Rookie of the Year is a 1993 American film comedy with a baseball theme starring Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey. The cast also includes Albert Hall, Dan Hedaya, Eddie Bracken, Amy Morton, Bruce Altman, John Gegenhuber, Neil Flynn, Daniel Stern and John Candy. Henry Rowengartner , 12-year-old Little Leaguer, has dreams of playing in the major leagues. One day, Henry breaks his arm trying to catch a fly ball and has to wrap it in a cast. Once the arm is healed, the doctor removes the cast and discovers Henry's tendons have healed "a little too tight," thus enabling Henry to cock his arm... back and fire it forward with incredible force. In celebration of the cast's removal, Henry's mom presents him and two friends with tickets to the day's Chicago Cubs game. At the ballpark, Henry and his friends catch a home run hit by a player from the visiting team. To keep with the Wrigley Field tradition, which states that when an opponent's home run ball is caught it must be thrown back onto the field, Henry launches it from the outfield bleachers all the way to the catcher standing at home plate, which is about 435 feet.
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| Release date: | July 7, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Daniel Stern |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Harper |
| Editor: | Raja Gosnell, Donn Cambern |
| Music by: | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography: | Jack N. Green |
| Screenplay by: | Sam Harper |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |