Okay, let’s talk about it. When I wrote last week about the 1960 Cy Young Award probably going to the wrong person, I got a comment about the National League MVP Award from the same season being even worse. Then, when I mentioned it again in the usual
NL MVP awards between 1954 and 1965, when Mays won his awards, were mostly an exercise in, "Who can we give the award to besides Willie Mays?" Willie could arguably have won all those awards, but that's not how the voting works.
NL MVP awards between 1954 and 1965, when Mays won his awards, were mostly an exercise in, "Who can we give the award to besides Willie Mays?" Willie could arguably have won all those awards, but that's not how the voting works.