BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Results

Hall of Merit
— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Results

Congratulations to Honus Wagner - our 1907 MMP. Wagner and Mike Trout are the only players to receive 3 consecutive MMP awards.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	118	8	7
Tyrus Cobb	104	8	0
Sherry Magee	96	8	0
Ed Walsh	92	8	0
Napoleon Lajoie	69	6	0
Sam Crawford	68	7	0
Elmer Flick	58	6	1
Chr Mathewson	37	4	0
Ed Killian	26	3	0
George Stone	25	3	0
Danny McClellan	24	3	0
Addie Joss	22	3	0
Cy Young	17	2	0
Orval Overall	16	2	0
Ginger Beaumont	15	2	0
Tommy Leach	12	2	0
Carl Lundgren	11	1	0
Ed Karger	10	1	0
Mordecai Brown	8	1	0
Harry Buckner	6	1	0
Vic Willis	6	1	0

DL from MN Posted: August 19, 2015 at 03:59 PM | 6 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Related News:

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

1. DL from MN Posted: August 19, 2015 at 04:14 PM (#5022331)

7th ballot appearance for Wagner. 6th for Lajoie and Cy Young. 5th for Crawford, Flick and Mathewson. 4th for Vic Willis.

Honus Wagner and Joe Morgan both have 7 appearances and 3 MMP awards.

2. Qufini Posted: August 19, 2015 at 07:06 PM (#5022408)

DL already covered the basics for Honus Wagner. In addition, this is Wagner's 4th straight NL MMP and 5th overall (1902, '04-'07) and his 6th straight season as the top position player in the NL (1902-'07). That latter mark breaks a tie with Mickey Mantle for the most consecutive seasons as top position player in their respective league (Mantle won 5 straight from 1955-'59). However, Honus has a ways to go before catching Willie Mays for the most league-only position player triumphs as Mays collected 8 ('54-'55, '57-'58, '60, '62, '64-'65).

3. Qufini Posted: August 19, 2015 at 07:07 PM (#5022409)

Ty Cobb won his first AL MMP, although I'm sure he'll add to that total before too long. Cobb is only the second Tiger to win the award, joining Alan Trammell in 1987 (Trammell, however, has one up on Cobb since he won the overall MMP that year as well).

4. Qufini Posted: August 19, 2015 at 07:10 PM (#5022412)

Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox has won his first pitching MMP. Walsh is the first White Sock to win this award though Billy Pierce ('53, '55), Gary Peters ('63) and Joe Horlen ('67) won the AL-only version.

5. Qufini Posted: August 19, 2015 at 07:12 PM (#5022414)

Christy Mathewson has won his third NL pitching MMP. Mathewson is perfecting the odd-year regimen, winning the award in 1903, '05 and '07. However, Mathewson is working backwards in one regard- he won the MMP in '03 and the pitching MMP in '05.

6. Qufini Posted: August 19, 2015 at 07:14 PM (#5022416)

Finally, Danny McClellan has been named the top Negro League player for the second straight season. He was 9th overall in 1906 and 11th overall in 1907. As a team, the Philadelphia Giants have won the award for four straight seasons following Rube Foster's win in 1905 and Pete Hill in 1905.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

<< Back to main

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Results

Reader Comments and Retorts

BBTF Partner

Support BBTF

Bookmarks

Hot Topics

Syndicate