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Monday, May 11, 2015

Most Meritorious Player: 1904 Results

Congratulations to Napoleon Lajoie on his first Most Meritorious Player award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Napoleon Lajoie	125	9	3
Jack Chesbro	123	9	5
Honus Wagner	113	9	1
Joe McGinnity	108	9	0
Elmer Flick	76	9	0
Rube Waddell	72	7	0
Rube Foster	62	7	0
Cy Young	59	6	0
Chris Mathewson	44	5	0
Eddie Plank	34	5	0
Frank Chance	28	3	0
Mike Grady	15	2	0
Bill Bradley	13	1	0
Dan McGann	13	1	0
Roy Thomas	10	1	0
Noodles Hahn	9	1	0
Jake Beckley	9	1	0
Jimmy Collins	7	1	0
Kid Nichols	7	1	0
Jesse Tannehill	6	1	0
Chick Stahl	6	1	0
George Davis	6	1	0

DL from MN Posted: May 11, 2015 at 11:57 AM | 7 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. DL from MN Posted: May 11, 2015 at 12:05 PM (#4952721)

Lajoie, Wagner, McGinnity, Cy Young and Noodles Hahn have appeared on every MMP ballot this decade.

3 - Rube Waddell, Rube Foster, Christy Mathewson, Bill Bradley, Jimmy Collins

2. Qufini Posted: May 11, 2015 at 12:48 PM (#4952773)

Napoleon Lajoie is now the earliest position player to win the MMP, breaking a string of three straight pitchers to win the award. At the same time, this is Lajoie's fourth straight year being named the AL position player MMP, breaking a tie with Mike Trout (2012-'14) and leaving him one behind Mantle's record (5 straight from '55 to '59).

3. Qufini Posted: May 11, 2015 at 12:52 PM (#4952775)

Jack Chesbro is the pitching MMP. Chesbro is only the 2nd member of the Highlander/Yankee organization to win the award, joining Ron Guidry ('78). However, Chesbro couldn't match Guidry's feat of being named the overall MMP.

4. Qufini Posted: May 11, 2015 at 12:54 PM (#4952779)

Honus Wagner has won his second NL MMP, adding the 1904 crown to one he won for 1902. Wagner is also the NL position player MMP for the 3rd straight year, tying the record held jointly by Willie Mays ('64-'66) and Mike Schmidt ('79-'81).

5. Qufini Posted: May 11, 2015 at 12:56 PM (#4952783)

Joe McGinnity is your NL pitching MMP. This is the second straight win for the New York Giants, following Christy Mathewson's victory last year. Sam Jones ('59) is the only other Giant to win this award so far.

6. DL from MN Posted: May 12, 2015 at 01:42 PM (#4953931)

The turnout lately is pretty disappointing. We have had close elections. I hope the issues with posting haven't been the root cause.

7. bjhanke Posted: May 15, 2015 at 08:12 PM (#4957051)

DL - My issues with posting went away, pretty much, when I found out that I was in need of a software update whose notice I had managed to not see. That also means you can probably forget yesterday's email I sent to you. - Brock

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