Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll was named the National League Rookie of the Year Award on Monday, taking home the honors in a unanimous vote from the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Carroll became the first rookie to hit 25 homers and steal 50 bases in what was one of the most prolific seasons by a first-year player in baseball history. Playing most of the season at age 22, Carroll compiled a .285/.362/.506 line with 30 doubles, 10 triples, 25 homers and 54 steals in 59 tries.

Carroll then proceeded to help lead the Diamondbacks to just their second World Series appearance in franchise history.

He is the first Rookie of the Year in the history of the Diamondbacks, who were the only team in the league yet to have a player win the award.

The club had previously had only three Top 3 finishers: pitcher Wade Miley (second, 2012), first baseman Travis Lee (third, 1998) and pitcher Brandon Webb (third, 2003).

Carroll’s win has extra meaning for the Diamondbacks: They will receive an additional draft pick at the end of the first round. New rules implemented prior to the 2022 season allow teams to receive bonus picks for when certain rookies win the award so long as they were on their team’s Opening Day roster.

Speaking to reporters on a conference call Monday night, Carroll said that to follow in the footsteps of past winners of the award has special meaning, none more so than outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the former Mariners star whom Carroll grew up following in his hometown of Seattle. Carroll said he modeled his game in some ways after Suzuki’s.

“I think growing up, watching a player like that,” Carroll said, “(who is) not the biggest guy out there and still able to impact the game in so many ways, with his speed, his arm, his defense, his ability to put the bat on the ball, that inspired me to want to play a similar brand of baseball.”

Carroll was announced as Rookie of the Year by New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter, himself a former winner of the award, on MLB Network’s awards show. Carroll smiled and hugged his parents and others who had gathered with him to celebrate. He later held his phone up to the camera to reveal his sister, who was busy with school, on a video call.

Carroll did not speak with reporters after the Diamondbacks’ Game 5 loss in the World Series earlier this month. He said why on Monday night: He thought he would have trouble maintaining his composure.

“That night was the first night I cried in years,” Carroll said. “And, honestly, right before this call was the second, giving a little speech to my support system here, kind of what they meant to me.”

He said that within a few days of the loss his emotions shifted to pride.

“Proud of our group, proud of what we had accomplished, proud of what we had done for the city of Phoenix and the state of Arizona,” he said. “Just kind of the way we saw the whole community rally around us. I think all those things just made me feel proud about the year we had.”

Carroll said the draft pick aspect of the award “brought the most weight” to winning it.

“I’m hoping to be here long enough where that draft pick is hopefully a star player on the Diamondbacks right alongside with me,” Carroll said. “Just being able to reward, in my mind, the front office’s belief in me, being able to reward that this way, that’s really special to me.”

As it stands, the Diamondbacks won't make their first selection until 29th overall, a result of reaching the World Series, but they should have two additional picks within the next 10 or so after that, making it an important year for the organization to restock its prospect cupboard.

Carroll received all 30 first-place votes, two each from the 15 markets in the NL. New York Mets right-hander Kodai Senga finished second, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder James Outman, Colorado Rockies outfielder Nolan Jones and Cincinnati Reds infielder Matt McLain.

Both Carroll and Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson, the AL Rookie of the Year, won the awards unanimously. It was the fifth time both winners won unanimously and the first time that happened since 2017, when Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge were victorious.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll wins NL Rookie of the Year