Strasburg received the highest pay agreement of any rookie pitcher in baseball history.

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Taylor was Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 1971 and Rookie of the Year for the American Basketball Association two years later.

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He became a star his first season, winning the Rookie of the Year award.

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The former Rookie of the Year was the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, just the sixth American to be taken first overall.

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