Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles.
Ripken won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1982 and the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1983.
It is now known as the "Jackie Robinson Award". Robinson won the first Rookie of the Year Award ever presented in 1947 and Major League Baseball recently changed the name of the award to honor Robinson.
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Rookie of the Year is a yearly award given by most sports leagues to the best first year player in the league.
Jackie Robinson was the winner of the 1947 MLB rookie of the year award as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was the inagural year for this award, makinf Jackie the first ever winner.
Larry Bird was the first Celtic player to win the Rookie of the Year award in the NBA. Bird achieved this honor in the 1979-1980 season after making an immediate impact on the Celtics franchise.
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He won the very first Rookie of the Year Award, in 1947. The award was renamed in his honor 40 years later in 1987.
I believe the MVP is the player who has done the most to help the team win. Rookie of the Year is the rookie (first season in the league) who was the best, compared to other rookies.
The Rookie of the Year award was introduced in 1947. The first person to win it was Jackie Robinson, for reasons unrelated to the color of his skin.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson was a rookie during the 1979-1980 season. He was awarded NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award during this season. This was the first of many MVP awards.
The Calder Memorial Trophy is rewarded to the most profecint first-year rookie in the NHL. Because of the player it is awarded to, it is sometimes called the rookie of the year award.