Tuesday Trivia: MVPs at multiple positions

[cgjackson222]

Shohei Ohtani is the only player to have won an MVP while playing two primary positions in the same year—DH and pitcher.

But four other players have won MVP awards while playing different primary positions in those seasons. Name these four players.

(As always, please do not look up the answer, but rather guess the answer)

[stlcardsfan]

Mantle CF and RF?

[Cliff Bowman]

Cal Ripken?

[cgjackson222]

Mantle and Ripken are great guesses, but they both won their MVPs at their main primary positions.

Mantle won MVPs in '56 and '57 when he exclusively played CF, and in '62 when he played 94 of 117 games in CF. He played LF in 107 of 108 games in '64 and 1B to round out his career in '67 and '68.

Ripken played SS exclusively in '83 and '91 when he won his MVPs. It wasn't until '97 that his primary position became a 3B.

[jayshum]

Hank Greenberg I think won at first base and also left field.

[jayshum]

Alex Rodriguez at short and third.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Hank Greenberg I think won at first base and also left field.

Correct! Hank Greenberg was converted to a leftfielder in 1940 to make room for Rudy York at 1st Base, and promptly took home the MVP, not long before enlisting in the War.

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