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Hall of Merit — A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Wednesday, November 05, 2014Most Meritorious Player: 1959 ResultsCongratulations to Ernie Banks on being selected the 1959 Most Meritorious Player! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Ernie Banks 176 12 10 Henry Aaron 166 12 1 Eddie Mathews 160 12 1 Willie Mays 140 12 0 Mickey Mantle 100 10 0 Camilo Pascual 83 9 0 Hoyt Wilhelm 80 9 0 Ken Boyer 61 7 0 Nellie Fox 50 6 0 Al Kaline 48 6 0 Vada Pinson 38 5 0 Frank Robinson 32 4 0 Minnie Minoso 27 3 0 Willie McCovey 19 2 0 Don Newcombe 16 2 0 Larry Jackson 15 2 0 Ed Yost 13 2 0 Tito Francona 8 1 0 Yogi Berra 8 1 0 Jackie Jensen 7 1 0 Sam Jones 7 1 0 Don Drysdale 6 1 0 |
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1. DL from MN Posted: November 05, 2014 at 04:07 PM (#4836394)15: Mays, Aaron
10: Mathews, Mantle, Robinson
9: Berra
7: Kaline, McCovey
5: Banks, Drysdale
3: Pascual, Boyer, Pinson, Minoso, Newcombe
1. Hoyt Wilhelm
2. Camilo Pascual
3. Bob Shaw
NL pitching MMP
1. Sam Jones
2. Warren Spahn
3. Johnny Antonelli
1) Camilo Pascual
2) Hoyt Wilhelm
3) Bob Shaw
NL MMP
1) Warren Spahn
2) Sam Jones
3) Vern Law
AL MMP
1- Pascual (5)
2- Wilhelm (9)
3- Shaw (26)
NL MMP
1- Newcombe (7)
2- Law (11)
3- Jackson (14)
1. Wilhelm
2. Pascual
3. Shaw
NL
1. S Jones
2. Law
3. Spahn
1. Pascual
big gap
2. Wilhelm
3. Shaw
NL
1. Drysdale
2. Newcombe
3. Jackson
NL-Jones, Law, Newk
If he had only taken better care of himself...
1. Pascual
2. Wilhelm
3. Shaw
NL:
1. Jackson
2. Newcombe
3. Spahn
1. Wilhelm
2. Pascual
3. Shaw
NL
1. Jones
2. Jackson
3. Drysdale
1)It's not like the Cubs were a great team bringing a lot of attention to him with the media
2)He was in a league with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron...when they were both at or very close to their peaks
You've got to be a heck of a player to be able to accomplish that!
At any rate, my picks for pitchers in order:
NL:
1. L. Jackson
2. W. Spahn
3. D. Drysdale
AL:
1. H. Wilhelm
2. C. Pascual
3. B. Shaw
1. Wilhelm
2. Pascual
3. Shaw
NL:
1. Law
2. Sam Jones
3. Larry Jackson
Good catch. You're right- Yount won the MMP in '82 and should have been included on the list of champion shortstops.
Pascual
Wilhelm
Shaw
NL
Law
Newcombe
Spahn
As a result of the runoff, I'm prepared to call a second tie* for the pitching MMP. Camilo Pascual appeared to have a slight advantage over Hoyt Wilhelm as he led on the initial MMP results 83 points to 80. However, they both received the same number of votes (9) which is why I suggested the runoff. The runoff revealed identical support for the two candidates: 6 first place and 6 second place votes for each. When I factored in the NL (based on the full ballots), each candidate received 6 first place votes, 4 seconds, 1 third and 1 omission. That's about as close as it gets so congratulations to Camilo Pascual and Hoyt Wilhelm, our co-MMPs for 1959.
While, we're at it- congratulations to Bob Shaw of the White Sox who was a unanimous third place finisher.
*Our previous tie came in 1974 when Phil Niekro and Gaylord Perry ended up with the same number of points, good enough for 5th overall.
Sam Jones led the way with 4 firsts and 2 seconds for a total of 26 points (5 points for a 1st, 3 for a 2nd). He was named on barely half of the ballots but that was enough.
Vern Law didn't get a single MMP vote but he finished second in the runoff on the strength of 2 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 third for 20 points. bjhanke also voted Law first among NL pitchers which would have brought him up to 25 points but that isn't enough to catch Jones (plus, I don't know who bjhanke listed 2nd and 3rd).
Larry Jackson and Don Newcombe had the highest finishes on the full MMP ballot with 2 votes a piece. However, they were leapfrogged by Jones and Law in the runoff. Larry Jackson had 2 firsts, 1 second and 3 thirds to finish 3rd with 16 points. Don Newcombe had 1 first, 3 seconds and 1 third to finish 4th with 15 points.
Warren Spahn rounds out the top five based on 1 first, 2 seconds and 3 thirds for 14 points.
Don Drysdale made the MMP vote but he didn't have a lot of support in the runoff. He finished with 1 first and 2 thirds for 7 points and 6th place.
Looking over my ballot now, I'm amused to see that the NL MMP I have in 6th place [Newcombe, Law, Jackson, Spahn, Drysdale, Jones].
Law
Spahn
Sam Jones
My three best AL pitchers would be:
Wilhelm
Bob Shaw
Pascual
Don't know fi that would changes any rankings or not. - Brock Hanke
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