When was the last year both Rookies of the Year played in the World Series?

[AdamS]

Today Buster Posey and Neftali Feliz won baseball's Rookie of the Year awards. Both their teams made it to the World Series this year. I've looked back a couple of decades and didn't find a World Series featuring the year's two RoYs, but past 1990 or so my World Series knowledge fades. Anyone know if this has happened before?

 

[UtterChaos]

Shiningstar is correct. The last time it happened was 1981 with Valenzuela and Righetti. The only other time was in 1951 with Willie Mays and Gil McDougald.

 

[shiningstar12992]

Pretty sure it was 1981, Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers and Dave Righetti of the Yankees were in the World Series and then both won ROTY.

 

[aooae]

Good Trivia Q!