Archive for the 'Awards' Category

How often does the MVP win the Silver Slugger and/or Gold Glove?

In a good year for hitters, a career season was all but overlooked.

When does the most valuable player not win the MVP award? Lots of times.

Call it the ‘tallest midget in the circus’ award, but some winners have been surprisingly good with the bat.

Six fine National League rookies, six routes to the majors.

Willie McCovey spent just two months in the big leagues in 1959, but what rookie was better?

Is Ernie Banks the greatest player never to reach the World Series?

Mike Norris was the best pitcher in the AL in 1980. Just a few years later, he was injured and out of baseball. What happened during his fabled 1980 season, and where did he go from there?

Can stats leaders predict voting leaders through the years?

Picking the postseason and award winners is not easy