 Rader finished as runner-up to Jon Matlack for the National League Rookie of the Year Award, and won "The Sporting News" Rookie of the Year Award.The next season, he posted career-highs in home runs (9), runs (59), runs batted in (41) and fielding percentage (.991) but hit for only a .229 batting average in 148 games.In 1974 and 1975 he averaged .291 each season.