NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1927 Award Winners - AL

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For the season referenced in the subject line of this thread, who would be your pick for Best Positional Player (Include defense and position played in your determination), Best Pitcher, Best First Year Player and any other topics of discussion from this season.

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The year of *60*

Win Shares leaders, players; Babe Ruth (New York) 45, Lou Gehrig (New York) 44, Harry Heilmann (Detroit) 32, Earle Combs (New York) 31, Goose Goslin (Washington) 28, Al Simmons (Philadelphia) 26, Tony Lazzeri (New York) 24, Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia) 23, Bob Fothergill (Detroit) and Ty Cobb (Philadelphia) 22.

WS leaders, pitchers; Ted Lyons (Chicago) 30, Tommy Thomas (Chicago) 27, Wilcy Moore (New York) and Lefty Grove (Philadelphia) 24, Waite Hoyt (New York) 23.

WARP3: Ruth 15.3, Gehrig 14.8, Heilmann 9.4, Combs 9.0, Goslin 5.7, Simmons 7.8, Lazzeri 8.4, Cochrane 7.1, Fothergill 5.7, Cobb 6.4. Lyons 10.0, Thomas 10.1, Moore 8.8 (30-year old rookie), Grove 7.0, Hoyt 8.3.

Actual MVP voting:

Place Name Team 1st place Points
1 Lou Gehrig NYY 7 56
2 Harry Heilmann DET 0 35
3 Ted Lyons CHW 0 34
4 Mickey Cochrane PHA 0 18
4 Al Simmons PHA 0 18
6 Goose Goslin WSH 0 15
6 Muddy Ruel WSH 0 15
8 Jimmie Dykes PHA 0 14
9 Luke Sewell CLE 0 13
10 Joe Sewell CLE 0 9
11 Tony Lazzeri NYY 1 8
12 Bobby Reeves WSH 0 7
13 Frank O'Rourke SLB 0 6
13 Jackie Tavener DET 0 6
15 Hod Lisenbee WSH 0 5
15 Bing Miller SLB 0 5
17 Alex Metzler CHW 0 4
18 Ira Flagstead BOS 0 3
18 Charlie Jamieson CLE 0 3
18 Wally Schang SLB 0 3
18 Fred Schulte SLB 0 3
22 Willis Hudlin CLE 0 2
22 Bill Regan BOS 0 2
22 Jack Rothrock BOS 0 2
25 Slim Harriss BOS 0 1
25 Phil Todt BOS 0 1

Ruth was ineligible as a previous winner. I don't know what the guy who put Lazzeri first was thinking.

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Best player: Babe Ruth. Gehrig was close, but the Babe was the best, 60 homers and all.

Best pitcher: Ted Lyons. Teammate Tommy Thomas was close, and Lefty Grove is making noise here, but Lyons was the AL's best pitcher in 1927, as he was during all the mid-1920s.

Best rookie: Wilcy Moore gave the Yankees' staff a big boost, mostly coming out of the bullpen.

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Best Hitter: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
That's a one two punch that no team has probably ever matched. Gehrig had his best season and that was just enough to be as good as Ruth.

Best Pitcher: Wilcy Moore
The thirty year old went 19-7 with 13 saves in 213 innings in his first season.