Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers won Rookie of the Year in 1949 and both the MVP and Cy Young awards in 1956.
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Koufax won three Cy Young Awards, 1963, 1965 and 1966. Starting in 1956 when the Cy Young Award was created, only one award was presented for the entire Major Leagues. After 1966, both the American and National Leagues presented Cy Young Awards.
Lebron James and Amare Stoudamire were the only 2. Moses Malone was the defensive rookie of the year in the ABA. Kobe was named the all rookie team, but not rookie of the year. in the year that Kobe was a rookie, AI was the roy.
Only four pitchers have won four or more Cy Young awards in their respective careers, of which two, Steve Carlton and Randy Johnson, are left-handed.
Currently, they would be Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons) and Philips rivers (San Diego Chargers). Both are fairly young. Ryan was named AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2008, and was only the second QB in history to throw for over 3000 yards in his rookie season, while Rivers led the Chargers to a 12 game winning streak 2009. The best two rookie QB's from the 2010 Draft would be Sam Bradford (St. Louis rams, #1 Overall pick in 2009 Draft) and Tim Tebow (Denver Broncos).
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