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[Cedrique]

Who was the last player to win the MVP award with a WAR of under 3?

 

[calsnowskier]

Who was the last player to win the MVP award with a WAR of under 3?

Freeman? Not sure shortened seasons should count.

Before that, Gibson?


Edit: Just looked up these two (only these two), and I was shocked. Gibson actually DESERVED that MVP. TIL

 

[msgkings322]

Who was the last player to win the MVP award with a WAR of under 3?

I looked it up...there were 2 that did this...one 'player' and one 'pitcher'

 

[calsnowskier]

I looked it up...there were 2 that did this...one 'player' and one 'pitcher'

Eck got his as a reliever. They typically have lower WARs…

 

[msgkings322]

Eck got his as a reliever. They typically have lower WARs…

Indeed, which is how he became an answer to this trivia question. Some good trivia, already passed it along to my dad.

Turns out only 2 have done so ever, Eck and the other guy. Even the 2020 MVPs had 3.0 and 3.3 WAR

Good link here (includes the MVP-like awards issued before 1931)

Walter Johnson LOL

MLB Most Valuable Player MVP Award Winners | Baseball-Reference.com

The MVP Award is given annually to one player in each league. Check out the complete list of Most Valuable Player Award Winners (MVP Award) in Major League Baseball on Baseball-reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

 

[calsnowskier]

If it isn’t Freeman (it isn’t, I looked it up), I am not sure who the “player” could be. 2 WAR is such a low bar. It has to go back a ways before WAR even existed and they only looked at Avg, HRs and RBIs. My MVP knowledge of those days is lacking.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

That feels like a Harold Baines stat, but I'm virtually certain that he never won the MVP.

Wait, is it Zoilo Versailles in 1965 for the Twins?

 

[Cedrique]

It was Eckersley . 2.9. (That's baseball Reference WAR).

 

[Cedrique]

I looked it up...there were 2 that did this...one 'player' and one 'pitcher'

Was the "player' Steve Garvey?

 

[Cedrique]

Indeed, which is how he became an answer to this trivia question. Some good trivia, already passed it along to my dad.

Turns out only 2 have done so ever, Eck and the other guy. Even the 2020 MVPs had 3.0 and 3.3 WAR

Good link here (includes the MVP-like awards issued before 1931)

Walter Johnson LOL

MLB Most Valuable Player MVP Award Winners | Baseball-Reference.com

The MVP Award is given annually to one player in each league. Check out the complete list of Most Valuable Player Award Winners (MVP Award) in Major League Baseball on Baseball-reference.com

www.baseball-reference.com

I looked it up. I never would have gotten the other guy. I figured there might be someone a long time ago with a low WAR so that's why I made the question the "last" player to do it.

 

[msgkings322]

I looked it up. I never would have gotten the other guy. I figured there might be someone a long time ago with a low WAR so that's why I made the question the "last" player to do it.

The other guy had a pretty mediocre year, but he was 39 so it was kind of a lifetime achievement award. Your boy got screwed out of what should have been his 4th

 

[Cedrique]

The other guy had a pretty mediocre year, but he was 39 so it was kind of a lifetime achievement award. Your boy got screwed out of what should have been his 4th

I was actually talking about Roger Peckinpaugh from 1925. I totally missed Stargell because he tied for the award with Hernandez. It's weird, Stargell's season long stats don't seem to make him an MVP but maybe he sensed that because he went full on HAM in the postseason that year. He won NLCS and WS MVP.

 

[Cedrique]

Name the only 5 second basemen to hit 40 or more homeruns in a season

 

[calsnowskier]

Name the only 5 second basemen to hit 40 or more homeruns in a season

Kent
cano
morgan
…

 

[Cedrique]

Kent
cano
morgan
…

no, no and no

 

[DrewScott]

Ryno for sure

Now some guesses:

Utley
Robbie Alomar

 

[calsnowskier]

Looked it up.

There are actually 5.

 

[calsnowskier]

Ryno for sure

Now some guesses:

Utley
Robbie Alomar

Yes
no
no

 

[msgkings322]

Kent
cano
morgan
…

Add Alomar maybe?

 

[catman]

Brian Dozier, Dave Johnson.