More trivia

[Cedrique]

I'll give it a little while to see if anyone has a guess. But I just checked and he did Not win the MVP. He came in 4th. He had the highest WAR though so he could easily have won it.

 

[msgkings322]

I'll give it a little while to see if anyone has a guess. But I just checked and he did Not win the MVP. He came in 4th. He had the highest WAR though so he could easily have won it.

They didn't know about WAR then lol

 

[broncosmitty]

Who was the only player to lead his league in batting, on-base percentage and slugging in the same season in the 1970's?

?

 

[broncosmitty]

Nice game, pretty boy.

 

[Cedrique]

View attachment 384068 ?

haha, no but good guess

 

[Cedrique]

Nice game, pretty boy.

It was Mcdowell!

 

[Cedrique]

Hint: This guy actually did win the MVP in a different year in the 1970's, the same year he won Rookie of the Year.

 

[broncosmitty]

Hint: This guy actually did win the MVP in a different year in the 1970's, the same year he won Rookie of the Year.

Freddie Lynn?

 

[broncosmitty]

Isn’t he the only rookie MVP besides Ichiro?

 

[Cedrique]

Freddie Lynn?

Correct!

 

[Cedrique]

Isn’t he the only rookie MVP besides Ichiro?

Could be. I know Mcgwire hit a ton of HRs his rookie season but not sure if he was MVP

 

[broncosmitty]

Could be. I know Mcgwire hit a ton of HRs his rookie season but not sure if he was MVP

It’s just Ichiro and Lynn. I looked.

 

[broncosmitty]

Who is the only pitcher to win MVP in his first season with a team?

 

[Cedrique]

Who is the only pitcher to win MVP in his first season with a team?

I think that was Steve Carlton

 

[broncosmitty]

I think that was Steve Carlton

Nope.

Hint: It was in the AL

 

[Cedrique]

Roger Clemens?

 

[calsnowskier]

Verlander

 

[Cedrique]

Oh shit, not Willie Hernandez was it?

 

[broncosmitty]

Verlander

Right team. Wrong decade.

 

[broncosmitty]

Oh shit, not Willie Hernandez was it?

Yessir!