[Giants]

Ok, the answer to the Jack Sanford question is that he was a comparatively ancient  28 when he won ROY.

I don’t know the answer but I wonder if there have been older ROYs.

BTW the Giants got him 2 yrs later when he was 30. They traded their SF opening day battery - Ruben Gomez and Valmy Thomas - for him.

Five players have won at age 28 or older: 

Sam Jethroe 33
Kazuhiro Sasaki 32
Jackie Robinson 28
Joe Black 28
Jack Sanford 28

Jethroe, Robinson and Black were all Negro League vets
Sasaki came over from Japan

[Giants]

Ok, the answer to the Jack Sanford question is that he was a comparatively ancient  28 when he won ROY.

I don’t know the answer but I wonder if there have been older ROYs.

BTW the Giants got him 2 yrs later when he was 30. They traded their SF opening day battery - Ruben Gomez and Valmy Thomas - for him.

Five players have won at age 28 or older: 

Sam Jethroe 33
Kazuhiro Sasaki 32
Jackie Robinson 28
Joe Black 28
Jack Sanford 28

Jethroe, Robinson and Black were all Negro League vets
Sasaki came over from Japan