NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1928 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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Win Shares leaders, players; Babe Ruth (New York) 45, Lou Gehrig (New York) 42, Heinie Manush (St. Louis) 35, Earle Combs (New York) 28, Goose Goslin (Washington) 26, Willie Kamm (Chicago) and Max Bishop (Philadelphia) 24.

WS leaders, pitchers; Lefty Grove (Philadelphia) 27, Tommy Thomas (Chicago) 26, Dolly Gray (St. Louis) 23, Waite Hoyt (New York) and Sad Sam Jones (Washington) 22.

WARP3: Ruth 12.3, Gehrig 13.2, Manush 9.1, Combs 7.2, Goslin 9.7, Kamm 7.4, Bishop 7.9. Grove 8.6, Thomas 7.8, Gray 6.1, Hoyt 7.1, Jones 7.4.

Actual MVP voting: previous winners Ruth and Gehrig were not eligible. About now they started rethinking the rules.

Place Name Team Points
1 Mickey Cochrane PHA 53
2 Heinie Manush SLB 51
3 Joe Judge WSH 27
3 Tony Lazzeri NYY 27
5 Willie Kamm CHW 15
6 Earle Combs NYY 13
6 Goose Goslin WSH 13
8 Charlie Gehringer DET 12
9 Buddy Myer BOS 11
10 Waite Hoyt NYY 8
11 Jimmie Foxx PHA 7
12 Joe Sewell CLE 6
12 Luke Sewell CLE 6
14 Ira Flagstead BOS 5
15 Bill Cissell CHW 4
15 Harry Heilmann DET 4
15 Carl Lind CLE 4
15 Ed Morris BOS 4
15 Tommy Thomas CHW 4
20 Ownie Carroll DET 3
20 Harry Rice DET 3
22 Lew Fonseca CLE 2
22 Johnny Hodapp CLE 2
22 Ted Lyons CHW 2
25 Alex Metzler CHW 1
25 Bill Regan BOS 1

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Best player: Lou Gehrig. Ruth holds a bit of an edge in OPS, but by this time Ruth was getting pretty slow in the field. I think Lou makes it up on defense.

Best pitcher: Lefty Grove, starting a tradition.

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Best Hitter: Babe Ruth
Gehrig was good again but Ruth was a little better. It would be like walking Barry Bonds to get to Albert Pujols.

Best Pitcher: Lefty Grove
May be the best pitcher ever. Grove went 24-8 with a ERA+ of 155 for the second place Athletics.