NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1926 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, Goose Goslin (Washington) 33, Lou Gehrig (New York) 30, Joe Sewell and Tris Speaker (Cleveland) 29, Johnny Mostil (Chicago) 28, Harry Heilman (Detroit) and Al Simmons (Philadelphia) 27, Heinie Manush (Detroit) 26.

WS leaders, pitchers: George Uhle (Cleveland) 32, Lefty Grove (Philadelphia) 25, Ted Lyons (Chicago) 24, Urban Shocker (New York) and Tom Zachary (St. Louis) 19, Herb Pennock (New York) and Eddie Rommel (Philadelphia) 18.

WARP3: Ruth 13.9, Goslin 9.4, Gehrig 10.8, Sewell 8.8, Speaker 8.6, Mostil 9.8, Heilmann 7.8, Simmons 8.1, Manush 6.9. Uhle 9.7, Grove 6.7, Lyons 9.0, Shocker 7.4, Zachary 5.7, Pennock 6.3, Rommel 5.3.

Actual MVP voting: (previous winners, like the Babe, were ineligible)

1 George Burns      CLE       63           
  2 Johnny Mostil     CHW      33     
  3 Herb Pennock      NYY       32    
  4 Sam Rice          WSH       18         
  5 Harry Heilmann    DET     16            
  5 Heinie Manush     DET       16        
  5 Al Simmons        PHA       16       
  8 Lefty Grove       PHA       12   
  9 Goose Goslin      WSH        9       
 10 Lou Gehrig        NYY        7            
 10 Tony Lazzeri      NYY        7          
 12 Bibb Falk         CHW        6          
 12 Bob Fothergill    DET        6         
 12 Ski Melillo       SLB        6          
 12 Harry Rice        SLB        6          
 16 Ossie Bluege      WSH        5        
 16 Phil Todt         BOS        5           
 18 Mickey Cochrane   PHA        4                 
 18 Joe Judge         WSH        4      
 18 Marty McManus     SLB        4                
 21 Bob Meusel        NYY        3            
 21 Topper Rigney     BOS        3       
 23 Ira Flagstead     BOS        2          
 23 Wally Gerber      SLB       2         
 23 Tom Zachary       SLB        2      
 26 Baby Doll Jacobso TOT        1  

Burns had 24 Win Shares and a 5.8 WARP3.

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Best player: Babe Ruth. A return to the everyday lineup makes this basically a foregone conclusion. George Burns is an odd selection, and hard to defend. Gehrig would have been a much better choice, or even repealing the rule to make Ruth eligible.

Best pitcher: George Uhle. Leader in wins, 2nd to Grove in ERA and strikeouts.

Best rookie: Tony Lazzeri hit .275 with 114 RBI.

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Best Hitter: Babe Ruth
Ruth is back and ready to dominate for the next 8 years. He hit 47 home runs and the runner up only hit 19. His OPS+ is 73 points higher than the next player.

Best Pitcher: George Uhle
Uhle went 27-11 with an ERA+ of 144 for the 2nd place Indians. Lefty Grove's record wasn't good but he did pitch very well.