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the rookie of the year award
The "rookie of the year" award.
Rookie of the Year is a yearly award given by most sports leagues to the best first year player in the league.
Ichiro Suzuki won both the Rookie of the Year, and the MVP Award in 2001.
This was the first year that the AL gave out its own Cy Young Award. Jim Lonborg won easily over Joel Horlen.