NDF 2003-04 Winter Fun - 1932 Award Winners - NL

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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; Lefty O'Doul (Brooklyn) and Mel Ott (New York) 33, Bill Terry (New York) and Paul Waner (Pittsburgh) 32, Chuck Klein (Philadelphia) 31, Wally Berger (Boston) 26, Babe Herman (Cincinnati) 24, Billy Herman and Riggs Stephenson (Chicago), Don Hurst (Philadelphia) and Lloyd Waner (Pittsburgh) 23 each.

WS leaders, pitchers; Lon Warneke (Chicago) 31, Carl Hubbell (New York) 25, Dizzy Dean (St. Louis) 24, Red Lucas (Cincinnati) 23, Larry French (Pittsburgh) 22, Watty Clark (Brooklyn) 20.

WARP3: O'Doul 10.0, Ott 12.6, Terry 11.7, P. Waner 8.1, Klein 11.5, Berger 7.4, Babe Herman 10.6, Billy Herman 7.1, Stephenson 5.8, Hurst 8.7, L. Waner 6.1. Warneke 9.3, Hubbell 10.5, Dean 8.2 (rookie year), Lucas 9.1, French 5.5, Clark 6.9.

Actual MVP vote:

Place  Name  Team  Points
1 Chuck Klein       PHI      78           
  2 Lon Warneke       CHC       68   
  3 Lefty O'Doul      BRO       58           
  4 Paul Waner        PIT       37        
  5 Riggs Stephenson  CHC       32           
  6 Bill Terry        NYG       25             
  7 Don Hurst         PHI       24              
  8 Pie Traynor       PIT       17           
  9 Billy Herman      CHC       16          
 10 Mel Ott           NYG       15           
 11 Bob Brown         BSN       10   
 12 Babe Herman       CIN        8   
 13 Wally Berger      BSN        6          
 13 Ernie Orsatti     STL        6         
 13 Lloyd Waner       PIT        6             
 13 Hack Wilson       BRO        6            
 17 Rabbit Maranville BSN        5                
 17 Jimmie Wilson     STL        5           
 19 Tony Cuccinello   BRO        4         
 19 Dizzy Dean        STL        4    
 21 Ripper Collins    STL        3           
 21 Frankie Frisch    STL        3        
 23 Guy Bush          CHC        1  
 23 Arky Vaughan      PIT        1

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Best player: Mel Ott. This was the first MVP award Ott was jobbed out of, though it wouldn't be the last. Chuck Klein won by leading in HR and RBI, while playing in the best hitters' park in the league. But, his team played a surprising .500 (78-76) and finished 4th, while Ott's Giants were a disappointing 6th (tied), but only 6 games worse than the Phils. Ott was the leader in OBP, and in OPS+.

Best pitcher: Carl Hubbell, which makes you wonder how the Giants finished 6th. Kind of like last year's Braves, no depth. Lon Warneke had some more showy stats, but Hubbell pitched better.

Best rookie: Dizzy Dean. The Cardinals slid from the pennant to the second division, but came up with a prize pitcher in Ol' Diz.

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Best Hitter: Mel Ott
The Giants were bad that year but Ott was very good. His OPS+ was 10 points better than anyone else in the league.

Best Pitcher: Lon Warneke
The Arkansas Hummingbird went 22-6 with a 2.37 ERA in his first full season in the rotation. It's a surprise to me that he actually has an arguement for the HOF. He was a career 192-121 with an ERA+ of 119. He lost some time to WWII and never seemed to regain his groove when he got back.