture with a lateral meniscal repair. Kang's injury will take him 6-to-8 months to recover.

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