2 MVP’s is definitely Juan Gonzalez....missed the MVP part

posted by justincredible

Albert Belle
Juan Gonzalez
Manny Ramirez

I know it's not Sosa or McGwire given the AVG requirement.

posted by Ironman92

2 MVP’s is definitely Juan Gonzalez....missed the MVP part

You guys got it.

The crazy part isn't that he's not in the Hall, since the voters seem to partially hold a grudge about steroid suspicions (though they let Pudge and Bagwell in).  The crazy part is that he's only been on the ballot twice, and he didn't get the 5% the second time around.

Question 41:

This player in the late '80s, '90s, and early '00s posted a career year one year with a .340 BA (#3 in the league), league-leading 40 HRs, league-leading 128 RBI, and a league-leading .620 slugging %.  He won the Silver Slugger award and came in second in the MVP voting.

His WAR over his entire 14-year career is under 6.0, which wouldn't have even ranked in the top ten in the MLB during the single season he posted these career numbers.

He's (rightly) not in the Hall.

posted by O-Trap

Question 41:

This player in the late '80s, '90s, and early '00s posted a career year one year with a .340 BA (#3 in the league), league-leading 40 HRs, league-leading 128 RBI, and a league-leading .620 slugging %.  He won the Silver Slugger award and came in second in the MVP voting.

His WAR over his entire 14-year career is under 6.0, which wouldn't have even ranked in the top ten in the MLB during the single season he posted these career numbers.

He's (rightly) not in the Hall.

Mo Vaughn? He won MVP though. Near the criteria though

Vinny Castilla? Ellis Burks?

posted by Ironman92

Mo Vaughn? He won MVP though. Near the criteria though

That was a good guess.  He won the MVP in 1995 (over Belle, which I'm still salty about).  Never quite posted a .340 batting average, though.

Chili Davis?

Bichette? Delgado? Ruben Sierra?

posted by Ironman92

Vinny Castilla? Ellis Burks?

posted by Ironman92

Chili Davis?

Career WARs of about 19, 49, and 38.  Respectively.

posted by Ironman92

Bichette?

There it is.  Lifetime WAR of 5.7 over 14 years, despite his career year in 1995 (which unbelievably only resulted in a 1.2 WAR).

For reference, Billy Ripken's career WAR is 5.9 over 12 years.

Question #41

List the 6 HOFers post 1950 that have hit at least 1 HR for 5 different teams.

One of these HAS to be Reggie.

Bo Bichette - 2.3 WAR his rookie season.

This is tricky.  Trying to think of HOF players who played on so many teams.

Reggie, for sure.

Joe Morgan?

Vlad?

posted by justincredible

Reggie, for sure.

Joe Morgan?

Reggie 4 and I better check Joe because I didn’t 🤦🏻‍♂️

posted by justincredible

Bo Bichette - 2.3 WAR his rookie season.

He'll play three years and end up with a higher one than Dante.  It's crazy.

The year Bichette posted those numbers, the highest was Valentin from Boston, who posted a WAR over 8.0 in just that year alone.

Morgan is one and I didn’t have...reps for Justin 

Tony Perez

Wait, Reggie didn't play for five teams???

posted by O-Trap

Wait, Reggie didn't play for five teams???

Did he HR for 5 teams though?

Perez no

posted by O-Trap

Wait, Reggie didn't play for five teams???

Nope, just looked it up. Played for the A's in KC and Oakland. But only 4 teams total. Crazy.