Which Player Do You Want?

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

This!!

So that's the tiebreaker for you two, then? Interesting. 3 MVPs but not a good clubhouse guy. Forget about him.

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[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

So that's the tiebreaker for you two, then? Interesting. 3 MVPs but not a good clubhouse guy. Forget about him.

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Didn't they both win 3 MVPs?

Maybe the tie breaker should be postseason play?

Player A had more World Series, but Player B was the better hitter.

Player A in the postseason: .271/.338/.422 with an OPS of .760
Player B in the postseason: .257/.374/.535 with an OPS of .908

Player A had 8 postseason HRs in 199 at bats
Player B had 18 postseason HRs in 230 at bats

[Fred]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Didn't they both win 3 MVPs?

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.

[cgjackson222]

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.

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.