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Originally Posted by Fred
Yeah, but look at the third MVP for player A. He shouldn't have gotten the award. How does that work? The runner up had with twice the WAR (which I don't use as a measuring stick) and won a triple crown that year. Runner up also had an OPS 200 points higher.
If you go by rookie card price, it looks like player B will win the popularity contest.
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No question that Player B deserved more MVPs. Player B lead the League in WAR 5x. Player A led the League in WAR 0 times. Although Player A did lead the League in WAR for position players 3x.
Even if you don't go by WAR, it is very hard to justify Player A winning as many MVPs as player B. But who knows what would have happened in the years Player A couldn't play because of military service.