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Looking at old MVP votes is fun. 1985's NL MVP -- 4th place had a WAR of 13.2

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 5 '15, 09:27

nearly 3x the WAR of #2.

#1 and 3 at leat were around 8's.

4th best single-season WAR total since 1900 and the best since 1923.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1985.shtml#NLmvp (www.baseball-reference.com)

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WILLIE! -- nm - ???? Mar 5, 09:38
Good argument for Rickey in the AL too. (Up from 3rd) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 5, 09:35
80s voters loved them some Ribbies. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 09:29 5
- the more I think about it, the more I wish these awards had a dedicated committee to decide on winners. - groiny Mar 5, 09:30 4
  - Like the Academy Awards? -- nm - Ultron Mar 5, 09:31 3
    - sports are quantifiable with statistics, movies are not. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:32 2
      - Then why not have a computer do it? -- nm - Ultron Mar 5, 09:35 1
        
        I am sure if someone came up with a valid algorythm to calculate MVP vote, I could get behind it. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 5, 09:39

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