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Re: Players with the most season MVP awards
I think Williams was a lot closer to Mantle in 1957 in a MVP "way", Mantle was certainly the better all-around player, but hitting .388 and slugging .731 are pretty impressive. Ted had exactly one hitter on his team, Jackie Jensen, with an OPS+ over 100. Mantle had four, so Ted was "more valuable". I could certainly see… -
Re: Players with the most season MVP awards
Doby had a fine year. Looks very similar to Mantle's but Mickey was a little better? This is true and Berra was probably more "valuable" because of what you said. Still Mantle had a higher WAR and OPS. I will not argue too hard here. Fox played 2B. Face it, he won because the White Sox won the pennant. His OPS+ was 114 to… -
Re: Players with the most season MVP awards
Brain fart on my part - of course Fox played 2B. There is one stat that you're not looking at - Win Probability Added; like the others, it has its flaws, but when added to the others it does help fill out the picture. In 1959, the AL leaders in WPA were: * Tito Francona - absolutely AWESOME season, but not enough ABs to…
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