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Originally Posted by mrreality68
you are right but sadly we can only play the MLB rules and stats and history as they provide it
Just like including when we rate how many MVP awards players won in their career and yet in the 1920's for example the rules included only 1 player from each team on the ballot and you could not win more than 1 award In the 1920s the leagues awarded MVPs, called the League Award. The American League also allowed players to win the award only once. This caused Babe Ruth to be ineligible for the award in historic 1927 season.
In addition there was only 1 LEAGUE WIDE winner until the 1930's when it was split and each league had it own winner so there was more awards to give out and people can win it more often
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Agree, and I think you just helped to make my point that it really isn't a proper sample size to include players over 100+ years using the rules now in place. More like 75, and the ROY winners during the past 20 years haven't become eligible yet (assuming a 15 year career and a five year wait), so it's more like 55. Still a remarkable accomplishment, for sure, to have made that club you listed, but that will work out to about one every 12 years or so if Pujols and Verlander go in first ballot.
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