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Originally Posted by bravos4evr
It should stay how it is, I think you'd be surprised by how many players know who the old timer are.
But, if you wanted to be a stickler and name the awards after the greatest players you'd have to go as follows:
AL MVP- Babe Ruth Award
NL MVP- Wille Mays Award
AL pitcher- Walter Johnson Award
NL Pitcher- Greg Maddux Award
AL Best Hitter- Ted Williams Award
NL Best Hitter- Rogers Hornsby Award
Gold Gloves by position:
C- Johnny Bench
1b- Keith Hernandez
2b-Bill Mazeroski
SS- Ozzie Smith (for now)
3b- Brooks Robinson
LF-Yastrzremski
CF- Andruw Jones
RF- Roberto Clemente
P- Jim Kaat Award (since Maddux already gets the nl pitching)
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Right on with Hornsby as best NL hitter. He averaged .401 over 5 consecutive seasons and .399 over 6 years...that's amazing! Have to disagree with NL pitcher...Mathewson, Alexander and Seaver better than Maddux with Seaver & Alexander both posting better WAR & JAWS figures than Maddux. Also, one of the stats that gets lost with post 90's to present day pitchers is the fact that they simply didnt or don't complete games. The toughest outs for a pitcher is the final 3-6 outs and starters don't have to get them anymore. Not their fault of course because that's the way the game is played, but it's hard to say a 7/8 inning pitcher is better than a hurler who completed 50%+ of his games during his prime.
Regards,
Joe T.