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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Wednesday, November 23, 2022Cardinals’ Albert Pujols and Astros’ Justin Verlander named MLB Comeback Players of the Year for 2022
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Posted: November 23, 2022 at 12:04 PM | 13 comment(s)
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1. Walt Davis Posted: November 23, 2022 at 12:39 PM (#6106611)I remember a line from an old Pete Rose autobiography (written in the 1960s) where he said he wanted to win every MLB award except for Comeback Player of the Year. Good line, but Pete never really learned how much America loves a redemption story.
And while some great players have won it, this is the first time it's been two clear Hall of Famers. There have been a couple of other years with a HOFer and a HOVG.
The Sporting News has been giving out their version of the award since 1965, and if it was legit enough to be noted on the back of a player's baseball card, as it was for John Hiller's and others, then it's legit enough for me.
Several players have won TSN's version of the award twice:
Norm Cash (1965, 1971)
Boog Powell (1965, 1975)
Bret Saberhagen (1987, 1998)
Rick Sutcliffe (1987, 1992)
Andres Galarraga (1993, 2000)
Chris Carpenter (2004, 2009)
Buster Posey (2012, 2021)
This is what happens when I care enough to Google "mlb comeback player of the year winners" and click on one link, but not enough to click on any others.
Similarly Boog smashed it in 64 but dropped from 39 to 17 HR in 65 (still solid production and PT) then bounced back to 34 HR (and 158 OPS+) in 66. In 73-74 he was looking toasty with just 23 HR in 866 PA but in 75 bounced back to 27 HR and a 154 OPS+.
Anyway, neither was hurt or even in real danger of losing their job prior to the season, they just had sub-par seasons. Seems more like giving Altuve the award because he only put up a 127 OPS+ last year.
Sure, but none of them ever managed to match PGA Golfer Steve Stricker's accomplishment of winning the award in back-to-back years.
Rookie of the Year
MVP
Silver Slugger
Gold Glove
Roberto Clemente Award
Lou Gehrig Award
Hank Aaron Award
MLB Player of the Year
Comeback Player of the Year
Is there a regular season award I’m forgetting? Can anyone think of any other player who have pulled this off?
Buster Posey won all of those awards except for the Roberto Clemente award and the MLB Player of the Year award.
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