NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1932 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; Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia) 40, Lou Gehrig (New York) 38, Babe Ruth (New York) 36, Joe Cronin (Washington) 33, Earl Averill (Cleveland) and Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia) 30, Heinie Manush (Washington) 28, Tony Lazzeri (New York) 27, Charlie Gehringer (Detroit) and Earle Combs (New York) 25.

WS leaders, pitchers; Lefty Grove (Philadelphia) 33, General Crowder (Washington) 30, Wes Ferrell (Cleveland) and Red Ruffing (New York) 26, Clint Brown and Mel Harder (Cleveland) 21.

WARP3: Foxx 14.6, Gehrig 9.4, Ruth 11.3, Cronin 9.6, Averill 8.5, Cochrane 10.1, Manush 6.9, Lazzeri 9.2, Gehringer 7.3, Combs 5.7. Grove 11.1, Crowder 9.4, Ferrell 8.7, Ruffing 9.6, Brown 6.3, Harder 6.8.

Actual MVP voting:

Place  Name  Team  Points
1 Jimmie Foxx       PHA       75           
  2 Lou Gehrig        NYY      55            
  3 Heinie Manush     WSH       41            
  4 Earl Averill      CLE       37              
  5 Lefty Gomez       NYY       27 
  6 Joe Cronin        WSH       26       
  6 Babe Ruth         NYY       26            
  8 Tony Lazzeri      NYY       21           
  9 Charlie Gehringer DET       13      
  9 Al Simmons        PHA       13        
 11 Dale Alexander    TOT       10                
 11 Bill Cissell      TOT      10           
 13 Rick Ferrell      SLB       9           
 14 Johnny Allen      NYY        8   
 14 Bill Dickey       NYY        8            
 14 Lefty Grove       PHA        8 
   17 Goose Goslin      SLB        7            
 18 Monte Weaver      WSH        6   
 19 Harry Davis       DET        5            
 19 Wes Ferrell       CLE        5    
 19 Dave Harris       WSH        5            
 19 Jim Levey         SLB        5          
 19 Ted Lyons         CHW        5   
 24 Smead Jolley      TOT        3            
 24 Eric McNair       PHA        3         
 24 Billy Sullivan    CHW        3       
 27 Alvin Crowder     WSH        2  
 27 Marty McManus     BOS        2            
 29 Joe Sewell        NYY        1          
 29 Gee Walker        DET        1

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It was the Yankees' only pennant from 1929-35, due to the A's dynasty and the lack of a solid Yankee pitching staff, as well as the twilight of Babe Ruth. Still, the triple crown winner will get the MVP.

Best player: Jimmie Foxx. He was technically behind Dale Alexander in average, but Alexander would not qualify under today's rules: too few PA.

Best pitcher: Lefty Grove, leader in ERA and CG, 2nd in wins and strikeouts.

Best rookie: Johnny Allen, 17-4, 3.70 ERA for the Yankees.

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Best Hitter: Jimmie Foxx
Double X had a beast of a year. He had an OPS+ of 206, hit 58 home runs and came within .003 BA of a triple crown. Ruth was second and it took every bit of greatness from Foxx to beat him out.

Best Pitcher: Lefty Grove
Maybe they should call it the Lefty Grove award instead. Grove was 25-10 with an ERA+ of 159. Tommy Bridgges pitched well but only had a 14-12 record to show for it.