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[msgkings322]

Not a trivia question, just a question…

Was the voting for MVP always done before the playoffs/World Series started?

Excellent question, no idea. Especially back when the playoffs were just one series, NL vs AL, I could see it happening after

 

[calsnowskier]

Excellent question, no idea. Especially back when the playoffs were just one series, NL vs AL, I could see it happening after

So POTENTIALLY, early MVPs took World Series performance into account. If that were the case (unknown at this point in our discussion), a player who may have been 3rd or 4th in the regular season voting depth could get over the hump with a strong series.

I have no idea if that ever happened. I am just posing the hypothetical.

Further, as you pointed out, when each league only advanced a single team, it would make more sense for those two teams to have the Most VALUABLE Player.

 

[broncosmitty]

Not a trivia question, just a question…

Was the voting for MVP always done before the playoffs/World Series started?

The BBWA has voted prior to the playoffs since 1931.

Really old MVPs were given out by other groups.

 

[calsnowskier]

The BBWA has voted prior to the playoffs since 1931.

Really old MVPs were given out by other groups.

 

[BigFin]

I didn’t realize Freeman is the active career leader in H, R, RBI, 2B

 

[TheGoodMan19]

When the Yanks and Dodgers met in the 1981 World Series, a Yankees pitcher went 0-3. Who was he?

Bonus question, who was the other pitcher to go 0-3? HINT: To give the year would give it away

 

[obxyankeefan]

Ed Figorua I can't remember how to spell it.

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Ed Figorua I can't remember how to spell it.

nope

 

[Pure Steel]

George Frazier?

 

[TheGoodMan19]

George Frazier?

Yep. Poor George Frazier. 17.18 ERA, 3.273 WHIP. All in relief

The other 0-3 was Lefty Williams for the Black Sox in 1919. He was trying to lose his games

 

[Hunter Montana]

Who hit the most homeruns in Yankees/Dodgers WS history?

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Who hit the most homeruns in Yankees/Dodgers WS history?

Yogi probably played in the most games, so he would be my guess

 

[Hunter Montana]

Yogi probably played in the most games, so he would be my guess

Good guess, but no. I believe he is tied for third.

 

[msgkings322]

Good guess, but no. I believe he is tied for third.

Mickey Mantle? Reggie Jackson?

 

[Hunter Montana]

Mickey Mantle? Reggie Jackson?

Mickey is 2nd. Reggie is tied with Yogi.

 

[Pure Steel]

Duke Snider…..

 

[Hunter Montana]

Duke Snider…..

Yes

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Duke Snider

 

[Pure Steel]

Yes

Once all the Yankees were a no, it was easy……

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Once all the Yankees were a no, it was easy……

You beat me by seconds. I suddenly realized that it didn't have to be a Yankee