No rookie since the NHL's inception has ever won the Hart Memorial Trophy (The league MVP trophy which was first presented in 1924) in his rookie year.
Ichiro Suzuki won both the Rookie of the Year, and the MVP Award in 2001.
Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets was both MVP and Rookie of the Year of the 1968-69 NBA season.
In 2001, Kevin Harvick became the first and only driver to win both the Busch Series Championship and the Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award in the same season.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known at the time as Lew Alcindor) was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1969-70. He won the award after scoring 28.8 PPG, grabbing 14.5 RPG and passing 4.1 APG for his Milwaukee Bucks in his first season. That same season he also won All-Rookie 1st team, All-Defensive 2nd team and All-NBA 2nd team.
Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers won Rookie of the Year in 1949 and both the MVP and Cy Young awards in 1956.
Through the 2008 season, as far as the Associated Press awards go that has happened once. In 2003, the Associated Press awarded their Offensive Player of the Year award to Jamal Lewis and their Defensive Player of the Year award to Ray Lewis, both of the Baltimore Ravens.
Your Answer: Carlos Beltran Correct Did you know:Carlos Beltran was named baseball's American League Rookie of the Year in 1999 while playing for the Kansas City Royals.
1947. The Sporting News named one Rookie of the Year for both leagues in that season. Robinson was named ROY for the entire majors and not just the National League.
In 1978, running back Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers was named MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America and the Newspaper Enterprise Association and Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press.
In the Nascar Cup Series, Kyle Busch won two races as a rookie in 2005. In the 2004 Busch Series, now known as the Nationwide Series, he won five races. Busch won the Rookie of the Year award in both series.
Fred Lynn was a superstar in 1975. He had a batting average of .331, and hit 21 homers. In addition, he lead the league in runs scored with 103, and had an RBI of 105. At that time, he was the first player to win both awards.
Depends if your talking about the #8 or the #47 card. Both are rookies, the #47 card happens to be an in action rookie and both could fetch around the price of 4-800 in an auction, possibly more.